DO YOU FEEL YOU HAD A HAPPY (NORMAL) CHILDHOOD???

Question

If you DIDN'T. . . . .do you feel you're any the worse for it ?! Do you feel it negatively affected you ???

Answer 1

everyone has regrets in life its the happy times that make me joyful

and I remember allot more joys than the sorrows. so

yes I had a happy childhood for the most part and have seen

I continue to find my joys. happy and fullfilling. cheers.

Answer 2

It's hard to come out of childhood unscathed, but I did alright.

Answer 3

i had the wrost childhod of all people ever, after the age of 9. before that everything was amazing. but after 9, my parents got divorced, and my mom imidiatly starting dating a man who started to sexual harase me, and i am 14 now, and still to scared to tell my mom, even thoughi know she would dump him indediatley, but i am scared he will come back to hurt my family, but my family is white and he is an illegal from mexico. I just want him to get deported so bad. everyday i pray that he will get caught for his wrong doings and get sent to prison, or even back where he belongs. but pretty soon i beleive everything will turn around, and i will be living happily full time with my father (now it is everyother day)

Answer 4

yes and no

my parents stayed together and loved me a lot

but we moved so much, it was harder and harder to leave each time.

over all, id have to say yes, it was good, but the international traveling constantly was hard.

and you??

Answer 5

with hindsight, yes.

during my childhood i thought i was so unlucky. i thought my family was falling apart (my parents argued sometimes), i was quite chubby, and i was pretty certain my sister was trying to kill me so she'd be an only child (she was 2 years older and used pinch me).

i've realised also that people lie about their childhoods. people try to make them seem happier than they were, but i really think mine was happier than most.  

Answer 6

I had quite a happy childhood until my father passed away when I was 12. Since then, I was continually abused by my mother both mentally and emotionally. She would still buy me stuff take care of me, but she'll want me to listen to EVERY single thing she says and even though I listen to 90% of it, she would still be unhappy. I always get scolded, degraded and criticised by her. This has greatly affected my self-esteem. As a result of low self-esteem, I became really shy, quiet and withdrawn. In high school, I was seriously bullied, especially by other girls. They would exclude me from parties and outings, they insulted me by calling me names and spreading rumours about me to the point that even boys avoided me. At break time, I was left wandering around school ALONE with no friends. Luckily, I managed to get through high school, but not without any adverse effects. Now, I am slowly learning to regain my self-confidence, but I am still quite afraid of people. I have never been bad to anyone, but I am afraid that the same thing will happen again and people will reject me. I am still learning, slowly.  

Answer 7

well my childhood was a bit bad beacuase in school i used to fight a lot and i used to get lots of complaints from the teachers lol but now im alrite lol now im 21

Answer 8

I'm coming to the end of childhood, as it were.

I can safely say, I have not enjoyed it at all.

My family are dysfunctional, and it's grated off on me.

Over the years, I've withstood lots of rubbish from my parents.

But I see it as character building, I'm stronger, more confident, and the only thing I have to thank them for is making me aspire to become something better than they can ever hope.

Then again, they've also given me a rather acidic side, which can sometimes stop me approaching new things.

Answer 9

my childhood was great, though we didn't have that much money my parents loved me and treated me with respect thats something i will never forget

Answer 10

No. Sure if affected me. Poverty scares me to death.

Answer 11

Nope. Not at all.

I think it had a good effect on me in some ways but a bad effect in others.  

Answer 12

i was shot at several times, left for dead in a hole of dead bodies with maggots and flies, i nearly killed my best friend, he nearly killed me, brutally tortured, but i lived through all that. With all that, i still love life.  i don't wish that on anyone, but it did teach me that whatever i go through in life, i have seen the worst of it, so i can pull through anything.

Answer 13

My childhood was h**l.

Answer 14

at days yes and some days no.:)

Answer 15

I don't believe i had a normal childhood. And i truly believe it affects me till this day, confidence wise etc. It sucks but im getting more help soon.  

Answer 16

well i am in my child hood and so far so eh 50/50 =P