There's a lot of conflicting messages in society that vary from "Jesus, grow up." and "Childhood is the most magical age! I wish I were a kid again!"
God, I know. It's kind of annoying to be told "if you still watch cartoons or like toys past age 12 you're a failure as a grown-up" one minute and "adults suck, children are pure and innocent" the next. D: God forbid a fully grown adult do things like grocery shop and clean the house and then take a break to watch Tiny Toons. :P
I'm not sure if I got the impression that adults were evil as a kid. When I was reading Dahl's books, the mean adults were punished because they were assholes, not necessarily because they were adults.
I wish I'd been that lucky. XD; Or less impressionable. For a long time I was exposed to BSC books where Mallory's parents were OMG SO OPPRESSIVE to her for not letting her dress like a Bratz doll or saying "no" to contacts or a nose job for medical reasons. Or Full House and 7th Heaven and Fresh Prince where the young teenage daughter "wasn't allowed to have a figure" or wear makeup or look at boys because OVERPROTECTIVE DADS ARE FUNNY LOL. Plus my own mom could be a little strict about food and TV and bedtimes so I came away acting like a stereotypical "omg so oppressed" brat for some of my teen years. XD;
As for kids...I've also heard that some kids can be sensitive and worry about animals and give hugs, but I know just as many, even more, can be monsters. So I'm never sure what to think.
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
branchandroot
no subject
Date: 2013-08-01 04:50 pm (UTC)God, I know. It's kind of annoying to be told "if you still watch cartoons or like toys past age 12 you're a failure as a grown-up" one minute and "adults suck, children are pure and innocent" the next. D: God forbid a fully grown adult do things like grocery shop and clean the house and then take a break to watch Tiny Toons. :P
I'm not sure if I got the impression that adults were evil as a kid. When I was reading Dahl's books, the mean adults were punished because they were assholes, not necessarily because they were adults.
I wish I'd been that lucky. XD; Or less impressionable. For a long time I was exposed to BSC books where Mallory's parents were OMG SO OPPRESSIVE to her for not letting her dress like a Bratz doll or saying "no" to contacts or a nose job for medical reasons. Or Full House and 7th Heaven and Fresh Prince where the young teenage daughter "wasn't allowed to have a figure" or wear makeup or look at boys because OVERPROTECTIVE DADS ARE FUNNY LOL. Plus my own mom could be a little strict about food and TV and bedtimes so I came away acting like a stereotypical "omg so oppressed" brat for some of my teen years. XD;
As for kids...I've also heard that some kids can be sensitive and worry about animals and give hugs, but I know just as many, even more, can be monsters. So I'm never sure what to think.