What do you wish could have happened in your childhood but never did?

Question

When you think back your childhood whether it was a happy one or a sad one, is there something you wish could have happened back then?

Zack-Bann · Accepted Answer

My parents did their best and they did great

But we don’t come from money
There are so many things I wanted growing up that I just couldn’t have
Family trips.
Vacations abroad
A yacht (there’s a specific reason why yachts mattered to me)

I also would have loved a career in motorsports
And my dad was a fan of the sport itself
But there was no way to afford it

I know I sound like a spoiled kid who didn’t know how good he had it
But I did
I’m grateful for my parents and all they did for me
Its more than anyone is allowed to ask for in this life

But hey that’s why they’re called wishes

Chazmatazz269 · Accepted Answer

As a child i wished my mother didn’t hate me or that she would forgive me for whatever reason she had for abusing me my entire childhood. I wished anyone would care enough about me to put an end to it.
Those wishes died with my innocence. Now i wish more people would take stories like mine seriously. It’s extremely rare for people to recognize abuse when the mother is the abuser, and even more rare when the victim is a boy.
It’s too late for me. But it would be nice if we chose to be more attentive for all the boys who are still being abused.

PeachyPie93 · Accepted Answer

I always wanted my parents to stop drinking, they would have been really decent parents if they had. Also I had always hoped something big would happen and I would end up on an adventure with fun people and had an amazing time, but that never happened lol

petitedollbabee · Accepted Answer

My mum going to therapy and focusing on self improvement, instead of dating abusive men and becoming more and more traumatised, which said trauma was then taken out on me and my siblings throughout the years since.

WhiteSteve · Answer

I wish I could’ve been on Nickelodeon GUTS. I would’ve RUN that shit, just dominated the AggroCrag, lmao

What do you wish could have happened in your childhood but never did?

Do you have any idea of how much “guts” I would’ve gotten back in college if I had been able to have my piece of The Crag on full display?😝

This kid went back to 8th grade and got infinity middle school handjobs

Godihateyou · Answer

My parents got divorced when I was 4. She was a mess but we vacationed in Connecticut with her on every holiday and for the most part they were all fun and magical. My mother was a fun lady but an awful parent and horrific drunk. When I was 15 my mother broke up with her long time boyfriend (a good man I still talk too) and she just showed up Christmass eve at our house. It was magical. Like my family was the way it was supposed to be. We went to bed. She fucked my dad, amd she was gone before Santa came down the chimney. I hardly talked to her after that. I guess I wish what could have happened is my mother died on her way to our house that Christmas eve. To give her family hope to just be a piece of shit before the sun rises? Id have rather never known a family for those few hours then to know it was possible and never really had.

Flowersareawsome22 · Answer

Going to the library and the park museums making arts and crafts instead of being the second mom taking over adult responsibilities. I am not saying parents should be obligated to take kids into expensive Disney vacations but geez be creative story time. As a former Cinderella child the oldest kids are not responsible for raising their younger siblings. If couple can't handle more then one kid they should considering closing the baby factory.

strateguy632 · Answer

I wish the parents and teachers , who did bodily punishment, for example spanking, woulda got caught and punished to deter them... but when a parent thinks they have "parental rights" to cut off pieces from "their" baby boy... like they peal carrots, and they do cut in infant circumcision,

you can't expect parents to care about pain they inflict on their child.

Anonymous · Answer

I wish social media never existed in my childhood because there has been many teens feeling bullied, unhappy, insecure and sometimes even committing suicide because of social media usage. It’s bad for the mental health. I recently saw this thing online it said apparently half of British people said they wish the grew up without the internet

Valdemort · Answer

It would've been helpful if my parents did some self reflection and get help.

Maybe_Maybe_not · Answer

Nothing of importance, I'm satisfied with my childhood. For pre-teen years though... I might have wishes, but that's for another question then.

caitycat21 · Answer

A father, I was severely handicapped as I was raised by a mentally unstable single mother with several narcissistic tendencies and my father was a deadbeat

Benjiman19 · Answer

As a child, I was a massive star wars fan. And being the dumb kid I was, I prayed every night to have clone troopers crash land in my back yard. Besides that, I don't have any other wishes for my childhood

jennifer_bloom · Answer

I wanted a good looking boyfriend when I was younger, but as an adult, I don’t care about looks any more, beyond the idea I want him to be healthy enough to live through a long term marriage.

Nikki1989 · Answer

A real family life would have been nice.

MisterWack · Answer

Being really close to my grandparents…. It sort of happened later, but I don't know would’ve been different I think for the better.

andreasderjuengere · Answer

My self made gunpowder never exploded right. But never mind - other combustible experiments were quite successful - and I even survived them.

Staximus · Answer

I wish my parents got along. I also wish my dad took me camping at least once or twice. His shitty older sister and her husband ruined camping for him when he was a kid. They made him do all the chores.

Decemberbaby86 · Answer

Therapy. Could have made a huge difference in my life

JazzieJanna · Answer

a lot of things  
 Going to my grandpa and great grandma funeral  
 Stop being hurt by parents  
 Go to school  
 Graduated in 2015  
 and much more

Simslover92 · Answer

My mom won more money in the lottery. At least a couple of millions.

exitseven · Answer

I wanted to be one of the popular kids. Instead I was a fat kid that everyone made fun of.

msc545 · Answer

I wish I had not been sent to private schools run by sadists.

Shiprex · Answer

Gotten more into having ambition instead of just doing what I enjoy.

Anonymous · Answer

Parental promises followed through. But I grew up to realize this is a character fault to begin with. My poor mum should have stayed single.

MannMitAntworten · Answer

Nothing really comes to mind. I had a pretty great childhood.

LiaRaven · Answer

I wish I had died in my childhood, not because I am depressed, but because life isn't worth it, lol

SotiCoto · Answer

Death. Would have liked to have died before I lost my innocence.

Anonymous · Answer

I had a good childhood so can't say id change anything

Anonymous · Answer

my parents staying together so i didn't have to feel like i had to provide instead of my dad.

Anonymous · Answer

It's pointless. My childhood wasn't bad. I'm not going to wish about what could've been better.

Hellraiser1984 · Answer

Divorce! Sweet freedom! No more abusive loser father!

Jmmmfi4 · Answer

Father wouldn't have been a fucking mental head case

Pterodon · Answer

For both parents and teachers to have recognized I really was having trouble in school

Bklynbadboy12 · Answer

You can overcome all of that it's been done before it's not all doom and gloom

beenherebefore · Answer

I wish I didn't have abandonment issues.

Massageman · Answer

Had a sibling.

wynning · Answer

Parents.

Anonymous · Answer

there are many things

Anonymous · Answer

Too many things to count...

Agape93 · Answer

Been loved.

Jennz6 · Answer

Go to school

Geo1970 · Answer

Both parents.

lorenzomichael · Answer

Learn how to fly.

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