Really, do you?

Do you remember how great it was to have older kids who could help you in their spare time, who could show you cool stuff on the computer? Those older kids who showed you cool tricks on skateboards and bicycles? The same older kids who helped you learn to multiply and divide when you wanted to give up?

Now you have chances to give back that experience. I help out with my second cousins all the time, and it makes me feel great to know that I'm teaching them the right way to act, the ways to be a helpful person, and oh yes, the joys of video games. It's a truly ego- and self-esteem-boosting experience. And if you remember anything about yourself as a child, you'll help those little kids who may need an older, stable role model in their lives.

everyone in my neighborhood was a boy..and they wanted to try rolling down this big hill in a trashcan..so they made me go first then they did it...they ducttaped the lid on so i wouldnt fall out..it was kinda fun i have been in soo many accidents...we used to play with squirt guns..except we bought cheap soda and put it in there instead of water..hehe

I am a child...sort of...

man i never had older kids helping me. my school hated me. i was the oldest kid in my family. we lived out near the country so i had no neighbors. and my parents always fought.

yes, i do. i was so innocent, so calm 24/7. this is why i love little kids, i want them to love their life, as I do.
Lauren

I definitely never had any older kids helping me out. Now i feel deprived....

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We made a national (British) paper a few days ago!


thats cool!!! lol.... sry that i spazzed out about that but i think its awesome...whenever i see twins or something i try not to ask dumb ?s like that caz they must get it a lot lol...


nicoley...u didnt kno that there could be triplets?

wow your a triplet?? I didn't know that was possible, cool.

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OMG IVE ALWAYS WISHED THAT I COULDA BEEN A TRIPLET!! thats so awesome!! lol are you guys identical or fraternal?

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Wow haven't looked at this thread in ages.

We're identical… We look different though. Different haircuts & my sister (penmagic on boards) has dyed her hair purply red. Never dressed the same either, it's evil!

It's fun, especially as we get along. People tend to make a real song-and-dance about it though & ask really annoying questions ('if one of you goes to the toilet do the other two know?' that was a good one) I'm like 'ok, whatever, can we talk about something else now?'

We made a national (British) paper a few days ago! We made the daily telegraph because we all got good exam results (33 A's & A*'s between us, heyhey). Kinda weird.

Bex

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Those older kids who showed you cool tricks on skateboards and bicycles? The same older kids who helped you learn to multiply and divide when you wanted to give up?

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Who beat you sensless on the playground, taught you to smoke, stole your bike and tried to lock you in lockers at school. Do you remember?

sorry...I had to

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I have been dropped too many times as a child, I believe.

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i was dropped, well no not really. while i was a baby, we were camping and i was on the top of our camper van and fell off. no, not the outside, the bed on the inside. that may be why im crazy now...

i remember few things from my childhood because most memories began at drunken family parties with me in the corner. or falling off a high beem at gymnastics class. and then there was the time my sister hid my baby blanket. i haven't seen it since.

OMG IVE ALWAYS WISHED THAT I COULDA BEEN A TRIPLET!! thats so awesome!! lol are you guys identical or fraternal?

anyways...i had a pretty good childhood... my brother didnt thanks to me... but oh well.

I don't remember much about my childhood. I think I blocked that part of my life out of my head. I have been dropped too many times as a child, I believe. I remember hiding a lot. I remember an couple of things that I am not going into right now but all in all my childhood is a big ball of black smoke that I don't want to remember.

Bye n Have a nice day

i ate top ramen sandwiches on the sidewalk. sidewalks... havent lived near those in a long time.

When I was a little kid, my sister used to try and bounce me off the trampoline.

Hehe my parents used to call me Kerbear, because it goes with my name and I was supposedly such a sweet little kid. (I highly doubt that) I would love to be able to help kids when Im older, because I've always been mature for my age and hung out with older kids who treated me like their friend and a little sister at the same time!

its so much fun to help littler kids out. u get that warm and fuzzy feeling inside, and its so cute when they follow u around and stuff. i helped 4th graders at a theater class, and they were soooo cute. they always wanted me and my friends to c wut they had come up with and give them advice, and every day i did that, no matter what mood i was in when i came, i always went home happy!

yea..little kids are awesome. lol i wanna be a pediatrition... ::sigh:: i wish i could go back to being a lil kid... dont we all??

I like little kids. I grew up with 2 sisters the same age, triplets, which was really fun but I always sort of wanted a little brother, I don't know why. My cousins were like my substitute little brothers for a long time, especially the oldest who is three years younger than me. He always said he would like a big sister too, so the feeling was sort of mutual (he's coming to visit this summer! He lives in South Africa and I haven't seen him for two years! ) So… getting off the point. I have a real little brother now, he's one and he always gets into trouble but you can't hold it against him because he's so sweet. He's like the light of our lives at the moment. He's totally cool and I like looking after him… little kids are so great to be around, they make you see things in a new way, like everything's exciting.

I like looking after my much younger cousins, too. One's 7 and the other is 5. I have another cousin, who's nearly ten now, but he's also in South Africa. They moved out there when he was quite young so out of all my cousins, I don't think I know him so well. But they're all great. They're like extra brothers and when I don't see them for a while, I start to miss them a lot. People talk about how their little brothers or sisters drive them crazy and I understand why that is now, but they're so much fun!

I babysit the kids down the road too, so I am getting a lot of practice with children, all in all!

Bex