ix-year-olds what they thought it was like to be an adult
When I asked a group of six-year-olds what they thought it was like to be an adult, their answers were hilarious. One little boy said that adults have horns growing out of their heads, one girl said the biggest difference between children and big people is that big people are more sensible, and every single child pointed out that adults don't laugh as much as children do. These kids don't think being an adult is all fun times, but they also don't think it's dull or boring either!
One little boy pointed to the top of his head, and said: "Adults have horns growing out of their heads.
Children have an idea of what it's like to be an adult. Some children think that adults are scary and don't play as much. One little boy pointed to the top of his head, and said: "Adults have horns growing out of their heads." He explained that when people grow up, they lose all the fun and magic that children have.
Another little boy tapped his head and said that adults have a control panel inside their heads which makes them tell children off.
One little boy was watching his mother and her friends chat over tea when he piped up, “I think it’s like having a control panel inside your head that makes you tell children off.”
Another little girl said it was a place where adults keep their anger.
She explained that once an adult gets angry at something, they press on the control panel in their head and then they start shouting or crying or getting cross with us.
She also said she thought this control panel made adults act differently to children: for example, if an adult had been happy before but then pressed on the control panel in their head and got angry, they would suddenly shout at us rather than being nice like they were before.
One six-year-old girl said the biggest difference between adults and children is that "adults don't get lost".
The bigger the difference, the more likely it is that children will have a different experience.
Children are more adventurous and risk-taking than adults, so they are more likely to get lost.
Children sometimes don't know their way home from places that adults can easily find their way back from.
This can be frustrating for a child (and stressful for parents).
The main difference between children and big people is that big people are more sensible, according to one six-year-old boy.
A major difference is that children are more fun, according to one six-year-old boy.
"I like being a kid because you can play with your friends and you can go outside," he said. "But adults have to work."
In contrast, big people are more serious and responsible than kids, according to one four year old girl who was participating in the survey. She said that adults worry about things like money and paying bills.
Several said that adults are serious, don't laugh as much, can't run as fast and watch TV instead of playing.
When asked what it's like being an adult, several kids said that adults are serious and don't laugh as much. They also said that adults can't run as fast or jump as high as children.
Some children think that adults watch TV instead of playing.
Another child understood that everyone grows old, but asked why big people didn't give up working when they got too old.
You'll find that children think life as an adult is less fun than it is. A child asked, "It's a lot more work when you're big," and another said, "They don't play as much." Some children understood the difference between being a child and being an adult: one said adults were "sensible" while another said they were responsible for adults' sensible behavior; one commented that adults could not run as fast or jump as high (though this was disputed by other children); and several referred to television viewing replacing playtime activity.
Children think that adults are less fun than they are.
Children see adults as boring and serious. Adults don't play as much and don't laugh as much, in contrast to children. Children think that adults are more sensible than they are.
Children think that adults don't run as fast. The child's body is still developing, so it is not surprising that the child thinks she cannot beat an adult in a game of tag or hide-and-seek. However, due to his lack of endurance and lower stamina levels, the adult often loses at sports or other physical activities as well; this may lead children to believe that they could easily beat any adult at anything physical if only they were allowed to try!
Conclusion
We hope you have enjoyed learning about what children think it's like to be an adult. We found that they thought adults were boring, serious and had horns growing out of their heads! It's important not to take yourself too seriously as an adult so that you can still have fun and enjoy life.