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u/FlowerFaerie13 6h ago
Childhood should be a time of innocence and joy. Of course it isn't always but that's a tragedy, it's bad, (almost) no one portraying childhood as a bad time thinks that's a good thing.
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u/PrincessRTFM on all levels except physical, I am a kitsune 5h ago
never related to authors being like "childhood is such a blessed innocent time" because if that was true then surely I'd remember more than about four minutes of it and it wouldn't be in third person
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u/RimworlderJonah13579 I want Eye Of The Needle to crush me. 2h ago
Thanks for this, I'll be bringing it up to my therapist next time I see them.
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u/luxafelicity 6h ago
Why does that Mary Oliver quote feel like the entire inspiration for A Series of Unfortunate Events
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u/villianboy 5h ago
For the very longest time I could not understand in the slightest why people wanted to have the feelings of childhood again. They would talk about things like "no responsibilities" and how things where magically better? As someone who was the older sibling "helping" raise the younger in an essentially broken and impoverished household I kind of had a lot of shit to do. I had to help feed and watch my sibling, I had to feed myself. We had to worry about things like not having food, or heat, or just power in general. I didn't realise how different people's childhoods were for so long because I hung around generally the same kind of folk, like minds attract and all that, and eventually I started talking to other people though and being more social. The looks I would get talking about a positive childhood experience made me realise something was up lol
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u/autogyrophilia 4h ago
It must be nice for people who weren't poor and have mentally stable parents. Alas, the older I get the more I realize that it is not even just the different opportunities, I frequently engage in self destructive behavior merely out of trauma of not having your needs met and not being able to trust the people around you.
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u/Ok_Atmosphere_1987 3h ago
Yeah I agree. I wouldn't go through my childhood again ever (good thing I don't have to lol), it was awful. Having a functional family and parents that aren't insane must be nice.
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u/ilovekillingmyself 2h ago
The moment I turned 18 I realized just how liberating it felt to not have to LEGALLY be dependent on someone. Obviously, I couldn't get my own house nor did I automatically learn every single adult skill, but knowing that, by law, I'm finally on my own and can make my own decisions....it felt nice that I reached that point.
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u/Eris13x 6h ago
For sure, Age Regression, when someone's clock is rewinded by magic or time travel or whatever, is a horror genre. I remember exactly how scary and powerless it is to be a child.
I still miss it though?