Only in our time »childhood« has a signifance, only some hundred year ago a child was a human being, who still has to grow. Childhood was the state of »not-yet-being-complete«. Today we know, that childhood is an important stage in one's life and has a significance of its own. Usually we think, childhood is a time of luck and playing, not worrying. So many of us wish, we could stay children forever. There was a time, when I wished that, too. But I understood, that growing up does not mean getting colder or loosing any of the fun, you can have as a child. Nobody hinders us to laugh and dance. Being adult surely is not easy but being a child isn't easy, either.
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