| A childhood |
| A cute childhood friend. = 3= |
| A father, plus friends that id still have to this day (don't know anyone from when I was a kid). |
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| I guess I lacked an understanding of cultural/ethnic diversity. In small town Iowa, a black person is a rarity. I think through all four years of high school, I only had two black classmates, neither of which were in my grade. There were a few asian kids; I was good friends with one of them for a while. Hispanics were pretty common compared to asians and blacks. But they were still uncommon. About 2-3% of my school wasn't caucasian. |
| My father was a thief, a drunk, a wife beater and always in jail so a father. When he was there we frequently moved so there wasn't a time I was in a place for more then a year or two so I never had any friends I could keep as a kid so it got harder and harder to learn to really make friends not cause I was incapable of it but just because I never learned how cause every time I almost had it we moved. Among other things I was the oldest of 5 so all the shit has been on me from the start. When my brothers got in trouble it was my fault for not keeping them out of it even if I had no control or wasn't there, when they didn't clean I had to so basically that was every time things needed cleaned I had to do it they got used to it and I had to clean every time. Frequently poor but we were poor enough for me not to know the difference because I never knew anything else. When i was 8 on valentines day or near it I got in a car accident that separated my parents and put me and my brothers in the care of my aunt and uncle. My uncle being old school strict coming from a family of 8 and frequently instituted corporal punishment me being the oldest got the brunt end of most of it. (:P think lying on your nose for the whole day not being allowed to move or eat and that was a mild one.) in 5th grade there was a bomb threat to my school and we were taken out of school to be home-schooled and this further exasperates my ability to make friends I don't go to public school or interact with much of any other kids other then my brothers until high school. And then I am put in high school and I don't know how to be in school as the last time I even went to school was when I was little (actually I am still very little entering high school 4'7") but despite that I still made a few friends even though I didn't understand the concept of friendship until a year ago. So summary what I was lacking was a father that wasn't a douche and well that would have fixed everything else I think wouldn't have moved so the friends I made as a kid I would still have. But if that was the case there is a 70% chance I wouldn't even watch anime I would be the polar opposite I am now and probably wouldn't see anything you guys are saying. Would I change a thing? Not in a million years life is about seeing what you have and enjoying where its taken you. To be honest its cause everything I experienced as a child to me seemed the norm it wasn't until much later when my field of understanding grew bigger that I even realized anything was off. I was a pretty happy kid even though lookin at it I don't even realize if there was such a thing to be happy about xD. I was like a ignorant little child playing in the sand without a care in the world that pretty much describes me. |
ZippyserNov 7, 2010 10:38 AM
| Need more childhood ;D I don't wanna grow old :[ |
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| Words. I had a speech impediment. I don’t have any problems with it now, but I’m always going to have Imperfect accent. It’s funny how our childhood effects us |
| Too much to write down, but I would go back any time and redo it. |
| i never learned how to ride a bike... |
Its better to have burned out than to have never really shined... |
| Lasik and beating up assholes |
| IT'S OVER NINE THOUSAND !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
| Everything. All I do is study and try to get good grades so I don't seem like a miserable failure of a son to my parents. It's worked so far. |
upside-down said: MountainGoats said: Words. I had a speech impediment. I don’t have any problems with it now, but I’m always going to have Imperfect accent. It’s funny how our childhood effects us I had a speech impediment too, so I know how you feel. D: I don't know how bad yours was, but I pretty much talked like a baby until the 4th grade. ;;>> I couldn't say my r's right... I said them as w's. And I have a slight accent now because of it too, most people compare it to a sort of New York accent and think it's really cute actually... so at least SOMETHING good came out of it, I guess. xD I talked too fast. It was also harder for me to pronounce certain words. When I would come across these words I sounded more like a hipster with an infected tongue piercing then a baby. I went through about 7 fun years of therapy. Here and there, if I'm not paying attention, it creeps up. But most of the time you wouldn't be able to tell, although I still have trouble pronouncing words I'm not too familiar with.Especially if I never heard the word before... I don't know why but I could never really grasp the concept of ''sounding it out" haha Yea I have very fond memories of rollin' dem r's. |
| Personally, I think I just never really did anything extracurricular when I was a child, which led to me not really getting into sports and other things until I got older. So other people have been really good at something since like, age 5, and I would just have started it. I guess it's my fault for not taking an interest in anything when I was younger, but...haha And other than that, I think I had a good childhood. |
Psychotik said: A good father. A father. |
| My life has been outwardly perfect since forever, and only recently been plagued by internal imperfections. My childhood was fine as it was, though I did miss having Bentham and a crazy father to foster me into a genius through the application of a rigid regimen of mental training. AH well. |
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| Drama. My childhood was mostly filled with video games and school, and not a whole lot else. I sure wish I could say that my childhood was terrible and I've come out scarred but wiser or something like that, but it really wasn't. It was just uneventful. I mean, I guess I kinda lacked a father figure, but that didn't seem to impact me negatively. I grew to accept my dad's absence with a sort of apathy. |
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| Fun and excitement. Everyone I know has some fun stories from their childhhoods; like the time they stole apples from their neighbors, the time they kissed the cute girl in the neighborhood, the time they tortured insectss and worms etc. But, no, I was a quiet kid who read books and stuff at home and always listened to his parents. Yes, I still feel jealous when someone tells me of his fun childhood. |
| First thing came to mind was GTO's quote on friendship. "Half the friends anyone thinks they have are just waiting around for something better. And the other half will disappear the day you graduate. It's not just you. It's everyone. Almost. Every once in a while, there's a bud that won't go away no matter how bad the shits gets. That's a bud that turns into a friend for life." Damn it, where's my BFF. |
| A broken bone and a brother. Had a brother. Never broke a bone. Not as if I would like to break a bone though, but considering my childhood is long gone, heh. |
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Lightyear8684 said: Zippyser said: My father was a thief, a drunk, a wife beater and always in jail so a father. When he was there we frequently moved so there wasn't a time I was in a place for more then a year or two so I never had any friends I could keep as a kid so it got harder and harder to learn to really make friends not cause I was incapable of it but just because I never learned how cause every time I almost had it we moved. Among other things I was the oldest of 5 so all the shit has been on me from the start. When my brothers got in trouble it was my fault for not keeping them out of it even if I had no control or wasn't there, when they didn't clean I had to so basically that was every time things needed cleaned I had to do it they got used to it and I had to clean every time. Frequently poor but we were poor enough for me not to know the difference because I never knew anything else. When i was 8 on valentines day or near it I got in a car accident that separated my parents and put me and my brothers in the care of my aunt and uncle. My uncle being old school strict coming from a family of 8 and frequently instituted corporal punishment me being the oldest got the brunt end of most of it. (:P think lying on your nose for the whole day not being allowed to move or eat and that was a mild one.) in 5th grade there was a bomb threat to my school and we were taken out of school to be home-schooled and this further exasperates my ability to make friends I don't go to public school or interact with much of any other kids other then my brothers until high school. And then I am put in high school and I don't know how to be in school as the last time I even went to school was when I was little (actually I am still very little entering high school 4'7") but despite that I still made a few friends even though I didn't understand the concept of friendship until a year ago. So summary what I was lacking was a father that wasn't a douche and well that would have fixed everything else I think wouldn't have moved so the friends I made as a kid I would still have. But if that was the case there is a 70% chance I wouldn't even watch anime I would be the polar opposite I am now and probably wouldn't see anything you guys are saying. Would I change a thing? Not in a million years life is about seeing what you have and enjoying where its taken you. To be honest its cause everything I experienced as a child to me seemed the norm it wasn't until much later when my field of understanding grew bigger that I even realized anything was off. I was a pretty happy kid even though lookin at it I don't even realize if there was such a thing to be happy about xD. I was like a ignorant little child playing in the sand without a care in the world that pretty much describes me. Sorry, but this sounds like some kind of sad complex anime story... It kinda does doesn't it but the the sadder thing is its actually my life. :P Well not sad cause I quite enjoy my life even if it does seem bad I never actually thought of it as truly sad now those kids who are in Africa or other places that never got to play video games now that is sad. Actually I rather take it as a compliment that is sounds like that it means its slightly entertaining and I still have a lot more life to live by the time I am a old man I am going to have a novel for sure. ;) (autobiography ftw) |
| A good childhood friend who didn't move away. My friend network seems of reset multiple times due to people moving etc. So no like, solid bonds which have been fostered over time, though I'm still tight with people, that whole time thing isn't really there for me. |
| A loving mother. I spent 16 years being physically/verbally abused by mine. Only in the last few years have I started recovering and been able to see what life is like to be around people who actually care. |
| Parents that acknowledged me instead of always reminding me I deserve less attention than my brother and sister because I was the cause of family problems (they have changed since then) A brother that didn't try to get me addicted to drugs and beat me up all the time (he has also changed) Someone to tell me they loved me or cared about me (has also changed kind of) |
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| Good cartoons. Wtf are they playing on tv nowadays? I'm lacking my brother, too. |
 "It's just...a bad dream! Wake up, wake up...!" |
| My childhood was perfect. My best friend lived next door and we hung out everyday. My parents were selfless and compassionate, my dad only turned into a manipulative son of a bitch when I got old enough to disagree with him. School life wasn't overwhelmingly great, but spending time with my friend and playing with my toys was enough to keep me happy. It's my adulthood that's lacking... |
Yukiteru said: ^ That is everything my childhood lacked.My childhood was perfect. My best friend lived next door and we hung out everyday. My parents were selfless and compassionate, my dad only turned into a manipulative son of a bitch when I got old enough to disagree with him. School life wasn't overwhelmingly great, but spending time with my friend and playing with my toys was enough to keep me happy. |
| What was lacking? Hmm, my mom never forced me to eat vegetables (which I now regret), the love for reading (I hated everything about reading until the age of 17 when I picked up harry potter), my lack of involvement in sports, a bully, good hygiene, and social skills from parents (they were always working to get 8 of us in college). Yeah, we were a poor family but worked our way up into middle class. My parents were incredibly strict and catholic. I had to study everyday of the week and my mom bought math books so we could do them over the summer. Am I complaining? Hell no, I'm super happy. Now, half of my siblings are making 6 figures. To be honest I think its that asian work ethic in me. And my awesome math skills :P Who needs childhood fun when you can have waaaay more fun as an adult? |
| This topic went down to some extreme gloomness. I think in general it would be pretty good to be born in 90ties. Good quality and readily available high bandwidth connections, good storage spaces( god forbid having stacks of cds piling next to your wall ever again ), minimalised portable music devices. And ofcourse great access to anime that isnt vhs quality. But looking at myself, probably more dedication to making my life more intense as its nowadays. Ultimatively i do have regrets of being too passive all my childhood. |
| I didn't have enough "happy" memories. Most of my memories are of being harassed by classmates, being screamed at, getting rocks thrown at, getting beat up. :/ |
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| My father |
| Well i think my childhood was great except for the fact that my dad got mad at me for the littlest things. My neighborhood friends all moved so i had no one to go climb/break random stuff with me. I felt lonely for awhile at that point but then i just chilled with my school friends after that. |
| buying or giving presents to each other in the family during birthdays; it's only these two years we started. sometimes i feel like there are a lot of things my family missed out on, that we are trying to fill the gap these few years. |
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| Lacking in my childhood was any close sort of friendship, as well as a half-decent father. |
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| My father who's lived away from me ever since I was 3, a better social life |
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| A lack media exposure in general, many would argue (not that I'm missing it in some areas). Haven't had a TV in the house for all of my 20 years. I know almost nothing about American music, growing up listening to Classical. Now I listen to Classical and some J-pop, so I still don't listen to anything American. Also, my family watched DVD's on computer monitors together, but never really anything modern (made in the past 30 years), or anything more than PG-rated. No M-rated games even at 20, so I'm not telling them what I'm playing here at college. And while I was interested in anime as a kid, my parents purposely steered me away from it, so I only discovered how awesome anime was 7 months ago. Also, a lack of friends. Not that I didn't have them, but there was never really anyone into the same stuff as me. Coming to college and joining the anime club was thus awesome. |
| It's kind of depressing hearing about all of the drama that went on in people's lives. Then again, what isn't depressing? |
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| took me a while to think about, but I have to say boy scouts and a neighborhood/childhood friend. |
| Meh, I take a look back, the discipline my parents put on me made me and my 2 brothers (and currently my 3 year old sister) good kids. But I think I could have went without all the fighting between my parents, the old gang violence on my street, being bullied, my history teacher in 6th grade (major asshole who never did do a good job as a teacher and FAILED me for no reason), and mostly to wrap it up Family drama (my mom's side due to alcohol, my dad's side due to indifference and selfishness/greed). But come to think of it, all of these factors made me who I am as a person, and I'm a pretty acceptable person and I and everyone I know love me for who I am. But if I could make 1 thing better that wouldn't change me as a person but make my living conditions a little better is: my parents make more money. If my parents were to have bigger salaries back then then I would be a happier person. I'm so sick of not being to go anywhere time to time and grabbing less due to how much money we have. I am almost at the age where I can apply for a job but other than that my parents never want me to worry about finances. Well it affects me and I always wish that we can be more than "barely passing by with insurance". Thats probably one major factor that makes me strive to be a famous musician. It sounds like a scandalous and cop-out idea but I love doing what I've always dreamed about and nobody is going to tell me other wise. Ambition is one of the keys to success and my strive to get my family out of their stress is one of my motivations to become famous. |
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| Everything. DOES THAT SUM IT UP? |
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| Reading all of this made me cry :( then I listened to motivational music like You Raise Me Up by Josh Groban and cried even more ;( |
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| Education I barely learn anything during those times. |
| A broken bone which is surprising considering me and my friends were kind of reckless. Once we even covered my friend's driveway with cooking oil and water then slide around crashing into the walls. Then there was this miniature rocket phase... Other than that... nothing. I guess I'm the cup half-full type of guy. |
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