Have you changed a lot from how you were like as a kid?

Not really. Besides for getting married and becoming a parent and buying a house and having a job and that basic stuff. As far as the other stuff. I still wear the same clothes, like the same kind of TV shows and books, listen to the same types of music, and have the same “ideals” as when I were a teen.

Nah, just a bigger dafter kid now. Long may it continue :¬)

Quite a bit actually.

As a kid:
tall and skinny
straight, light brown hair
painfully shy and introverted
loved art, comics and food

As an adult:
6’ tall and football player sized
curly, dark brown hair
very outgoing and loud
love art, comics and food

Physically and socially I’m quite different, but my likes and interests haven’t changed too much.

Yes. In short, I am a lot less trusting of people. There are a number of things that have contributed to that.
1. Doctors that failed me miserably.
2. Work aquaintance that tried to set me up for the money she stole. Luckily someone caught her in the act.
3. The pervert who tried to grab me in the stairwell.
4. The teens who tried to rob me
5 The teacher who tried to hold my daughter back a grade because she didn’t like her. (She was in kindengarden and if it wasn’t for her great grades and the assistant teacher, she would’ve been held back. It was the assistant teacher who let me know on the side to fight it because the teacher couldn’t stand my daughter.)
6. In high school I had a teacher who had a bad case of dementia but he couldn’t be let go. He was also a biggot and he loved to fail all the minorities. Went to the school board to complain and all they did was give him notice of when they were coming into his class to investigate. He did the same thing he did everyday. Repeat a lesson we already went over. He would spring test out of the blue and swear he told us, and it would be on material he didn’t even go over because he taught the same lessons over and over and then would skip a few chapters and then go back to the beginning. All the teachers knew he was not well but they said they couldn’t do anything to him because he had senority and the union was backing him.
I could create a really long list of betrayal from professionals to friends but I don’t have all day.
I’m not saying there aren’t good people in the world only they don’t come stamped so I have to distrust before I can trust.
I’ve also learned to be less impulsive and think things through before jumping in.
The only thing that has remained the same is my abliltiy to find joy in the little things.

When I was 12 I was a boy scout. Very gullible, very do-gooderish. I believed in romance, and knew when someone was too young to do some things. I was commited to truth and honesty.
I am still that person today.

I really like this question and would hope that more jellies answer.

As a kid:

Skinny; short; long hair; tomboy; talkative (Family called me “Chatty Kathy); animal lover; and goofy/funny.

Adult: Skinny; short; longish hair; very femme in appearance, but, tomboy mannerisms, at times; talkative; animal lover and great sense of humor.

Pretty much the same.

Yes, of course!

The most profound changes have been in challenging certain belief systems in many areas.

The ‘core’ me remains the same.

Even tempered, humorous, creative and slightly inane. lol

When I was little, I was all about me. I’m not that same way anymore. Now I’m all about everyone else. :/

Well, yes and no.

Basic personality traits are the same. However, as you mature your perspective changes as you gain experience.

We never really change at all, since the day we were born. Our DNA is pretty much in control.

I’m embarrassed to say that I went through that “dark” phase when I was a teen. Black clothes, black make-up, black everything. Listened to the crappiest music that to this day I cant even bare to listen without covering my ears in disgust. Disrespected my parents and didn’t care about my grades in school…but that was like middle school ago.
Now its different.
My style has completely changed for the better. I no longer pack on the eyeliner, I barely wear any make-up at all. I’m more closer to my parents than ever, and my siblings mean the world to me. I feel I’ve gotten more responsible and have more respect for the people and things around me…....My style is more hippie-ish now without the tie dye…and I love it.

Yes I certainly have changed.
Mentally:- As a child I was painfully shy and very much controlled by my parents. My personality was never allowed to develop.
As a result I grew up being even more introverted, uncomfortable around people and not at all in control of myself.
Over the years I have grown in confidence, love interacting with people and now I know exactly who I am.

Physically:- As a child I had dark curly hair, my legs were stick thin and I was very gawky. I went to ballet classes (oh the thought of those thin legs in a tutu make me cringe), went horse riding and played the piano.
As an adult my hair is straight, and light brown.
I still have a love of music and horses.

I don’t think I have changed much, I have always felt like Im not in the right body, my parents were great my childhood was great, I’ve always just had extra sensitive issues with people and things around me. It’s like I can read into soles if that even makes sense and can feel what everyone else around is feeling then I get uncomfortable with it and can’t handle it, which caused me to act out in different ways, I also went through the “black” phase. And a series of running away which never amounted to anything because the one time I actually thought I had it in the bag so to say and ran away to a random and far place without telling anyone, my sister came knocking 4 hours later, to this day she won’t give up her secret and how she did find me, I’m still totally baffled. I also did some drugs but never stayed hooked THANK GOODNESS except for smoking which I officially quit 2½ yrs. ago. I do recall always searching for someone to love me which landed me into 2 crappy relationships, where I was mistreated as a woman. But then I found my husband and everything was great for years he was respectful of me he treated me like the lady he knew I was and loved me with all of his heart. But then as usual my happiness train has always gotta end somewhere and with a series of misfortunate events along came death knocking and the door was answered..I think my husband actually helped my extra sensitive side because he knew just what to do. So for some years I was a changed person, I had a structure, I never had to worry, my husband fully looked after me, now I’m back to feeling like electricity and static cling course through my veins. If any of this doesnt make sense feel free to just ignore the comment lol. Let’s see after you have 2 head injuries one caused by a baseball bat the other by a stroke and they are thinking there’s more to it than that, things tend to not make as much sense this is where my husband always took over and said what I was thinking, in a shorter version sorry

As a child I was always the centre of attention, for the wrong reasons. Starting fights with my siblings or kids in the area, I was just full of trouble…. Always seemed to be the odd one out.. In my teen years this just became worse, it was just put down to not having a father figure around to give me some firm guidance shall we say… and probably right too…. :-/
I was a bad lad (I saw the inside of too many police cells ) up until I went to live in London with some friends at nineteen….. The army didn’t want me so I just went off the rails…. After a year or almost a year in London & having experienced an epiphany after the death of a close friend, I returned home to my native north east to start again…. I calmed down a lot, got myself a job, eventually & worked my arse off to where I am now, not rich in money by any stretch of the imagination but rich in the fact that I have been able to hold onto my friends & family & to live quite comfortably. A lot more comfortably than where I could have ended up…….. :-/

thanks guys…. i really wanted to know how people change during their kid years,,, keep it going…

As a child, I was small (shortest kid in the class and thin as a twig), painfully introverted (I rarely desired to speak to anyone outside my family other than one or two trusted friends), deeply imaginative (always drawing, reading, writing, playing pretend, building little towns that stretched from my bed to the doorway), driven to excel at academics, obsessed with animals, and had a bit of a superiority complex. I was easily moved to tears.

As a teenager, I was small (shortest kid in the class and thin as a twig), introverted (but managed to interact with my peers far more readily than I ever did as a child), channeled the majority of my creativity into writing, less enthusiastic at academics but still an excellent student. I still cried often. I was a neurotic mess. I learned how to stand up for myself as a minority instead of biting my tongue.

Now… I suppose I have grown into the qualities I had as a child. I am not completely changed. I’ve learned how to handle my introversion. It used to get in my way, but now I celebrate it as an important facet of who I am. I have not given up on my desire to write. I never stopped studying and that is paying off in spades at university. I cry less often, but I’m still a sensitive and compassionate person.

Not really. I think I am still basically a shy guy that is respectful of others and very uncomfortable around pretty women. Ha. Nothings really changed.

In some ways, yes; in others, no. In some ways this is positive, in other ways not. Sorry, guess I’m not currently up for supplying a good meaty answer… :p

awww that’s ok @peridot haha. mwah XXX

I’m no longer a tomboy. Don’t climb trees, smoke cornsilk and eat green apples or wrestle.
I’m still pretty dogmatic and demanding, but have softened a lot. Age can do that.

As a kid I stood out like sore thumb. I was very exotic looking, people constantly brought my ethnicity up, I felt people were very intrusive just because I was a kid. I had this belief I did what I felt was good and right then nothing bad would happen to me, boy did I learn otherwise. I was less patient and more aggressive in my beliefs and ideas than I am as an adult.

As an adult I am still an oddity but can blend in with just about everyone if I try a little, I like to stay under the radar before letting my stance on important things (to me) be known. I try to hold people to their actions more than their intentions because my life is mortal/finite and I don’t want smoke blown up my bum anymore. I’m okay with not trying or giving 100% to particular people or tasks, I choose a lot more carefully now my battles, my priorities, the people I let close.