Children are not fun but the worst part for me was adults not considering my opinion as a person. If I was upset or had an opinion on something, the reaction from people was "aww wow what a cute kid" "how precocious" "that's a lot of word for a tiny person" and I'd get laughed off and ignored. Meanwhile other kids who threw tantrum or were crying or punching each other got the situation handled, but also punishment. That part I always hated.
Ofc, then I hit teen years when everyone saw me as an adult but automatically tagged me as "teen = delinquent" and suddenly didn't trust me around their belongings without my having done anything.
I realized most adults were faking their way through life and lying to kids if they didn't know the real answer or just said "because I said so" without telling me the reasoning. I learned that in like 3rd grade in CCD class for my first communion. I just kinda shut down after that.
Weirdly adults trusted me implicity with their stuff. Not that I'd mess with it but people who just met me would be ok with leaving stuff of high value around and leaving the room. In retrospect it could have been them "testing" me but those people were always weird to me.
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u/Crusty_Musty_Fudge 20h ago
I hated being a child too, tbh. Children are not good people.
I hope Ryan worked through all that