I never liked being a child very much. I didn't want to be an adult, I just wanted to be with them. I found children purile and irritating, most of the time.
So yeah, I was by myself a fair bit.

Well, if I could do it over again with what I know now...I would.  That way I wouldn't have become such a monumental screw up.  If I'd known what I wanted and how to get it from the beginning, I would have been way better off. 

I think it would be totally frustrating how powerless you will feel. As a kid you live at the whims of your parents. I think you would miss your adult rights.

Well, in my case, my parents pretty well let me do what I wanted when I was a kid (I lived in the country, so it wasn't like I could really go anywhere anyway).  I had almost zero personality and other issues like that, so with the whole hindsight is 20/20 thing, I could have made some much better decisions. 

Quote from: Nicky on April 08, 2009, 03:42:00 PM
I think it would be totally frustrating how powerless you will feel. As a kid you live at the whims of your parents. I think you would miss your adult rights.

Gods, yeah.  At least if you're an adult, the strictures on your life are clear and pretty stable; it's not usually possible for people to move the goalposts around very much.  And if you do find yourself in a bad situation you at least have the possibility for escape, some of the time anyway.

Quote from: imaz on April 07, 2009, 07:25:50 AM
OMG! I'd have an amazing sex life!

Hehe. .. wait, what? What would make it amazing? ha


And as for people's complaints about being a kid again, it all seems to revolve around the social aspects rather than the body. Just because you'd be in a kid body doesn't mean you'd have to listen to your parents and redo school and everything, specially if you have your current knowledge. You guys think weird 

Quote from: Saraloop on April 10, 2009, 03:57:52 PM
And as for people's complaints about being a kid again, it all seems to revolve around the social aspects rather than the body. Just because you'd be in a kid body doesn't mean you'd have to listen to your parents and redo school and everything, specially if you have your current knowledge. You guys think weird 

...that would be strange...I automatically think of being taken care of by someone else when I think of being a kid...that's what I want.

Quote from: Jaimey on April 10, 2009, 04:00:18 PM
...that would be strange...I automatically think of being taken care of by someone else when I think of being a kid...that's what I want.

Maybe you could. But i mean you could easily escape the household if you didn't like being taken care of.. or something.
hmm, well not having to work is cool, so I guess I'd like being taken care of.. but I didn't really think of that aspect.

the thing is, if you do become a kid again, then wouldn't the school laws apply to you again?
I mean, you Legally can not get a job if you're under 16 up here, so if you're 12 again, then what the heck are you going to do if your parents don't take care of you?

Quote from: Miniar on April 10, 2009, 05:29:00 PM
the thing is, if you do become a kid again, then wouldn't the school laws apply to you again?
I mean, you Legally can not get a job if you're under 16 up here, so if you're 12 again, then what the heck are you going to do if your parents don't take care of you?

Fake ID 

Can't get a proper paying job with a Fake ID.

Can't get a proper paying job with a Fake ID

Crime, and it comes with several false IDs.

Hence the "proper paying" part of the sentence.

There are good solid reasons to be hung up on the Social aspects of being returned to a childhood state.

In America crime pays very well.  Drug dealers, gambling, prostitution, loan sharking, GTA, not to mention our financial system, lots of politicians and of course, religion.  Crime pays very well.

emphasis on proper..

Oh I don't know, the people who looted the Savings and Loans back in the 80s were beyond proper, matter of fact, one of the ringleaders, Charles Keating was a big anti-porno guy, another, Neil Bush, had a dad who was VP at the time and went on to be President, as did his brother.  These people have law degrees, finance degrees, MBA from the best school, come from some of the 'best families.'

I think we just have a very different perspective about crime.

 It's all good.

Peter Pan and his friends seem to be doing fine in their ever-lasting childhood.

QuoteDrug dealers, gambling, prostitution, loan sharking, GTA, not to mention our financial system, lots of politicians and of course, religion.  Crime pays very well.

"Oh yes!!!" With short lived career and a retirement plan to a near by swamp complete with a boat anchor tied around your leg.  Buy a swamp, wait 1,000,000 years and you can have your own bubbling crude in your own backyard swamp.

PS. buy a lot of mosquito repellent. 
"Tiefs, tiefs, everywhere tiefs I tell ya!!!"

Cindy

Quote from: Miniar on April 10, 2009, 05:29:00 PM
the thing is, if you do become a kid again, then wouldn't the school laws apply to you again?
I mean, you Legally can not get a job if you're under 16 up here, so if you're 12 again, then what the heck are you going to do if your parents don't take care of you?

Become a Borrible?

Quote from: Saraloop on April 10, 2009, 03:57:52 PM
And as for people's complaints about being a kid again, it all seems to revolve around the social aspects rather than the body. Just because you'd be in a kid body doesn't mean you'd have to listen to your parents and redo school and everything, specially if you have your current knowledge. You guys think weird 

If it isn't about the social aspects, then what, exactly, is the appeal of being a kid again? I have to say, that as a professional arborist, it would definitely make my job easier if I could still climb trees like I did when I was a kid, but aside from that I can't think of any great benefits to it.