It seems like everyone complains about their childhood and according to shrinks all our problems stem from our lousey childhoods. Does this mean everyone is psychotic in some way? I am 49 and I have only had 1 person tell me they had a great childhood.
2007-06-09 09:41:57 · 21 answers · asked by darowdomo 6 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
My wife did. She has a lot of happy memories from her childhood. Her family was very close, she was good in school and nothing bad happened to her growing up that haunts her now. I consider her to be very lucky because like you, I don't know many people who say they had a good childhood.
2007-06-09 10:02:05 · answer #1 · answered by vanhammer 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm still a kid and I don't think I could be hapier. I'm a 6th grader so I know the pressures of school, I get made fun of and I've only had 1 girlfriend. I have a theory that when you're a kid the taller, the fatter and the less active you are the happier you are. I have a friend who is big and I don't think I've ever heard him say one mean thing to anyone at school. Also I have two short friends and whenever school kids somthing that is a little on the mean side they get all worked up. The short and skinney kids are usally the jocks and they get in all the trouble. They get a detention a week, they have parents that fight and eventually get a divorce and they always have sports going on so they are always competitive. And then they take their frustration out on other kids. But the frustration dosn't go away in the jock and now they've hurt a kid, which makes the kid and the jock have a lousy childhood.
2007-06-09 09:56:51 · answer #2 · answered by jwildman95 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I had a horrible childhood. My step-father mentally, emotionally, and physically abused everyone in my house and my mother just sat on her A$$ and watched (or was completely obliterated with alcohol). Now I have two beautiful little girls who I think I may over-protect a little because I don't want them to go through ANYTHING like that. And the funny thing is, I am wondering if when they get older they will be on Yahoo Answers saying "I had a horrible childhood...my mom was over protective."
2007-06-09 09:46:39 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I had a great childhood, trouble free, all fishing and camping,football,athletics, birds-nesting, poaching , and roaming like a gypsy over the fields and streams. In fact I consider my life to be one continuous childhood, and take every opportunity to continue the life of simple pleasures. I never wanted a Ferrari, always ignored the famous as shallow, ephemeral creatures, and consider possessions to hold lower rank than experience, and `real people`. Life is a composite of small joys.
2007-06-09 10:08:30 · answer #4 · answered by ED SNOW 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I did not have the greatest childhood, but I know of others who have had much worse. When parents argue and don't get along it can make your childhood a nightmare and make you question relationships when you get older. So I would say my childhood has definitely affected my adulthood. I would never get married.
2007-06-09 09:45:32 · answer #5 · answered by ♥Idon'tknowanymore♥ 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In the childhood I got lot of love from my grandparents & parents. 2 maids full time dedicated to take care of me & my sister. Dad used to bring latest toys & dresses from abroad. We were allowed to keep a dog. Used to go once a year for vacation. And I had huge collection of coins, stamps & toys.
2007-06-09 09:53:11 · answer #6 · answered by Vicky 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think we all need love, unconditional support and logical guidance at any age. One shouldn't relegate their prospects for happiness in any certain fashion by assuming a bad childhood equates to a doomed life. Suffice it to say, we are all children all of the time, so it is never too late to give love and receive it in a healthy fulfilling manner. You just need the right people at the right time to stand by you and you for them, who really know what love is and what is 'looks' like.
2007-06-09 09:52:27 · answer #7 · answered by Robert S 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well i had a bad childhood cause i live with a drunk mother and my dads in michigan and he never paid any attention to me.
my mother takes like 3 zantax a night and drinks which leads to driving me insane but i bought a lock for my door. lol and i think god sent an angel 2 years and 7 months ago cause the man i met makes me so happy and gets me away from all my problems.... he makes me feel like my child hood was just a bad dream
2007-06-09 09:46:12 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Iam 35 and i had a real great childhood.i have 1 brother so it was just us.my fayther was the only child on his side so he was spoilied as so was we from our grandparents on my father side.my mother was the youngest of 13 kids so we got attention that way from our other grandparents as being the youngest grandkids.we werent rich but we had money.we got all the toys and out door stuff most of friends didnt have i cant remeber any real bad times only good .ther was time it wasnt the best but it always seemed to turn out great.
2007-06-09 09:53:40 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I had a wonderful childhood, sheltered and cared for but not without some flaws of course. My husband is jealous of it actually and has made fun of me because of it. I think people are sometimes wary of saying they had it great because some people just aren't grateful and love to complain anyway..the ole monty python routine..
2007-06-09 09:45:33 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋