how about not having any rights or freedoms? being picked on/teased for no reason and not knowing what you did to deserve other kids' hatred? [at least as an adult, you can kind of figure out why people might not like you--but do most kids who are picked on KNOW why they are receiving such behaviour?] not knowing that there is a whole world out there to enjoy, not having any friends, and the ones u do have weren't really great and were just using u/tolerating u?
give me adulthood any day.
It's not my fault if you were born in an environment where you never had any friends/not knowing there is world out there to enojoy/the ones u had werent really great/used you/tolerated you etc etc as you said above.....
I don't know about you or other kids but as a kid i always had my rights/freedom, i never got picked on/teased for no reason and never got other kids hatred etc etc as you mentioned. That's why i loved my childhood and i can't & will never forget it.....it was just lovely.....
The thread starter asked for our opinions i guess and i gave mine, and an opinon can never be wrong. Right now i am not old enough to have kids so i don't know what that experience will be like so for now i will take childhood any day, any time & any network! :D