Great things about being a kid

I miss the 'empty headedness,' of being a kid; no long term worries, no mental baggage and the limitless possibilities.

anyone would be your friend if they were within 5 feet of you and 2-3 years of age

Very little decision making.

Every now and then losing my temper and hitting somebody. Is that awful? Don't care. It felt good to let loose.

Allowing myself to believe in things I had serious doubts about (tooth fairy, etc.) just because I wanted to.

Thats a grown up thing too roberta ie god.

I guess it depends on the grown-up.

Somebody else fixed all my meals, cleaned my room for me, and did all my laundry. Things magically appeared when I needed them.

Seemingly endless summers.

If I wet the bed no one yelled at me.

Yeah. All that. But what sucks is that all the mental and emotional stress is looming above, still ahead. I'm frankly very happy in my thirties and wouldn't want to be a child again.

Oh yeah, but I do need to end the ability to make every last object into something fascinating- umbrellas into spaceships, pine cones into princesses...etc. Especially if it envolves rain, puddles and mud.

The problem with this is, as a kid, we didn't realize that our worries weren't longterm, etc. I can remember being terribly fretful if i found out that someone in my class didn't like me.