Why do parents constantly tell their children to stop acting childish..? They ARE children! Even if they aren't... Let them have some fun.

People often forget that childhood was the most fun time in most of our lives. After all, wasn't it those days that you could keep yourself occupied almost all the time? You could always find something to keep yourself occupied... A doll, book, a crayon and some paper, friends, games, make-believe, and much more. There was never a dull day in your life. (You could even find something to do when it was raining!)You got up early, played hard, had loads of fun, then went to bed exhausted.

Life was an adventure that you were excited about. Life was simple, get up, brush your teeth, get dressed, have a bowl of cereal, get told to brush your hair, brush your hair, watch some cartoons to 'give the other children time to wake up' (though they were probably already up), and you were off to a friends house to play. And play you two did! You'd always have tons and tons of fun! Come home for lunch or eat at that friends house, then back to playing. What ever you did with your friends you had a great time! Maybe it was a game of freeze tag, or maybe hide-n-go-seek, or maybe a sport, or maybe climbing trees (even if your mother would spank you if she knew what you were doing), swinging, playing cards, playing hop-scotch... What ever you and your friends did was fun.

But, inevitably, you grow older. You have more homework, more chores, more responsibilities, and less time for fun. You forget the joy of a good game of duck-duck-goose (Don't get put in the frying pan!), forget what it's like to have nothing to do. and you find yourself watching more and more television. You end up getting into more arguments, judging people more, more hurt feelings, more tense moments, and even less time to have fun. Eventually you make some 'good friends', and start going out and doing stuff with them. And you thought you were in trouble before! Now you've got more pressures on you, more conflicting opinions, physical fights, more bad habits, more wounding arguments, and yet... You're watching less T.V...

Then you mature even more, find the right person, get married, have children, and you find yourself telling them to "stop acting childish"... You have virtually little time for 'fun'. Sure... There are moments... days... maybe even weeks when you're on top of everything and you're actually not having it 'hard'; but you're not having 'fun' either.

You, my friend, have now forgotten what it's like to be a child. Sure, you can watch your children... You might even be able to sense the way they're feeling and know they're having fun... But you're not experiencing it first hand anymore.

Eventually, you find yourself telling your children to "stop acting childish"... Just like your parents did.

So what's so horrible about acting like a child anyways? They have the most fun, and you can see it in their eyes that they enjoy life to the fullest. So why can't you just let them have fun while they can, because it won't be too long before they're where you are today; Missing your childhood.