Readers Respond: How would you describe your childhood?
It may have been a long time ago but it was probably one of the best moments of your life…your childhood.
Riding on your bike in the streets, playing with dirt, making sure you were back just before the street lights turned on.
Our childhoods were certainly filled with so much fun.
We decided to ask our OverSixty audience to describe their childhood.
Helen Burke - Very happy. We didn't have much but had wonderful loving parents who gave us much love and showed us how to be honest adults.
Narelle Hulme - Free…with adventurous consequences.
Helena Apostolopoulos - Happy with lots of outside play with friends and family.
Bronwyn Berriman - Surrounded by friends and family and lots of wonderful outdoor spaces to explore.
Lynne Eather - The best time in my life as a child growing up outdoors, sport and great friends.
Cathy Lytle Ackerman - Good, because I had lots of friends to play with! Always outside riding bikes, skating,and playing in the pond and creek with my friends. And—not so good, because I wasn’t treated well by my older siblings. I was also a middle child, and was often left out of things.
Jan Ceeney - Great times swimming, fishing, riding our bikes and exploring haunted houses.
Robyn Burton - Happy, healthy, safe and free to explore wherever we wanted. Lots of time spent in the bush discovering our wonderful wildflowers.
Lynne Fairbrother - Lived by the beach. Never sick, always outdoors swimming or just playing with friends on the beach.
Lynette Hinton - Happy. Loved spending time with cousins at weekends, friends at school, beautiful mother, caring father and grandparents.
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