What do you wish your childhood had been like?

I wish I had never been physically abused and starved by my father, and physically, psychologically, and sexually abused by my stepfather (in fact, I wish my mother had never met him at all). I wish that I lived in homes where the roofs didn't leak, and where my brother wasn't Bipolar, and my family not having to struggle month to month to make ends meet. There are many occurrences that I wish could be changed, but in truth, they have made me and the bond between my family so much stronger. I'm so thankful that my brother is stable, and overall, we are doing alright. I know everyone wishes to change their past in one way or another, but as of tonight, right now, I'm ever so thankful for my present.

That I would have lived in Memphis (my original Hometown) with all the extended family I had missed out on being so far away. I wish I had had multiple brothers and sisters (I was an only child) and there had been no war, divorce, affairs, abuse, etc. But then again I look at my life today and due to the divorce I have gotten multiple brothers and sister, even have several nephews, living in Ca has allowed me to have TWO hometowns instead of one, and instead of two parents I now have 4. I get to distance myself on all the drama that my family and friends have back in Memphis and am able to remain neutral and closer to everyone that way. I also don't think I would be the strong resillent woman I am today if it hadn't been for the hardships and experiences I have gone through. So even though it seemed like a curse in the past I think I have finally seen Gods reason for it all and I wouldn't have it any other way now.

I wish I had grown up up in a small town or city too, where everyone new each other, in a big but old house with lot's of trees, beautiful fields and a lake.

With a mother and a father who were happy and loved each other and their children, cared about us a lot.

My older sister would be there too, and maybe some brothers or another sister. A big family.

Reality:

Father took off when I was young, met him last year, he has a wife and two young boys.

My [half] sister was fourteen years older than me so moved out when I was really young, so it was basically me and my mother for most of my life.

We lived in a small housing estate unit and she struggled with severe depression.

We didn't have much money for things like food so it was always stressful.

But we can dream!

I grew up on a farm, my family owned the whole street we lived on, my cousins lived next door we played indians in the woods, went camping overnight, built iglos in the winter, built this funny cart on wheels and would push each other off the cliff (I still have scars after all the accidents, they are a good memory). So, all I want now is to go back and have same childhood I've had over again.

I believe that you should not regret the past or resent it. The worst thing you can possibly do is to damn yourself to a life plagued by your memories of a lost childhood. The future is bright, make it the best you possibly can. I wouldn't change anything about my childhood, as it has made me who I am, but I am destined to be more than that, and my childhood cannot determine what I make myself in the future. So many people lose some of what they could be because they can't let go of what they were. Do not let past events determine your life.

while i grew to become right into a infant, I wish I had wings / particular flying footwear so i might desire to bypass as much as area and meet extraterrestrial beings. No comedian tale! while i grew to become into in Reception (i'm 13 now) my pal reported extraterrestrial beings got here from me, and that if I begged them sufficient, that they had take me everywhere.. so I consistently had to have the skill to fly and 'meet' them. lol hehe

I wish that my mum didnt die when i was so young, i was only 2, and my dad walked out at that time too, i sorta just wish that i grew up with them, just to see what it was like? i grew up with my gran and my two big sisters and i wouldnt change it for the world, i love them x

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I wish I had more freedom. I had never been to a birthday party, sleep over, or even to a friend's house up until high school started.. but i've still never had a sleepover.

i wish i got to live a more carefree life, sticking up for myself, having fun, being myself, and living life as a normal kid. instead, i lived my childhood life in depression, pushing others away from me so i'd be my myself (applied to family. with friends i simply kept quiet), not being able to defend myself when being bullied by the other kids, by my friends, by my family physically and emotionally, let others take advantage of me, putting others before myself, witness a lot of arguments/fights and feeling helpless, always felt excluded, lonely, and like my friends were only my friends because they felt sorry for me. most of my time was spent doing things for other people in an attempt to get them to like me. it'd hurt me if i had people that didn't like me. it took me a long time for me not to care anymore, realising that in life, there will be people that won't like you no matter how hard you try to get them to. it's only now, the age that i am, in my early twenties, that i'm getting to do some of the things i didn't get to do as a child. have more fun. play games. read novels. take more interest in sport. i get given a hard time about it from my family, who all they want is for me to work, but i can't. i can't create images in my head when trying to sleep, and all that comes out are words in an attempt to create a dream, which has me tossing and turning a lot, getting really bad headaches, sore aches all around my body the worst being my back and shoulders, stomach aches, and tired sore eyes, and having tried working, i found it hard to concentrate, made a lot of mistakes, my stomach aches became worse, my tired sore eyes became worse, my headaches became worse, i was injuring myself, forgetting a lot, would fall behind in my work, would find myself dozing off, taking a lot of toilet breaks, getting distracted, in every job. sleeping pills don't work on me, and rather, leave me feeling more tired and leave me literally having to force myself to open my eyes. all my life it's been like this, literally, it's just in the past couple of years where it's got worse. some days as a child, it left me more upset than i actually was, or angry which was unlike me, or hardly eating anything, or eating a lot the amount my father would eat, and drinking lots of pink milk before bed. anything that i thought would help me get any sleep. but nothing ever did or has, up until my latest crush kissed me and asked me out. not the first time i've been kissed or the first time i've been asked out, and i can't find any explanation as to why i've dreamt about him when it had been twenty yrs that i had gone without dreaming. and my first crush, i was three yrs old. and have had many crushes, especially during my childhood years. however, since the last time he and i spoke, i haven't been able to dream again, the last couple of years almost.