The Similarities And Differences Of Childhood And Adulthood

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There are two different but similar stages in a person’s life: childhood and adulthood. I remember when I was a child, all I ever wanted to do was being an adult. Now that I am an adult or semi adult, I wish to be a child again. Looking back at my childhood everything seemed so easy. Now that I’m out in the “real world” everything seems to be ten times harder. As we continue to grow and develop we go through several stages of life. These characteristics can be distinguished by these similarities and differences: our thoughts in each stage, our actions in each stage, and our experiences.
Children are known to act more in a free manor, worrying mostly about themselves the others. Over time they learn to consider other people’s feelings when they complete an action. However, adults tend to control their actions by the world and thoughts around them. Children tend to act on their impulses, for example when they see something they want they go and get it. As adults, we tend to stop, and think about the action. The thoughts that are behind the actions tend to have similarities. There is an obvious mental difference in learning abilities and other capabilities between children minds and adult minds, but the basic thoughts, instinctive thoughts, remain. Thoughts will be free and selfish, …show more content…

In adulthood, we pay bills, do our laundry, and get a job. While in childhood we don’t have to worry about anything. Although both childhood and adulthood seem to be different in the experience category they are very similar. The experiences between the two stages both tend to have major or minor results in who we become or are as a person. They also are similar in certain ways; as a child, everyone remembers they popular group of girls, or the bully’s. Well hate to break it to you. Even in adulthood you have those types of people, you can have them at work or anywhere; it tends to never leave

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