Do you think life is better as a child or as an adult?

[jennifer_bloom]

As a kid, I had endless entertainment and excitement and cool things but I was miserable.

Now I never make time for fun activities like roller blading or swimming or dance classes, but I’m far happier. Not because life is exciting, but because the pain of my childhood years is over. I experienced pain at almost all levels as a child, whether it was biological or spiritual or mental or social or romantic, when I got rejected or anxious around guys I liked.

I think material indulgence and imaginary worlds is just as dangerous as heroine or cocaine to the mental health of our youth.

[Pudsmucker]

I think I had more activities and more fun back in the '50s and the '60s. I was totally outside as long as I can remember playing with neighbors exploring many places. Being able to play cops and robbers climbing trees. Playing baseball in a sandlot with a neighborhood. Riding horses and calves. Running walking hiding falling out of trees. Making club houses fighting with the neighborhood bully. Exploring many things. One of the things that I remember to this day I saw my first naked girl. We were both just starting puberty. We created a nudist club. We also got caught by our mothers got in trouble and grounded. Also went skinny dipping. We were taught The facts of Life. I also had many pets. I also learned that life was valuable had pets run over by vehicles. Tears came and gone and new pets came along. As I got older in life I gained many responsibilities. I also held a job working on a farm. I was taught how to drive my first vehicle at the age of age 10 or 11. And I made pretty good money for one summer back in the sixties. Today most children are protected by their mothers and they can't even get dirt on their faces or their hands. They also have ADHD. Yes I think I had more fun when I was younger.

[mobiusforniner]

If you have your crap figured out, adult life is a lot better.

[DancingQueen16]

I say life as kid is better than life as an adult because as an adult you have to pay bills, taxes, rent if you don't live with your parents so adult life is way more stressful and expensive than life as a kid

[DryGermanGuy]

When you have good parents and a good environment, as a child, absolutely. I quite miss my childhood, it was a lot of fun without responsibilities.

[patrick994]

life as an adult is much more stressful and expensive than life as a child, if you are a child you are carefree;

[collie22]

I'm doing better now my childhood wasn't a wall in the park

[Demonatrix]

My life has been hard, I was forced to grow up way to early. The only real difference is now I have to pay the bills.

[Elozaa]

As a child