Top 10 Things You'll Miss Most When You're a Teenager
I am dealing with the fact that I'm growing up so I made this list.
Sometimes, I yearn for the days of childhood when I was clueless about the world around me and didn't have a care in the world. As kids, we didn't worry about all the awful stuff going on, we only cared about the monsters under the bed.
Now, we're aware of pretty much everything.
Yep, I already do! I even wrote a song called Childhood that tells the story of how much I miss it. See the chorus, for example:
Childhood is gone forever, get over it
Those are the times I'll never forget
Now today without you, I'm very upset
Childhood is gone forever, get over it
Actually, in my private middle school, we only have five classes a day, free food, never have homework, don't need to do P.E. if we don't want to, and teachers will do anything to raise your grade. Also, there are no bullies here. I prefer being in school over being at home.
The only thing I don't miss about elementary school is that we had to do a dancing unit pretty much once every year. Partner dancing was the most awkward thing ever.
I miss when my math homework used to be easy, like basic math and basic geometry. Now it's difficult stuff like derivatives and limits.
I miss those days when we could wear all the pretty underwear we wanted without the fear of staining it red.
I got my first period at 11 years and 11 months, and trust me, they suck. I can't wait for menopause when I'm in my 50s.
When I was little, I could rock back and forth on those playground spring horses hard without any problems. Now, whenever I get on them, I risk breaking them, falling off, or being thrown off due to being WAY over the weight limit, no matter how gentle I am.
I only play on the monkey bars and swings now, not the rest of the playground.
I still get gifts for Christmas, but we no longer wrap them.
In the UK, we still have school breaks in secondary school. You could break a rule and sneak out of the school, or just stay on the grounds, which isn't a playground anymore - just a place to hang out or go to the library.
Why don't we have recess anymore? No wonder teens are so bored, staying in one building all day without any fresh air.
On my first day of high school, everybody was asking where the playground was. They shocked us by saying we don't have one.
I dunno, man. I've tried starving myself before, and it's terrible for you and your body. Honestly, I was being an idiot. If you're at a healthy weight, do yourself a favor and accept what you see in the mirror. Which IS easier said than done.
So true! As a kid, I could eat all the chocolate and desserts I wanted and NEVER had to worry about high blood sugar or weight gain. Now, I have to carefully monitor everything I eat. (I'm 26, by the way.)
I tend to feel the need to eat a lot, and THEN, I'll see an ad about body care or something related to the "perfect body image." That's when I think, "I regret eating all of that food."
Man, I really miss my Toy Story collection. My old house even had a playroom! My brother and I used to make up our own amusement park.
Yep, I'm getting too old for toys, Easter egg hunts, and baby shows.
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I threw up so many times when I was small. I didn't like any fruit except bananas before I became a teenager, so I guess I have to let my childhood go.
I wish I had no leg hair. It's really annoying.
Kind of. I curse and chill too much. You can still be innocent, though, because I see some 11th-grade girls who are pretty innocent.
Circumstances forced me to grow up way too fast. Enjoy it while it lasts, because you can never get it back.
I miss the days when I didn't know how cruel and unfair the world is.
When I was little, I fit in the carousels and was small enough to ride the horses. Now I'm too big for the carousels, and even though I still fit on the horses, I've been kicked off a few of them for "being over the weight limit."
When I was little, my parents did everything for me. Now that I'm 26, they expect me to work my butt off for everything.
Laundry, cooking, housework, cleaning, dishes, vacuuming - the list goes on.
Come on. Free dessert, fun menus, and now I can't do that anymore without getting shunned or embarrassed.
I like the variety of regular meals, but the prices? Not so much.
I will be going into 10th grade this September. In elementary school, I didn't really like school, but I enjoyed seeing my friends and having recess. When middle school started, I despised school, and now I view it as 10 months of torture. We have to see people we hate, "learn" things I'll most likely never use 10 years from now, and just get piled with lots of work.
Little kids view going back to school as having fun and playing with friends. We older kids see it as going back to 10 months of being tortured with loads of work and mean teachers.
Yes, because at this point in life, when we have so much to explore and so much to learn, we often have a partner in crime with us. That person becomes a part of the memories we have from those experiences.
So, of course, a time will come when those friends will only be present in those memories, and they will be missed!
I moved houses, and I miss my friends so much.
My friends from 5th grade were the best.
"Hey, Greg! Want to come over to my house and play?" - Rowley, Diary of a Wimpy Kid.
I had a toddler-sized wooden rocking horse that I rode often as a kid. I broke it when I tried to ride it as a teenager.
I now try to stay up till 3 a.m. on NYE to watch all the performances on TV.
(My parents force me to go to bed before they are all over.)