have you ever wanted to be a kid again. Maybe about 3 or 4. The age where everyone wants to hug you so much and thinks your adorable. People hold you in their lap and like to rock you asleep like on the gerber commercials. I want to be loved like that.

[kimmydawn]

nono, do not want to be a kid again. i am glad you do. can you prentend? that's fun some times.

grownups hurt kids. sometimes a good grownup is nice but not much. i like to pretend that being little is fun. but i know being little was not safe for me.
white iris

[Miss_A]

I'm a teen but also known as a "kid" still you think it's fun thats when all this **** starts keep on growing up. Still... your own opinion.

[jennie]

yes if my mother would be a mother and my father was severely disabled not to hurt me or my brothers

thats just the point.. i wanna go back to get what i never got.. and can't ever seem to find.

[kimmydawn]

(((((((((((((((((((ev)))))))))))))))))))) me too. it just wouldn't be worth the risk here though. however, in a perfect world, i would. can you give to yourself what you never got? love, nurturing, pats on the back, feelings of security and safety? it doesn't replace it completely, but it might help?

kd

[(JD)]

<font color="blue">The best part about being an adult is you CAN reap some benefits of being a kid, only with increased amusement and understanding! IMO the only real hindrance is your sense of self and it's embarassment level! If you were a child again you would have to rely upon adults to make things happen for you, whether transportation or money or whatever. Now you are still young enough (a few of you are still teenagers 13-18!) and can have plenty of fun. It might not be the age, but the attitude that counts. Go for it!

Oh yes. I was saying this just the other day. I wish I was small enough to be picked up and lugged around. Big enough to jump into someones arms and throw my arms around their neck and just hold on.

[radio_flyer]

I guess wanting to be a kid again is ok, that is if one has loving parents that do rock and hug. I don't think i'd want to be a kid again...Maybe if I could pick new parents and family, I might want to.....I don't remember ever being rocked or let alone hugged as a kid.. The word "love" was never said. I've often wondered if I was raised in a different family, if i would be a different person today.. ,,, Nah, I would not want to be a kid again....Cool for those who do tho...

[Psyclox]

Never never again would I want to be a kid, cause that would mean living life all over agian and I don't think i could handle that, not agian.

[Hope4me2]

NEVER .....it was during that time that all my PAIN started...........I cannot even remember my childhood other then the PAIN and nothing more....UGH do not want to even go there....but so glad you can...

can we lay this thread to rest. i know i started it but no-one seems to understand me. I don't want to be a kid again in my old family. i want to be a kid who was loved. But anyways.. as it seems everyone has much negative reaction to the thought of being a kid so ... not much to talk about here.

(((( Esthersvirtue ))))

I understood.

I tried to recreate your post in Creative Corner, (Child For A Day) but it's hard for people to get past the hurt.

I know if they could just see through the darkness, even a slice, they would feel the warm fuzzies that were there. Oh, maybe not everyday, maybe not "in the home" but playing with friends or with their favorite toys...those memories are there, just clouded up by the yuck and hard to get to for some. Me, I clung to those memories of play. That's what saved me.

Petunia

oh my gosh. I love the poem thing. Thanks Petunia.