10 Benefits Of Being A Child I Wish I Had As An Adult

Remember as children, adults made it seem as that becoming a grown-up was filled with freedoms. You would be able to live under your own roof and make your own rules. Eat what you want, stay up as late as possible, and have no one regulate your spending practices. Boy, did they lie. Being an adult has it's advantages, but while you are making the transition it can basically suck and make you nostalgic for the old days. Here are some kid benefits I wish I could still have as an adult.

1. Forced Naps

Yes, adults can take naps IF between work, school, other work, children, your social life and other activities you can manage to find the time. However, children have designated nap times that are forced upon them after early afternoon recess. I wish my employer carved out time for all of us to take a nap, force me to lay down, and rub my back until I fell until a peaceful sleep.

2. Work Out And Actually Enjoy It

P.E. Class used to be an extension of recess. We played dodge ball, volleyball, basketball, ran races and other team oriented activities. We were getting a good amount of physical fitness between daily P.E. classes and simply playing outside. Best of all, it was FUN. Now some adults LOVE the gym. Like LOVE the gym. Every picture is about their #gymflow , pre planned meals, clean eating, herbalife, blah, blah, blah. We get it. However, for a good amount of us grown ups the gym is just another chore. No different than mopping or laundry. For me, its just not fun. I hate it. If I could just find an adult dodge ball league I would be set.

3. Have Someone Regulate My Meals

I actually enjoy cooking. I love looking up new recipes, discovering new flavors, and learning how to implement them into my life to spice up my meal rotation. Even with the sense of satisfaction I get from an properly executed meal, I still miss my mother cooking for me and making me eat healthier. Once I moved backed in with my parents for about three weeks, I lost 15 pounds. How? My mother regulated what I ate. She and my father eat very clean and modest portions. She makes enough for everyone to have one good helping and it always consist of a lean protein, salad, and a starch (very small portion). They eat off of small plates and once it's gone, it's gone. If you're still hungry, drink water. I hate to admit it, but I have better eating habits if someone is forcing me to do it.

4. Have A Decent Bedtime

There's no one around to make me get off the phone, turn off the TV, or log off the computer at 11. I need that. I suck at getting enough rest.

5. Be A Complete Mess

As an adult, when you spill things all over yourself, you're a klutz. You look unkempt and unprofessional. It says you aren't in control of your life. When you see kids with food or dirt on them, especially at the end of a day, you figure they were just having a great time.

6. Cry In Public And Be Unashamed

Remember in grade school, if you fell and hurt yourself and started crying, all of your friends rushed over to comfort you as soon as possible. As adult, if you start crying in public it's "you're causing a scene" and your friends have to usher you off to the bathroom for a pow wow.

7. Have Someone Take Me Everywhere

I didn't have a car for 4 years. I purchased my own vehicle last year and I felt like a true adult that had triumphed. My own car, in my own name. It felt amazing. However once you get a vehicle of your own, you have a major responsibility. Insurance, maintenance, gas, it is basically costing you money everyday to have a car. As a child, your parents HAD to make sure you were getting where you needed to be. School, extracurricular activities, work, and so forth. If they weren't dropping you off, a ride was arranged for you, or at the very least they had to give you bus fare.

8. Having Clean Laundry Appear In My Drawer

Parents do you laundry and place it where it is supposed to go in your drawers. No thought process needed. Just throw your clothes in the hamper and they will show up clean again on Sunday. I started doing my own laundry at 11, but it was just my uniform clothes and undergarments. Now its a comforter, work clothes of all different colors and fabrics..... Ugh. Fix it Jesus.

9. Someone To Regulate My Spending

I like to shop and eat out and saving doesn't come naturally to me. When I started working in high school, my parents would take my paycheck and put some money away and only give me back a portion. Now of course as a teenager I thought it was totally rude of them to take MY hard earned money. I should be able to spend it as I see fit. However, little did I know they were trying to save me from taking $400 to the mall and spending it on Rocawear jean skirts and Air Force Ones. Which I totally would have done.

10. Going To School Being The Most Important Thing

It's backwards really. When you need education the most, as an adult, there are so many road blocks that can prevent you from going. Financial restrictions, lack of time, family obligations, and a myriad of other issues can prevent a person from getting a higher education. As children, you are taught school is the only thing you should be concerned with. Attending every day, getting the highest grades possible, and being involved with the school as a whole are goals that they stress grades K-12. They provide so many resources: bus systems, carpools, tutoring, educational camps, concentrated career programs, financial assistance, free lunches, clubs, sports, etc. They stress that education is the most important thing and the better you do the further you will go in life. In addition to that, it is REQUIRED for you to attend school. You and your parents can face serious consequences if you aren't attending school. The primary schooling years are met with so much support, yet when you get to college it disappears. I wonder how this world would be different if education was stressed and put as a priority all the way to the graduate level.