Having responsible, loving parents who would instill me with confidence, love, and support. These are tools necessary for the early parts of life, and they help shape who you are.
my childhood was passed during war and reveloutionary facshism. i missed happy life of a child who does not have be concerned about rubbish ideologies..
lifeisadreamMexi Go, Mexico State Mexico16,713 posts
My childhood was wonderful and I do not miss a thing even though my parents had limited resources they send us to private Catholic school. I just do not know how they manage to afford it.
Yet, since I have only brothers I never got to play with dolls in fact I never had a doll. (If I am rough it is because of my brothers!)
lifeisadreamMexi Go, Mexico State Mexico16,713 posts
strict: my childhood was passed during war and reveloutionary facshism. i missed happy life of a child who does not have be concerned about rubbish ideologies..
It is never late to have another one!!!
jac379: Having one.
You can have another one any time along with your little girl!
My mom tried to be a good mom. She really made an effort. Still, I think my mom had a personality disorder and maybe a little Asperger's syndrome. I wish my mom was more capable of normal emotions and behavior. Sometimes she could be emotionally frozen, and some times she was bizarrely over controlling of some things and completely negligent of other things. Every time I start going into detail I get mad and start ranting, so I'm cutting it off here. Meh.
tomcatwarneOcean City, Plumouth, Devon, England UK17,106 posts
I never really had a childhood, so made up for it in later years by being a practical joker, I was a horrible grown up child at times, fortunately I grew out of it
tomcatwarneOcean City, Plumouth, Devon, England UK17,106 posts
tomcatwarne: I never really had a childhood, so made up for it in later years by being a practical joker, I was a horrible grown up child at times, fortunately I grew out of it
I had a great childhood - loving parents that were married to each other - maybe too many siblings..... 5 and a lot of first cousins all over the world - 37 -
family for me is so important - and were the family is located.... Scotland, Ireland, England, New Zealand, Canada, Australia, US does not matter so much -
<-----hugs to those who didn't have birthday celebrations. When my kids were small they each had a birthday WEEK - only 1 cake celebration tho with friends. Fortunately their birthdays were not all in th same month
I do not know that I missed anything in my childhood. I was very lucky. My parents cared a lot about me. They did not spend much time with me and I kinda ran the streets as a little hellion starting about 11 or 12. But all in all we had wonderful holiday traditions. My father was quiet but he was a good father. My mom was a lot of fun but she really preferred to hire babysitters etc. Neither of my parents was perfect. No one is. If I had to pick something I guess I'd say there could have been a bit more affection in our family. Nonetheless there was a lot of love, laughter and RESPECT!!!!!
hoolet: I didn´t have a father..............but, from what I see of most people´s.........I think I was quite fortunate
my dad was awesome we counted on him to make sure we got taken out for ice cream treats after swimming at the pool during summer vacation! A lot of dads in my fathers generation were very reserved authority figures and my dad was too. Yet I think I had as many or more long conversations with him as a kid then I did with my mom - especially as a young adult. The older we get the easier it is to see the weaknesses in our folks, but then once we have children of our own we begin to finally see them as human and appreciate the things they did for us. jmho, anyway
My family always celebrated special days. But my neighbors are Catholic, and they never gave their kids any birthdays at all, nor did they ever exchange Christmas presents, because they don't believe in that. So now those kids are doing the same thing to their kids.
Last year we had a swimming pool, and the neighbor kids were visiting over their. They wanted to use our pool but their grandma said, "No."
I refer to myself as being a lost child...nothing and no one to hold on to. But it sure as hell made me a strong, determined, loving woman, as I am sure happened to all the posters on this thread that lost so much as children.
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