Contest - My Childhood!!!

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Hello friends, it feels good to be back in your faces. It been a while really and I've missed been here. I was a bit occupied but am glad am here paticipating in this contest but I guess am already late. Anyway I still deem it fit to drop my thought as touching this contest topic just so my effort doesn't end up being futile.

I sure have something memorable to share about my childhood days. I might not be able to capture all that happened then but you know there some happening and events that stood out for me then. Let me just get into it without mincing words.

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Did you enjoy your childhood?

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Of course I had a swell time growing up. The truth is the kind of love and affection we get as children while growing cannot be compared to the one we get now that we are adult. As a matter of fact, we are the very one who should return those love and affection back to our parents.

It's funny how life is designed, it operates in cycle such that a child that was nurtured by his or her parent grow to nurture his aging parents who at that stage of thier lives are not as agile and strong like they use be while their children were growing.

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I really appreciate the way my parent took care of me and my siblings while growing. They made sure their inadequacies and lack were hidden from us, they were just the best set of heroes we had while growing up as we had almost everything needed as kids.

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'What is the first childhood memory?

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Can I actually remember the very first childhood memory? I guess no but then I have some memory that have remained etched on my mind. I will never forget about one Christmas festive period my dad took us all out...out of his busy schedule. I wonder what informed his decision on that fateful day, we thought he was joking about it until it became reality.

He is the kind of person that gets so busy especially around festive period because of the nature of his work. He is a photographer. People come around to take picture to keep the memory of that period and because of this sole reason, it never crossed his mind to take us out because he would definitely miss out on quite a number of business deal if he did.

This is why this one memory remained etched. For the love of his kid of which am the first, he let go of the enticing business deals to satisfy us as the children. We went to an amusement park to catch some fun afterward we went to a place that looks more like a fun factory/ eatery to have another good time.

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I can't just forget that sacrifice, it meant a lot then and even now. Here is the reason it came as the very first childhood memory.

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'Did you have a lot of friends when you were young?

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Although am this very shy and reserved kid while growing up, I still get shy sometimes even as an adult and when it comes to friends, am very selective. My childhood friends were actually friends in the neighbourhood, some in the church where we worship as family and the rest were folks in the school I attended.

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I can actually count the number of friends I've got. They are just a handful of them. Out of all these categories of friends mentioned, I would say only few still fits in to be called friends indeed.

Interestingly many of these folks are not even in my circle anymore. This seems to confirm the common claim in this part of the world which says that **20 friends cannot be together for 20 years.

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'Do you think it is better for children to grow up in cities or villages?

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I think the most important thing is to have children have a good life whether they grow up in the village of cities. The need for care and attention for children cannot be overemphasized. Some parent left the village to the cities in search of greener pasture and then the high cost of living in the city chocked the family and affected the kids.

While some remained in the so called village and lived very fine and healthy, having every bit of what they need because the cost of living in the village there is low and affordable.

I understand that living in the city comes with so much exposure for the kid but then we can't trade the wellbeing and happiness of the kid by choosing to raise them in the city when we ain't got what it takes to survive or live comfortably there.

So if we must choose where to raise the kid, we should carefully consider the cost and the effect it would have on children. If we are capable of relocating to the city then it perfect but if not, stay in the village and watch it develop to your taste.

Funny enough, growth and development is fast reaching every nuke and crannies of every part of the world, it even hard to find a typical village these days...smiles.

Bottom line

""I wish I could just become a child once again" was one heartwarming statement a kid of 9 made at a time. She is not yet an adult nor teenager but she felt growing up is already depriving her of some amazing benefit.

Our childhood memory is indeed one that we won't forget. Am glad I was able to share mine and I hope I didn't bore you with it. Thanks for your time.

Permit me to invite @wahqarahmadshah @rakiya @josepha to this contest. I hope that find in really Interesting.

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Regards
@lhorgic♥️

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