I Grew Up Too Fast

In my childhood i did have moments of happiness and joy and hilarity that cannot be denied however huge significant jolts to my life forced me to grow up too fast. Stuff like my mother and father divorcing, having to live with...

People have always commented on how wise I seem...how I am an "Old Soul."  There have been many experiences in my life that sped up my maturation, and so I guess it's little wonder that I've always acted older than I...

when i was very young like 6 i lived with my parents we were happy me n my 3 sisters, mom, an dad untill my parents started doing drugs an my dad became an alcoholic, they decided we need a babysitter, cause they were gone for days at a...

I think everyone can agree on this one,
Missing your childhood because it lacked worry.
I just miss being able to just relax and being able to be more in the moment. Now i have to focus on grades, getting a job and preparing for sucess...

I was raised by an amazing set of parents. they expected a lot of me, but not so much that I couldn't measure up. they taught me so much, and I'm grateful. the only problem is that because of the way I was brought up, and moving in the...

I grew up With my severely depressed mother who pretty much let me do anything i wanted.at 14 i started sneaking out of the house, having sex, smoking, Drinking, ect. i was really getting out of hand!my mom got really sick and i had to...

I remember that around my 10th birthday my grandmother started to lose her memory. She would leave the house (as usual) and then forget her way home, or where she was going, etc. It took a while for my father (her son) to admit that she...

I want to be six again.I want to go to McDonald's and thinkit's the best place in the world to eat. I want to sail sticks across a fresh mud puddleand make waves with rocks.I want to think M&Ms are better than moneybecause you can eat...

Really, I've wondered that. I've been suffering with some form of horrible age perception. One moment I think I am old, the next I feel like a small child. I'm only 24, but people think I'm older not because of my physical features, but...

Life was hard growing up my parents used to fight all the time threaten to split up and then they would ask if we split up who do you want to go with. My grandpa lived with us and we took care of him he had a stroke and one leg so he...

It was my choice to grow up too fast. Well sort of. i was nearly 16 when i found out i was pregnant. 16 years old. I am completely against abortion so i didnt even consider it. I had my beautiful baby lily at the age of 17 yyears and 5...

True I am only 13 but I act like I am 20.my experiences in life have made me grow up to fast.it's not healthy and I don't like it.I shouldn't be interested in the things like this I am too young I shouldn't no what it is.this is too sad...

Growing up wasn't a choice for me. I didn't want to grow up, but I didn't have a choice. My mother gave birth to 9 kids. I am the oldest, Alex. My mother was never found after she had each child, but she always had a baby, brought them...

my mom died when i was eight years old. me and my older sister (she was only 9) were left to live with my grandma. she was an older woman. i felt like i had to take care of my sister even though she was older. she has always been a very...

My parents never, in my memory, saw eye to eye on anything. My dad was not there for any of us the way a man should be for his family. He rarely worked and cared more about himself than us. I'm not even sure he knew how to be a father...

I remember being a happy 6 year old,walking round Dublin with my dad. Things weren't that good between him and mum,and I only became aware of the arguments between them while sitting upstairs in my bedroom and having to hear them...

From the moment I was about three, I knew something was wrong. My life wasn't normal. Far from it.
Part One: The beginning.

For one thing, I watched my father abuse and terrorize my poor mother until I was old enough for him to push...

I went through abuse for the first near 6 years of my life. Sexual, emotional, physical, verbal, you name it. At around 6, we finally left our father behind. Mother took us away from him. But I was already messed up beyond repair.
Thank...

Nothing bad happened to me. My family was different, yes, but it was good different. I grew up fast, but in another way I am still my age. I tell people that I'm an honorary (I pronounce it on-oh-raree, so it's an) twenty year old...

In the 3rd grade mom moved away from dad to a apt; and let the house go. So from then on it was like i was a mini adult. What she knew i knew. SHe talked about EVERYTHING to me..kinda like she looked over the fact i was only 9-10...