Is childhood really golden?
By Frederick42
@Frederick42 (2024)
Canada
May 1, 2013 12:10am CST
Most adults make the statement that ‘childhood is golden’. But is this statement really true?
During childhood, we are at the mercy of our parents and the other elders of the family. During childhood, religious beliefs as well as many other ideas are imposed on us. All these beliefs and ideas certainly are a great burden on the mind of the child.
I think that most adults label their childhood as golden only in contrast to their youth, middle age and old age. During youth, people have to earn for themselves, which is often a heavy struggle. During childhood, we do not have that struggle. Therefore, people turn back and label the childhood as golden.
But in reality, the childhood is not golden.
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4 responses
@dagami (1158)
• Rome, Italy
1 May 13
i am 48 years old and i consider my childhood years golden in the sense that i had no big responsibilities. my parents imposed the rules but they provided for me. i only had to obey them and i wasn't even good at doing this all the time. 
in other words, life was easy...
as i grew older and became more independent, i also had to fend for my own. later when i had a son, i was also responsible for him. don't get me wrong here, having him made my life more meaningful.
once our children grow and they are independent, we start to feel burden of our age.
in other words, life was easy...
as i grew older and became more independent, i also had to fend for my own. later when i had a son, i was also responsible for him. don't get me wrong here, having him made my life more meaningful.
once our children grow and they are independent, we start to feel burden of our age. 1 person likes this
@Richmanlian (12)
• Xiamen, China
15 Nov 13
We have troubles in different stage of our life.So children is not golden,neither does adult.
@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
1 May 13
I am happier today when I am an adult. Today I am able to make my own decisions about everything and I didn't have that kind of freedom when I was a child. I had to do what my parents said and I had to follow their rules and ask them for permission instead of making my own decisions. I love the freedom that you have as an adult, but of course some things were eaiser in our childhood. We didn't have to worry about unemploymment, rent or how to pay the bills next month. We didn't have to worry about relationship problems either, and it many ways our lives were more simple at that time, but I wouldn't like to go back to my childhood and a life without responsibilities because I love my freedom too much.
