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Unfortunately yes. Formerly children played on the outdoor and the worst punishment was ban for playing outside. Nowadays I look out the window and I can't see any children though I know that my neighbors have descendants. It isn't mystery that the majority of their time they spend on computer or TV. In consequence they have greater access to inadequate information to their age. It is really dangerous phenomenon.
Nowadays children from primary school wear make-up, what was unthinkable in my days. They consider themselves adult but they can't deal with easy issues. Children think that all problems can be solved by uncle Google. When I look at modern technology, I can't imagine what future will bring.

Yes, I think children grow up too quickly nowadays. Their childhood is different than childhood 10 years ago. Then children go outside and play with their friends, nowadays children want to be adult. They spend time like an adult person. They stay at home and play computer games. Children don't even do homeworks alone, they check every problem in Google. Children lost their childhood, and they might regret that when they become an adult, so it's not good for them.

Yes, I think it's true because in these times children spend a lot of time at home in front of a computer . They prefer play on playstation than go out to the backyard. Development of technology and faster flow of information make that children want to be adults. Their childhood disappears. They begin to drink alcohol and smoke. Children behave differently than they should. In my opinion that things make that children don't have fun and they don't spend time with peers. In the future they will not have good memories and they will regret the end of childhood which was unused properly.

Like people before me, I have got the same opinion. Nowadays, a lot of children want to be adoult. I think it depends on many factors. For example, in TV there are a lot of too stupefying advertisments and every child watches TV instead of go outside with friends. Secondly, parents dress up children older than they are, they give them consents for too much things. It results in that they start -conhabitation earlier than they should, -drnik alcohol, -make-up, -play games on the console a whole afternoon and night.

In my opinion children don't grow up too quickly nowadays. But the problem is that children think they are adult, when they don't. The main group of children, who ended elementary school and have 12-13 years old, think that they are adult. Children start smoking and drinking alcohol since they are 12-13 years old. It's awful. In addiction to that, so many shop assistants sell alcohol and cigaretes to young people. That's illegal, but "money is money".

I think that children don't grow up too quickly nowadays. They want think that they are adult and they want be adult but they can not. Most of the children want to be adult, because thet thinkt that adult's life is easier and better than them. They don't ralised how difficult to be a grown man. I sure that they thinkt that adults life is like them but with benefits. They have no idea how they are wrong. They sholud play and have fun with other kids!!

I think children want to grow up too quickly nowadays and be adult when they have for example 13 years old. The don't have the same childhood like me or poeople older from me. When I was a child I used to go outside with my friends and play paperchase and play soccer and basketball at near playground. Nowadays they spend all they playing computer games and when parents want to they do sth like clean up their room they ignore this but if they want to go somewhere they think they are adult and can arrive at a decision alone.
On the other hand some of children must grow up faster than other because for example they have younger brother or sister and their parents drink alcohol, smoke and they don't care of them. They must to paddle one's own canoe and care for their siblings. So they must be like adult.

In my opinion, kids life today is sadder and sadder but the biggest problem is that they even dont know about it. 20 years ago it could be funny but now every kid stay in home and play pc games. In addition to that when some kid play on the play-ground, it might be weird for other kids. What does it mean? The world is still developing as fast as kids so we shouldn't be suprised when they are a little bit different than we.

In my opinion they don't, children growing up of course depends from times they are live, in the past 13 year old girls got married and ware householder, nowadays i think that children have more time and possibility to decide about themselves.

I suppose, that nowadays children think, that they grow up very quickly, but in practise is conversely. Children do things for adults and in this way they think, that they are also adults. But this behavior is irresponsible and stupid. Adult should be responsible. Children only play in adult. They should enjoy teenage life, because it ends very quickly and then stay only adult life.

Children dont grow up too quickly nowadays. The only obligation of children becomes education. Besides, they don't need to do anything else. In many homes the children don't have domestic duties. They are very immature. They dont need to take care of anything or anybody. Wherefore they dont want to grow up. Adults suffering from Peter Pan syndrome. Kids just want to enjoy the privileges of adulthood. (smoking, drinking and sex) But it isn't growing. It's something weird. This is a new disease of modern society.

Definitely children grow up too quickly nowadays. The world developed incredibly in last decade what had a significant impact on children childhood. In past the war was the main reason of the end of childhood now technology, new opportunities, Internet and etc. It is cruel because during Second World Was innocent kids didn't want this, now they want it. Social system has changed. Early starting of education in school, access to many things contributed to the fact that children want to be adults faster than normally it should be. How many young teen girls we see on the street in makeup and provocative clothes ? TOO MUCH. How many young teen boys start to drink alcohol and smoke cigarettes ? TOO MUCH. This is the result of changes in the world, values and promotion of bad trends where being an adult is cool. It's a huge problem which solve can only parents by themselves.

I agree. I think that my generation (I was born in 1997) didn't grow up as fastly as children who was born in XXI century. There is a lot of examples which centairly confirm my opinion. Children start education at the age of six. Definitely it's abridgement of childhood. They have to end with playing or having fun behalf doing homework. Attending to school is a very big duty and step to adulthood and in my opinion for six-year-old child it's too fast. In addition children have their own mobile phones or computers, sometimes for example vehicles like quad. It's nothing wrong in comparatively with that nowadays are organised the beauty pageant for children. Guardians put their face on, dress them in beautiful garments, tell them to act seriously. Everything looks great, they look like adults, they have to behave like adults, content, present, win. Nobody thinks about their feelings. Nobody reflects what they want actually. Perhabs they feel lonely, adrift. It isn't okay. They are only children and they have a lot of time to attend at this competition (if they will want) to explore the world . I think that it's their parents ,who want come true dreams from their childhood, fault that they grow up too quickly. APPEAL TO YOU! DON'T DO THIS YOUR CHILDREN.

When talking about growing up, I must say that children don't grow up too quickly nowadays. It is necessary to remember, that about seventy years ago during the World War II, many children were fighting for their homeland. They were mature,responsible and brave. Moreover, for example in the Middle Ages, kids quickly assumed family and young girls in my age were mothers. Now it seems impossible.
The fact is that nowadays a lot of children don't care about their future. They often don't help their parents, but they still play on the computer, meet with their friends and just enjoy their life. I don't think that it is something very bad, but then many adults can't live in other,mature world. I read about it. It even got its own name so-called "Peter Pan syndrome".
I claim that slow growing up is a problem of the modern world and kids should be more prepared for adult life.

Definitely! It's really bad think, 'cause I think childhood is the best time in our lives. I mean, I want to be child 4ever haha, and even now, when I'm 16 (tomorrow 17 ) years old girl, I prefer when people call me child than when they me as a adult person.
But why children grow up too quickly? I think our Parents have the biggest influence of who we are and as who we feel. My Parents provided me the best childhood and I'm very grateful to Them. Why? Cause I was never a child who want new telephone, new game or sth like that. For me the most valuable thing was spending time with my Family, Friends.
But now people get changed and I can't understand it. Now for 90% of people priority is having money. They don't understand that money don't replace love, friendship, it's just stupid paper. In retrospect I see how important is to using time with our Family, Friends, cause one day it will be just memory, nothin' else.
When I see "today's children" they are only thinking about new thing to buy, they only want to have something better than someone. I think they will regret it oneday, but unfortunately- there is no coming back.

So- DON'T GROW UP, IT'S A TRAP! ;)

I think that children grow up too fast. We live in a time where everyone is busy, no time for anything. Days go by very quickly. Children generally want to grow up, but once they become adults they wish to return to those times which passed too quickly. Being a kid is cool. There aren't so many problems. People grow up too quickly and do not have time to enjoy being a child.

Yeah, definitely. :)
When I was little I wanted to grow up as soon as possible, to see how it is to adult. I wanted to be able to come and go back late, to go somewhere by myself and be more independent. Now I'm 17, I would like to go back to childhood and live carefree. I wish I could go to playground, not to worry about exams... I can't believe how fast I've grew up.
But there are also those who don't want to grow up. Deny his age. Even when they are 20, they behave like children. Quite like 'Peter Pan'.
The environment in which we live affects, how quickly we grow up, whether we belong to those who want to grow up as soon as possible or to those who want to be children forever. Everything has changed, and children grow up quickly to be prepared for their future life. Parents are responsible for children and they must teach kids how to deal with the problems, which day by day are becoming more.

Now a days, children adopting technology much faster because they are growing up with cell phones, tv, computers. Teaching in the schools got changed drastically from our generation to current generation.

I agree with the statement that children are growing too fast nowadays. Contemporaily, parents force their children to learn a lot of stuffs like learing an music instruments or perticipating any talent show or learning how to manage their money wisely. All of those things provide a good chance for them to communicate more, but in the meantime it also helps them grow too fast. In the same way that children could use their electronic devices to get any imforation so easily which will help them gain tons of imformations everyday. All of those things contributes to the fast-pace children growth

By the time I’m 20 I’ll have divulged into several times the information than either of my parents did. My world perspective will be more developed, and more in depth than either of them had based souly on traditional education And books.

yes,ithink they are,either physically or in their way of thinking and how they look to things ,despite they sometimes behave in an immature way especially in what concerns them ,just my opinion