Did you ever get to enjoy your freedom to play when you were a kid?

I had a great childhood. My neighborhood was full of kids who came over to my house to play kick the can or kickball every weekend. I loved to read, so I usually had my nose in a book, but there were always a lot of kids around to play with when I came up for air. I do think my parents had other priorities when I was little; I don't remember my mom spending that much time with me when I was little, but I came out of it well adjusted, with no negative effects. I can't complain!

I enjoyed a lot my own childhood. I was always very protected and, even though i have dozens and dozens of books, i like to read them because i chose them. Well, that is actually one my favorite things to do , so i consider them toys. I have never had lots of other types of toys neither nor lots of friends, but i still loved my childhood, maybe because i do not like to be in the crowd.

As a child I did not have any such pressures to perform for my parents. I was always making friends and spent quite a lot of my time outside doing kid stuff, like playing sports and climbing trees. I think this could explain why I am a very open person who can talk to anybody. I do not like the sound of your childhood with all the pressure on you. But this must have moulded you into the person that you are today, I am not sure if you can take any solace from the situation. Would you go back and change the situation if you had the chance?

Yes I was but not anymore at my high school years because I need to go home immediately after my classes because I have many house chores to attend with leaving all my friends having their merry making at our school campus. In general, it benefited me much because I learned a lot of being a responsible teenager to my family.No regret with that. Thanks for this topic bro...keep it up

yes, there are a lot of the beautiful reminds in my head,so i still remember some things when i were seven years old. that time when i was just enter into school, and nothing to do in my head, there is not study pressure like nowdays'children. there are a lot of the time to play with the older boys and girls. the older boys and girls play with us of litter children, we are play enjoyfully and we usually play after the older boys and girls, they can play and thought of a lot of ways to play with us of little ones. such like the games: play with the paper card on the ground(also make a paper card with your hand, and with your hand to turn over the paper card, these game is very popular in that time of the childrens' game.the other interest game is battle with mud, special process is just like making a bullet with your hand in your around enivornments,and then all of us is divided into the two parts to battle, we had a battle with the wet bullet mud, the battle always last into the whole afternoon,and play this kind of game all my energy and time, so i had not got the good result in my study, alway got in 60 to 70 socre. then that time, the teachers are always good, not just like the nowday teacher, they turn to your parent and ask what reason makes your children get low grade.so in my childhood, there were a lot of remind to left in my mind, and give me some beatiful freedom enjoyment. nowday of children have not such happy time.

Hello. sorry to hear that, but atleast at a very young age,you know what more than other kids.:) Anyway,i also experienced that situation,my parents are not professors, but i don't know what makes them lock myself together with my siblings in our house, maybe because they don't wanna see us loiter around the subdivision that's why i don't have many friends here in our subdivision, i'm always inside the house and most of the time, my playmates are my siblings.anyway, up to now, nothings change and i'm already used to it. Happy mylotting.

As far as I can remember, my parents gave me all the freedom to play what I like. But, I am sure they were on the watch all the time so that I won't get hurt from the things I do, and that I am not wasting time.

Everyone as kids love to play. Some are fortunate to have a lot of friends around them and thereby have more fun. I was in a locality surrounded with many friends, but my mom was strict on the time I used to play during school days because of my studies and home work. Though I used to hate my mom being strict that time I realised that it was for my good when I reaped the benefits later in my life. There were a few friends who were so much into playing and because of that had very low grades and did not come up big. Also there were some people who used to be complete bookworms because of which they could not socialise well in future. So the best practice is to have a right mix of studies and play as both are essential for a happy childhood & future.

yeah i enjoyed my childhood, but i was diable and my mom didnt let me do certain things but overall i had fun.