What do you miss most about being a kid?

I just wanted to know what you guys remember most about being a kid that you miss now if anything. For me personally it would be that days seemed to last forever and the simplest things seemed to have magic to them. My parents put me through a strict Christian school and there are also  things I certainly don't miss.

Not really having responsibilities. Even though I never do any work, I hate that I have to study and read and all that crap. I never get time to just hang out and do what I want to do. 
 
Also, I love how simple life used to be. Eat, sleep, play some games, watch TV, go to school and that was about it. I'm always depressed in some way because of loneliness or girl problems or whatever. Drama finds its way into my daily routine.  When I was a kid, drama was never, ever a part of my life.

Nothing, i have a lot more freedom as an adult and thats what i always wanted as a child.

Having no responsibilities and being able to play video games all the time.

I miss the part where I thought the world was a good place and people were pretty alright.

The insane but creative thoughts. 
  
 
Playing games all the time is something I still do. 
I have to do it because around here, we call that a job.  
I did have responsibilities when I was a kid though. 
I was responsible for my room, and for the drowning of a lot of G.I Joe troopers

no responsibility.
 
guess i don't really miss it i suppose, as i enjoy the success i'm having but it would be nice to be able to say fuck it and do whatever i wanted on a tuesday or something.

Having my responsibilities clearly dictated to me, with no overhanging guilt. Go to school, come home, do your homework, and then you're golden. Free as a bird. Couldn't do any more work if you tried.

I miss playing. The climbing of trees, building small cabins in trees, climbing in airvents, generally jumping around and all that.. WITHOUT being looked at as crazy.

Being smarter than everyone else. 
 
I peaked early.

I missed not having to work but I'm much happier now that I'm older

The innocence...

Things are better now

Playing snes games all day. Uah.,, those were the days.

no bills to pay every thin was covered by the royal bank of mum and dad

" Playing snes games all day. Uah.,, those were the days. "

" @Xeiphyer said:

" Playing snes games all day. Uah.,, those were the days. "

I wish my SNES didn't break.               :( "

" @JJOR64 said:

" @Xeiphyer said:

" Playing snes games all day. Uah.,, those were the days. "

I wish my SNES didn't break.               :( "

Me too! :( I wonder if I can fix it... "

" @Xeiphyer said:

" @JJOR64 said:

" @Xeiphyer said:

" Playing snes games all day. Uah.,, those were the days. "

I wish my SNES didn't break.               :( "

Me too! :( I wonder if I can fix it... "

I trashed my old one.  I would love to buy another one some day. "

I miss not being tired of most games. These days it feels like you've played everything and 99 % of the games thar are released feels very much like something you have played before. I also miss the closeness of the family. We were quite poor and could not even afford a VCR or CD-player, these days I have a home cinema setup for over 2000 dollars and our old rusty Datsun that leaked water into it when driving in puddles of water has been replaced by a brand new Volvo. It feels like I was more happy with an old NES, I inherited when my cousins upgrades to SNES, that was barely working and a handful of games than I am now with a 360 and over 70 games. 
  
Also I miss not having to worry about finding work and pay rent. 

But I assume that's just nostalgia messing with my mind.

chasing cats around the neighborhood viciously and with good stamina... no cats were harmed.

Not having things so relatively figured out. Stuff could be way over my head, effectively "magical", and now I can see through most of those things.
 
Games included. I used to think anything was possible in a game, every NPC a person that had a tale to tell. Now I know the limits, see the seams, and that sucks.

collecting wrestling action figures. i had like 100 of those, they were the greatest thing in the world.

" Having no responsibilities and being able to play video games all the time. "

One word: legos.

Everything man, life now is just too complicated and crazy, life as a kid was so simple and happy, the only thing I'm happy about is the perks of being an adult especially playing all the games I couldn't at that age.

Not having to worry about money, responsibilities, or a social life.

Finally getting a hand me down console to work from my cousin, my first NES. Cartrige slot wouldn't read games all the time and when it did there was artifacting. Lots of qtips and blowing and it finally worked. TMNT, SMB 3, and or course The Little Mermaid. So when technology just works as well as it does nowadays, I appreciate how far we've come from blowing into NES carts like the dumbasses we were.

"One word: legos. "

Not having responsibilities man. Just spending all my time with games and friends. Not having to deal with a job, and when school was a hell of alot easier.

I miss having endless oceans of time, to play games 

The only thing I miss from being a child is the new experiences I had with everything (not just games).  Nothing beats your first "insert whatever" here.  Games are still fun, but I wish I could imagine what it would be like being a kid today with the games coming out now.
 
I guess in a weird round-about way I also kind of miss having a super limited selection of games to play due to being broke.  I cherished what I had, now I go through games like water, sometimes not even finishing them.  I'm trying ot get back to a mentality that will accept getting 1 new game a month.  Which is a huge step up from my childhood years where I would get 2 games a year, and even in my adolescent years getting more than 1 game per month was very rare. 

" I miss the part where I thought the world was a good place and people were pretty alright. "

Nothing I love being an adult and being my own person being a kid sucked. I guess the only thing I miss is the lack of direction, now that I have to ability to do what I want, I really don't know what I want.

Well, i miss having no responsibility's, I miss the immersion games would give me at such a young age, I miss thinking WCW was actually real. 

diapers...

Time. Just time.

" Time. Just time. "

The innocence, the responsibility, the lack of criticism, and the excitement that I got out of pretty much got out of anything.
 
The thing that I don't miss being about a kid is that no one tells me that I'm too young anymore, I can handle problems better, I'm wiser but still immature at times, and I feel like I have more freedom.

Not having responsibilities...

The infinite sense of wonderment from things that are now old-hat to me. 
 
Oh when my brother and I got our Playstation for Christmas one year.... 
 
Then again, Ponyo did this to me the other day, so I guess I havn't completely lost it! The ability to be so happy you can't stop grinning should never be lost.

" I miss the part where I thought the world was a good place and people were pretty alright. "

getting home from school and watching cartoons... these days i dont even like most cartoons...cant believe i turned into THAT guy

Going to my grandmother's house after school. She'd always have the best homemade bread and chocolate chip cookies, and since my house didn't have cable at the time, it was pretty much a privelage for me to watch Toonami. Plus my last house was only 5 homes away from my grandparents, so it was an easy walk on the weekends if I felt like giving them a visit.  
 
Though that was all throughout Elementary School. Now I just take the city bus home and just plug into my computer.

Things always look bright when your a kid

Waking up early, was to me magical. Don't know why, but I just loved the silence, and having the tv for myself.

" no bills to pay every thin was covered by the royal bank of mum and dad "