If you could, would you be a child again?

This used to be my playground
This used to be my childhood dream
This used to be the place I ran to
Whenever I was in need
Of a friend
Why did it have to end
And why do they always say
Don't look back
Keep your head held high
Don't ask them why
Because life is short
And before you know
You're feeling old
And your heart is breaking
Don't hold on to the past
Well that's too much to ask
("This used to be my playground", Madonna)

Would you go back, if you could?

Votes Answer
13 Yes
28 No
4 I am still a child
6 I can't give a yes or no answer, but I want to make some other comment

User Comment
dora
posted 10-Aug-2002 5:55pm
No!
juliw
posted 10-Aug-2002 6:52pm
no way...I had a wonderful childhood, but no thanks.
Dino
posted 10-Aug-2002 7:20pm
No, I had a crap childhood. I never felt so awkward or gauche.
Enheduanna
posted 10-Aug-2002 7:34pm
No, once was enough.
Were the cheesy song lyrics really necessary?
Galomorro
posted 10-Aug-2002 8:10pm
I am still a "child" even though I am middle-aged in reality. I will never be in my "second childhood" cuz I haven't left my first one yet emotionally. Yes I would be a kid again because these days there is more awareness concerning kids with learning disabilities, Aspergers syndrome, etc. and I would have a better chance, hopefully, in school, instead of wasting most of my life in same. Also I'd like to be able to "start over" as I became an adult, so that I could, this time around, invest and save for the future. Kids should realize that kidhood is really short and they should make the most of it and take advantage of kidhood while they're still in it, instead of being in such a huge hurry to become a grownup. But then when I was a kid I NEVER wanted to grow up... I looked around at the grownups around me and they didn't look like they were having a good time at all...!
confetti
posted 10-Aug-2002 8:14pm
I am still a child legally and I will always be one at heart...yet, I would like to experience that freedom cocoon again...where you're constantly learning and being seriously carefree about seriousness...
Zang
posted 10-Aug-2002 8:44pm
Physically, no. Mentally, I do it all the time...
darkshadowsseeker
posted 10-Aug-2002 8:50pm
No, I had a rather wretched childhood and wouldn't want to live it again...especially in this day and age!
mikehunt696
posted 10-Aug-2002 8:59pm
It's not been that long since I was a child, but that's not the only reason. I wouldn't want my mom to have to go through the tremendous struggle she had to endure in order to raise me on her own. She needs a break, not a child to raise again.
mandy
posted 11-Aug-2002 12:59am
No...my childhood was a horrible nightmare
spidertea
posted 11-Aug-2002 1:36am
I don't want to mess with the time continuum.
Biggles
posted 11-Aug-2002 8:08am
No way! Maybe it would be nice to be a small child without many cares again, but not for long. I'm only barely legally an adult. I have my entire adult life stretching out before me. I have few plans about what I want to do, it's all there to be made. I want to know if the person that I am, developed as a result of the last 18.5 years of my life, can actually achieve as much as I hope. I'm at a point where I want to dive into the world and turn my back on the idea of being a child.

But that's now. Who knows how jaded I'll be in 30 years?
Dino
(reply to Biggles) posted 11-Aug-2002 10:49am
Try 12 years!
Matt
posted 11-Aug-2002 7:06pm
Yes, if its a different one.
romkey
posted 11-Aug-2002 7:59pm
absolutely not
jettles
posted 11-Aug-2002 10:26pm
no, not really, i still have a child like attitude but i wouldn't want to go thru it all again.
SueBee
posted 12-Aug-2002 2:50am
If I could go back and be a child again knowing what I know now it might be tempting. Especially if I could be a child in today's world with all the great high tech toys available. But I don't know if I'd want to go through the teenage years again.
Wicksy
posted 12-Aug-2002 7:32am
Yeah, guess so
grmbrand
posted 12-Aug-2002 10:18am
Hell No!
Iseult
posted 12-Aug-2002 1:37pm
I want to stay young forever, yes, I would like to be a child, because than I would be carefree my whole life.
dora
posted 12-Aug-2002 4:29pm
Mentally I never was a child.If being a child means not having a care in the world and that everybody will live forever and mom and dad are perfect.Maybe when I was very young,3 or 4,but I'm not sure.But I think I will never be a full adult.I'm always in between.I guess that my mental age from age 8 until age 93 (supposing I live so long) is 15 years and something.Not a child,but not an adult.
teatree
posted 12-Aug-2002 5:53pm
No, my childhood wasn't that great.
Jemmy
posted 13-Aug-2002 9:05am
I think I'm kind of in between right now. (Oh my god, I'm hearing the Britney Spears song in my head....) Anyway, I'm 16, so right now it's like, the busker last night called me "kid" (that hasn't happened for a while) and other people call me ma'am, lady, miss, and think that my three year old baby brother and baby sister are mine.
CheriLou
posted 13-Aug-2002 11:52am
I was never allowed to be a child so I have no form of reference. If this means going back to my own reality, no. If it means going back to being what a child should have been in the 60's then, yes.
MamaMia
posted 14-Aug-2002 11:15am
Yes, I would. I think that my childhood was full of happy experiences and I really miss them.
dlp34
posted 14-Aug-2002 11:30am
Without a doubt. Knowing what I know now, life was so simple and wonderful back then. I'd go back in a snap.
bonita
posted 14-Aug-2002 11:31am
No, I was a very happy child, and in my opinion will be difficult to repeat the same :)
anonymous
posted 14-Aug-2002 11:33am
I think it is a good idea be a child again, because I could change the things that now I think that I could make better.
drica
posted 14-Aug-2002 11:34am
Because those times I were happier than now. I didn't have many problems like and I didn't have to be worried about anything.
kicker
posted 14-Aug-2002 11:34am
in my opinion,it's never impossible!!!. i always try to live my life satisfyingly..
l am happy now, even though that's not true..
hyun
posted 14-Aug-2002 11:35am
I think that childhood has many chance to do challenging things, but i don't want to go back.
ack97
posted 14-Aug-2002 11:35am
I love now
gvenegas
posted 14-Aug-2002 11:36am
In my experience, most of my traumas or personality problems was born during my chilhood. Now I know how to treat them ... so I wish I were a child again to correct my own mistakes and my parent's mistakes.
moonstone
posted 14-Aug-2002 11:34pm
NO NO NO
Maarten
posted 16-Aug-2002 10:14am
Naah. Been there, done that.
Cleo
posted 18-Aug-2002 3:32am
No my childhood was filled with much pain & bad memories. The only good times I had was all before my mother died. after that it was all down hill.

However I'm still childlike in some ways.
southernyankee
posted 19-Aug-2002 11:54pm
nope, it was fun, I got no respect, and its time to move on.
Tammer
posted 2-Sep-2002 8:24pm
Yes
Wicksy
(reply to Dino) posted 17-Sep-2002 6:01am
WRONG
wererat
posted 28-Sep-2002 9:04pm
no. kids belong in cages.
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User	Comment
dora	posted 10-Aug-2002 5:55pm No!
juliw	posted 10-Aug-2002 6:52pm no way...I had a wonderful childhood, but no thanks.
Dino	posted 10-Aug-2002 7:20pm No, I had a crap childhood. I never felt so awkward or gauche.
Enheduanna	posted 10-Aug-2002 7:34pm No, once was enough. Were the cheesy song lyrics really necessary?
Galomorro	posted 10-Aug-2002 8:10pm I am still a "child" even though I am middle-aged in reality. I will never be in my "second childhood" cuz I haven't left my first one yet emotionally. Yes I would be a kid again because these days there is more awareness concerning kids with learning disabilities, Aspergers syndrome, etc. and I would have a better chance, hopefully, in school, instead of wasting most of my life in same. Also I'd like to be able to "start over" as I became an adult, so that I could, this time around, invest and save for the future. Kids should realize that kidhood is really short and they should make the most of it and take advantage of kidhood while they're still in it, instead of being in such a huge hurry to become a grownup. But then when I was a kid I NEVER wanted to grow up... I looked around at the grownups around me and they didn't look like they were having a good time at all...!
confetti	posted 10-Aug-2002 8:14pm I am still a child legally and I will always be one at heart...yet, I would like to experience that freedom cocoon again...where you're constantly learning and being seriously carefree about seriousness...
Zang	posted 10-Aug-2002 8:44pm Physically, no. Mentally, I do it all the time...
darkshadowsseeker	posted 10-Aug-2002 8:50pm No, I had a rather wretched childhood and wouldn't want to live it again...especially in this day and age!
mikehunt696	posted 10-Aug-2002 8:59pm It's not been that long since I was a child, but that's not the only reason. I wouldn't want my mom to have to go through the tremendous struggle she had to endure in order to raise me on her own. She needs a break, not a child to raise again.
mandy	posted 11-Aug-2002 12:59am No...my childhood was a horrible nightmare
spidertea	posted 11-Aug-2002 1:36am I don't want to mess with the time continuum.
Biggles	posted 11-Aug-2002 8:08am No way! Maybe it would be nice to be a small child without many cares again, but not for long. I'm only barely legally an adult. I have my entire adult life stretching out before me. I have few plans about what I want to do, it's all there to be made. I want to know if the person that I am, developed as a result of the last 18.5 years of my life, can actually achieve as much as I hope. I'm at a point where I want to dive into the world and turn my back on the idea of being a child. But that's now. Who knows how jaded I'll be in 30 years?
Dino	(reply to Biggles) posted 11-Aug-2002 10:49am Try 12 years!
Matt	posted 11-Aug-2002 7:06pm Yes, if its a different one.
romkey	posted 11-Aug-2002 7:59pm absolutely not
jettles	posted 11-Aug-2002 10:26pm no, not really, i still have a child like attitude but i wouldn't want to go thru it all again.
SueBee	posted 12-Aug-2002 2:50am If I could go back and be a child again knowing what I know now it might be tempting. Especially if I could be a child in today's world with all the great high tech toys available. But I don't know if I'd want to go through the teenage years again.
Wicksy	posted 12-Aug-2002 7:32am Yeah, guess so
grmbrand	posted 12-Aug-2002 10:18am Hell No!
Iseult	posted 12-Aug-2002 1:37pm I want to stay young forever, yes, I would like to be a child, because than I would be carefree my whole life.
dora	posted 12-Aug-2002 4:29pm Mentally I never was a child.If being a child means not having a care in the world and that everybody will live forever and mom and dad are perfect.Maybe when I was very young,3 or 4,but I'm not sure.But I think I will never be a full adult.I'm always in between.I guess that my mental age from age 8 until age 93 (supposing I live so long) is 15 years and something.Not a child,but not an adult.
teatree	posted 12-Aug-2002 5:53pm No, my childhood wasn't that great.
Jemmy	posted 13-Aug-2002 9:05am I think I'm kind of in between right now. (Oh my god, I'm hearing the Britney Spears song in my head....) Anyway, I'm 16, so right now it's like, the busker last night called me "kid" (that hasn't happened for a while) and other people call me ma'am, lady, miss, and think that my three year old baby brother and baby sister are mine.
CheriLou	posted 13-Aug-2002 11:52am I was never allowed to be a child so I have no form of reference. If this means going back to my own reality, no. If it means going back to being what a child should have been in the 60's then, yes.
MamaMia	posted 14-Aug-2002 11:15am Yes, I would. I think that my childhood was full of happy experiences and I really miss them.
dlp34	posted 14-Aug-2002 11:30am Without a doubt. Knowing what I know now, life was so simple and wonderful back then. I'd go back in a snap.
bonita	posted 14-Aug-2002 11:31am No, I was a very happy child, and in my opinion will be difficult to repeat the same :)
anonymous	posted 14-Aug-2002 11:33am I think it is a good idea be a child again, because I could change the things that now I think that I could make better.
drica	posted 14-Aug-2002 11:34am Because those times I were happier than now. I didn't have many problems like and I didn't have to be worried about anything.
kicker	posted 14-Aug-2002 11:34am in my opinion,it's never impossible!!!. i always try to live my life satisfyingly.. l am happy now, even though that's not true..
hyun	posted 14-Aug-2002 11:35am I think that childhood has many chance to do challenging things, but i don't want to go back.
ack97	posted 14-Aug-2002 11:35am I love now
gvenegas	posted 14-Aug-2002 11:36am In my experience, most of my traumas or personality problems was born during my chilhood. Now I know how to treat them ... so I wish I were a child again to correct my own mistakes and my parent's mistakes.
moonstone	posted 14-Aug-2002 11:34pm NO NO NO
Maarten	posted 16-Aug-2002 10:14am Naah. Been there, done that.
Cleo	posted 18-Aug-2002 3:32am No my childhood was filled with much pain & bad memories. The only good times I had was all before my mother died. after that it was all down hill. However I'm still childlike in some ways.
southernyankee	posted 19-Aug-2002 11:54pm nope, it was fun, I got no respect, and its time to move on.
Tammer	posted 2-Sep-2002 8:24pm Yes
Wicksy	(reply to Dino) posted 17-Sep-2002 6:01am WRONG
wererat	posted 28-Sep-2002 9:04pm no. kids belong in cages.