Hellobee Boards Topic: Is your kid's childhood different from how yours was?

Hellobee Boards Topic: Is your kid's childhood different from how yours was? https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 02 May 2026 02:06:37 +0000 looch on "Is your kid's childhood different from how yours was?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-your-kids-childhood-different-from-how-yours-was#post-2702417 Fri, 24 Feb 2017 10:05:09 +0000 looch 2702417@https://boards.hellobee.com/ My husband and I have more resources available. Other than that, my son is being raised in a similar environment. Mamaof2 on "Is your kid's childhood different from how yours was?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-your-kids-childhood-different-from-how-yours-was#post-2702412 Fri, 24 Feb 2017 10:02:32 +0000 Mamaof2 2702412@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Mostly technology speaking I had maybe 4 TV channels my kids have unlimited No cell phones - DS has friends with cell phone (he doesn't) No internet , had to actually go to library to research, DS uses the internet to look up anything he can imagine As far as experiences its pretty similar - family outings, pets, fun holidays, vacations Household - yes! I did chores every Saturday from a young age and my kids have the same rules. Freedom to roam was awesome growing up - I am struggling with this now that DS is 8. I kinda want to attach a GPS tracker to his shoe! haha Iced Tea on "Is your kid's childhood different from how yours was?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-your-kids-childhood-different-from-how-yours-was#post-2702408 Fri, 24 Feb 2017 09:56:44 +0000 Iced Tea 2702408@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Mostly pretty different from my childhood. A lot better than mine! When I was young, we were very poor and my young parents weren't well prepared to parent. My kids will probably never know how good they have it in comparison! ShootingStar on "Is your kid's childhood different from how yours was?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-your-kids-childhood-different-from-how-yours-was#post-2702376 Fri, 24 Feb 2017 09:26:22 +0000 ShootingStar 2702376@https://boards.hellobee.com/ There are a few similarities, as well as differences. Like me, my kids are growing up in a two parent family with a sibling of the opposite sex, in a suburban setting in the northeast. On the surface it's similar, but I think our family now still has a lot of differences. For one, I was not close to my dad as a kid. He had a temper and I was a sensitive kid. I was also much further apart in age from my brother than my kids are. I feel like our family is gentler and more of a focus on being together and having a good relationship. It's also important that my kids are close to each other and I hope to foster that. My brother and I were always just doing our own thing. 808love on "Is your kid's childhood different from how yours was?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-your-kids-childhood-different-from-how-yours-was#post-2702282 Fri, 24 Feb 2017 02:00:38 +0000 808love 2702282@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Different. LO has lots of lasting close friends she has made from a very young age , a forever home, very active father, tons of classes, material goods, activities, birthday parties, trips centered around her and season passes to water park and the youth theater. Plus she has a remote control, dvds, ipad, Alexa and facetime. sarac on "Is your kid's childhood different from how yours was?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-your-kids-childhood-different-from-how-yours-was#post-2702280 Fri, 24 Feb 2017 01:46:27 +0000 sarac 2702280@https://boards.hellobee.com/ So different. My parents were miserable people, in a miserable marriage, and were totally unable to cope with the demands of parenting. My childhood was really sad, often scary, and generally nothing I want to replicate. I've been able to do a lot of work on myself in recent years, which helps me to be a far better parent than they were able to be. Our financial circumstances and general stability are also much better than theirs were, which really helps. But generally I hope that they're having the happy childhood that I never had. lamariniere on "Is your kid's childhood different from how yours was?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-your-kids-childhood-different-from-how-yours-was#post-2702273 Fri, 24 Feb 2017 00:38:36 +0000 lamariniere 2702273@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Different in most ways. I grew up in a small midwestern town, my son has lived in three countries and my daughter has lived her whole life in a European capital. My husband and I have more time and resources than our parents did. Both my DH and I are very stable parents, which isn't something I had as a child. My kids have traveled pretty widely already and are exposed to so much as far as different people and cultures are concerned. They also speak 3 languages that they us every day. Boogs on "Is your kid's childhood different from how yours was?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-your-kids-childhood-different-from-how-yours-was#post-2702263 Fri, 24 Feb 2017 00:08:37 +0000 Boogs 2702263@https://boards.hellobee.com/ So different. They have two parents. Parents that are fully functional. They get to have so many more experiences than I ever did, things like travel and extracurricular activities. Mrs. Sunshine on "Is your kid's childhood different from how yours was?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-your-kids-childhood-different-from-how-yours-was#post-2702212 Thu, 23 Feb 2017 22:16:38 +0000 Mrs. Sunshine 2702212@https://boards.hellobee.com/ It's very similar so far. But we are undecided on what will happen next in our lives as far as more children, my career aspirations, their schooling and where we currently live. They're very young so they may never remember the parts of their childhood that are similar to mine. Portboston on "Is your kid's childhood different from how yours was?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-your-kids-childhood-different-from-how-yours-was#post-2702205 Thu, 23 Feb 2017 22:12:52 +0000 Portboston 2702205@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Very Different.....I grew up in Souther California. Not near the beach, in the suburbs. With divorced parents, a full time working mom, a stepdad and a sister. We live in the PNW and I currently stay at home and there will be no divorce (hopefully!). We are closer to the city then I was when I was little so Im hoping my son is exposed to more then I was. We are also a lot closer to nature, being in the PNW so Im hoping he will grow up loving nature. At this point, he will be an only child but that may change. jhd on "Is your kid's childhood different from how yours was?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-your-kids-childhood-different-from-how-yours-was#post-2702185 Thu, 23 Feb 2017 21:43:05 +0000 jhd 2702185@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I grew up in a large city in the Midwest. I'm the oldest of six kids. We live in a small town in the South and LO is our only child so far. My grandparents lived halfway across the world. My parents are ten minutes away and LO sees them several times per week. The ILs are two hours away and we see them at least every other month. Those are the biggest differences. But I think we will raise LO with the same values that our parents raised us with. fancyfunction on "Is your kid's childhood different from how yours was?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-your-kids-childhood-different-from-how-yours-was#post-2702174 Thu, 23 Feb 2017 21:35:15 +0000 fancyfunction 2702174@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Ours are very similar - growing up in a NYC suburb, surrounded by extended family. Only real difference is that I was an only child. Of course there's so much more technology today which I find both a blessing and a curse. travellingbee on "Is your kid's childhood different from how yours was?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-your-kids-childhood-different-from-how-yours-was#post-2702166 Thu, 23 Feb 2017 21:29:38 +0000 travellingbee 2702166@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @Bibliolove: us too. I grew up with nature all around and mountains and 4 seasons. Bibliolove on "Is your kid's childhood different from how yours was?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-your-kids-childhood-different-from-how-yours-was#post-2702163 Thu, 23 Feb 2017 21:26:29 +0000 Bibliolove 2702163@https://boards.hellobee.com/ It will be. I hope I can replicate it in some way. I had a great childhood....we ran around the woods in the summer and picked blackberries and raspberries. Played at the beach all day. I remember going to sleep upstairs in the winter and listening to the woodstove crack and burn while my parents played music softly. I have a ton of nostalgia tonight! I hate that I don't live in nature like that. We live in a suburb, far from my home state. It's not the same. Greentea on "Is your kid's childhood different from how yours was?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-your-kids-childhood-different-from-how-yours-was#post-2702150 Thu, 23 Feb 2017 21:08:46 +0000 Greentea 2702150@https://boards.hellobee.com/ In every way. travellingbee on "Is your kid's childhood different from how yours was?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-your-kids-childhood-different-from-how-yours-was#post-2702137 Thu, 23 Feb 2017 20:52:21 +0000 travellingbee 2702137@https://boards.hellobee.com/ My kids have such a different life than mine, I always wonder what their perception of childhood will be like. I was raised up north in a small town. My boys live in the south in a huge city. My parents had very little money. DH and I have more than enough. Of course, I was raised in the 70s and 80s and we had a lot of freedom that my boys will not have because of the world being different and living in a very different place. I was raised a born-again Christian. DH and I are not religious. Do you feel like your children have a child and that is similar or different to your own?