A question you may have been asked before, but here goes anyway, what do you miss the most from when you were a child?

I was watching a 'kiddie' movie last night and it got me thinking, you know, there are some things I miss from when I was a kid.

Like the original cartoons eg Transformers, Samurai Pizza Cats etc.. and being the smartest kid in class from Year 1 thru to Year 6 (grade school for the American members reading).

But the thing I miss the most is having a nice long cry and falling asleep soon after; it always left me feeling refreshed when I woke up - now I just stay awake feeling grotty and wishing i could have a quick nap.

So what do you all miss from when you were a child?

nothing, really.. theres a few sweets now discontinued, a few tv series like visionaries, ulysses 31, jayce and the wheeled warriors by the power of the black light i go..

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Lord, what fools these mortals be!
- A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Act III, Scene ii

Voltaire said: "Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities."

H.L.Mencken wrote:"The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.”

Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. Albert Einstein

A good night's sleep. I slept better as a child....zzzzzzz!

Absolutely on the sleep, but most of all, being taken care of.

Nothing, especially now that I am retired while I am still young (45). This is like when my parents and my younger brother would go out of town for a weekend and I was old enough (~14) to be left alone at home.

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"I thank god I'm an atheist!" -- Mike "Meathead" Stivic (from All in the Family)

I miss the simplicity of life. We saw aunts, uncles, cousins, family friends, and my father's parents regularly. My mom's parents lived just behind us so we saw them all the time. Summers were like a vacation - mom was home all the time, had things taken care of. We had a pool so every day we were out swimming. Nothing to worry about. Little stress.

I agree on the simplicity thing. Life was easier. But I think I realize that now only in hindsight, since I was often a little stress-bot, even as a young kid!

But I still like sweeties, animation (hence my avatar), stuffed animals. And I like being able to indulge in sweet, simple pleasures such as these on my own terms. No one tells me now I can't have another stuffed animal! I just buy it.

I miss nothing, life as an adult is so much better.
I do what I want, when I want and nobody tells me what time to go to bed or when to clean my room.

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But hey guess what? None of us here has to give up ANYTING that we liked to do as a kid.

The only difference between my life now and as a kid is that hubby and I have to work to keep a roof over our heads. Other than that, we get to indulge in anything we want, whenever we want.

Why, you ask?

Because none of us has kids to worry about!! Our time, resources, money,etc., is 100% OURS and OURS alone to enjoy!!!!

"Where is home? I've wondered where home is, and I realized, it's not Mars or someplace like that, it's Indianapolis when I was nine years old. I had a brother and a sister, a cat and a dog, and a mother and a father and uncles and aunts. And there's no way I can get there again."

--Kurt Vonnegut

Absolutely nothing. Couldn't wait to be an adult. With my upbringing, I've had to be the adult since I was about 5 years old anyway. I LOVE having freedom and free will.

Being able to see my family more often. My mother disowned her siblings and we don't go to family gatherings anymore (I sort of go along with Mom when I'm home so she won't disown me too, but she has no idea I still call and write to some relatives).

Other than that, I don't miss much. I like having my own money, going to college, and I still shamelessly watch cartoons, doodle in my notebook margins and collect (and make) plushies. I like not being sheltered and being able to go on long walks and being able to stay up until all hours of the night...whereas I had to be in bed at 10 every single night until I was a senior in high school.

I miss not caring about what I ate. It used to be strawberries and cream, and now it's berries and skim milk. Sigh.

I also miss simplicity, when it was possible to go for days without speaking on the phone because you were camping and there were no cellular phones, when you had to go to the library to access all the information in the world, board games instead of video games...stuff like that.

"It truly is the one commonality that every designation of humans you can think of has, there's at least one asshole."
--Me

Oh wow, talk about a tough question.

One thing I sure miss is all the good cartoons there used to be on TV and in the papers. The ones you could really relate to in RL, that made you laugh out loud and cry and think. Now Schultz is dead, Watterson retired, Jim Davis hasn't been funny for years, MAD's become a porn rag...all I can say is thank heavens for webcomics.

Both my old neighborhood and private school (a tiny Lutheran place) had so many memories I left behind. Lot of good friends and teachers. I could still draw a floorplan of my first house and school. For each level. And walk to any sizeable room blindfolded.

The biggest thing I miss is not having to make so many frakking decisions every single day of my life just to get by...never mind get anything done. Sure, adult life gives the possibility for more freedom, but gee whiz does it have a price tag. Each new privilege you get comes with more and more responsibilities. And most of the time you don't really have a choice but to go ahead and 'buy' it anyway. Maybe I'm just a little too cynical or slothful at heart, but that's how I feel.

I live an hour away from the area I grew up in. I really miss it. I don't hardly get to see anybody I knew. It feels lonely sometimes even though I have a whole life here in this area.

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"Where is home? I've wondered where home is, and I realized, it's not Mars or someplace like that, it's Indianapolis when I was nine years old. I had a brother and a sister, a cat and a dog, and a mother and a father and uncles and aunts. And there's no way I can get there again."

--Kurt Vonnegut

If I can expand on my previous remarks? Being the smart, skinny kid who was a teacher's pet and got picked on a lot while a kid, I looked forward to leaving that part of my life behind and working in an area in which one's brains, not muscles, determined how successful you could be. It was my brains which earned the respect and admiration of my coworkers, superiors, and friends. This was a far cry from the jock mentality of high school which rewarded the dumb but physically strong and ridiculed the smart but physically weak.

A few years ago, I was tempted to do a "Revenge of the Nerds" thing for my 25th-year high school reunion. In the end, I decided not to even bother attending because I had no real desire to speak to anyone from my HS graduating class other than those few I had had some contact with during those 25 years.

And last November, I gave myself the greatest reward for being smart (including being CF, a smart decision as we all know) - I took the money and retired.

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"I thank god I'm an atheist!" -- Mike "Meathead" Stivic (from All in the Family)

I don't miss anything either. I spent almost all my childhood either in church or in Christian school, and not having to be involved with any religious organizations has changed my life for the better as an adult.

Youth, and the time to enjoy it. I know everyone gets older and starts saying "My, how time flies!" but it's true. 2008 doesn't seem so long ago, yet we're getting close to starting our 4th month in 2009. I can't wrap my head around how quickly everything is moving.

My cousin will start 7th grade next year. I thought back to when I was a 7th grader and had such clear memories and started thinking "Could it have possibly been 22 years ago? How on earth did all that time pass?"

Getting older scares the heck out of me. Don't flame for me that. It's just the truth. So does time passing by at light speed.

Oh, and I miss the cozy feeling of security, family get togethers, cute stuffed toys from my grandma, Ramona books, Michael Jackson before he went nutters, my childhood dog, and invites over to my former friend's for swimming and Barbies. One more - the chance to sit in school and learn. I didn't take advantage of that like I could have.

am nearly 36, yesterday i was 18, day before i was 14.

i dont fear old age. looking forward to growing old disgracefully,,

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I just post the stories, for interest.. for everyone

Lord, what fools these mortals be!
- A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Act III, Scene ii

Voltaire said: "Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities."

H.L.Mencken wrote:"The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.”

Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. Albert Einstein

I really don't miss anything about my childhood--I was one of those kids that couldn't wait to grow up from a pretty early age. Adulthood is pretty much what I expected it to be, and often is even better than I imagined as a child.

Also, I have never felt the tiniest inclination to attend any of my high school reunions, either, although it would be easy enough to do. We attended DH's 10 year reunion many years ago, and after about an hour, the old cliques reformed and it was like a high school popularity contest all over again--and it made for a pretty boring evening, unless you enjoyed watching adults transform into teenagers before your eyes. I could never get past the idea that if you're fondest memories were from high school, you've led a pretty boring life since graduation.

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Like the original cartoons eg Transformers,

You can STILL get into Transformers today; there's the Transformers Animated cartoon that kicks all butts as well as live-action MOVIE!!!

While I still do stuff that kids like, like cartoons, comic books, even children's books, I did miss the good old days of a close family (now it's scattered everywhere forever and I don't see much of them anymore.)

And being a cute little girl, too.:/

I'd pretty much rather eliminate everything from day 1 to age 26.

I miss many of the things you guys mentioned...simplicity, summer vacation, great cartoons, playing in my room with my stuffed animals and my little ponies, and most of all, being taken care of. I'm finding adulthood to be a little difficult, as I don't feel like I've found a place in the world. I still feel a little like I did in high school, unsure of myself, worried about the future... I'm still trying to learn how to believe in myself. Though I've always been a stress case. I worry about everything constantly, it never stops. That's why kids are so out of the question. I couldn't imagine having to worry about someone else all the time. Well shit, I do have a husband that I should worry about a little more than I do, hehe... But that's all I want!

I couldn't wait to grow up and call my own shots.

I could see how people with good parents would idolize that time. I had a decent childhood until I was about age 7.

My father died and my mom married an abusive asshole. It was all downhill from there. Just a few weeks ago, my mom told me having him for a step father was a "learning experience" for us kids. Excuse me? I told her we kids suffered for no purpose, other than to learn if you bring the wrong person into your house, life sucks. (And that's a lesson that doesn't need to be repeated every day for 10 years.) She shirked her responsibility as a parent, to protect us, and although we are speaking today, I told her that I don't intend to eat shit and act like it tastes good. Not in this lifetime.

School was actually a respite for me because I was popular and I had friends. Home was the weird place where I was tormented on a regular basis.

I'm rambling again, but back to topic: I don't miss a damned thing about childhood. Well, maybe being able to sleep and having better physical health.

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You can STILL get into Transformers today; there's the Transformers Animated cartoon that kicks all butts as well as live-action MOVIE!!!

I do love the live action movie - it was released to DVD on my birthday! And I cannot wait for the second film, Revenge of the Fallen, but there's something about the original cartoon that can never be replaced - like the awesome bonding it gave me and my older brother. Needless to say we have a great friendship that might never have happened if it weren't for our mutual love of cartoons