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Which events stand out from childhood?
Looking back to the time when you were a kid, which events stand out?
My Childhood was a very happy and strange one. My parents who were children of war, growing up in Poland during the German rule, tried to compensate their difficult childhood by granting us a happy one. Because they never grew up in normal circumstances. My mother being orphaned from her parents in a very early age, and my father growing up in hiding and among partizans, they raised up in very chaotic circumstances. One of my strongest childhood memories was my father telling me bed time stories. His stories always took place in bars and involved drunk people and prostitutes. Once I asked what exactly was a drunk and a prostitute, my father explained that drunks were extremely happy people and that prostitutes were women who got paid to drink, eat and celebrate with drunks. It was about that time that I made up my mind that once I'll grow up I'll be a male prostitute.
Etgar, happy to see you here. I'm looking forwards to 9.99 (and loved Jellyfish)..

I remember when I was about 7, running away from home (about 100 meters distance) upset at my parents. I was sitting there on some stairwell and thinking, and I understood that I can't expect or be dependent on my parents, or anybody's, approval or recognition. That I have to judge myself what is good and bad in what I do and not be dependent on anyone else. I then went calmly back home, but I must say it made my life much easier since that day.
Mine are not so deep, but I have one specific memory and one more general.  1) Being lost in the grocery store at age 4.  I thought I would never see my mom again. I still recall with great detail what I was wearing and the relief I felt when I was "found".  2) Playing all kinds of make believe games with my brother and sister (pioneers, house, that we were on a camping trip, etc).  I wonder if kids still play these games, or if they just plug in the video games.  Several years ago I ran into my first grade teacher (who is still teaching) and I asked her what had changed.  She said the kids are still great, but that over the years she thinks they have gotten less imaginative.
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