To ask what (in your opinion) makes the perfect childhood?

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My childhood was awful and I’ve always thought travelling around the world would have been a cool childhood to have

I actually think I had as close to a perfect childhood as you can get.

My parents, teen parents but obviously in love, worked hard to ensure we had a nice house. We weren’t rich, there was a period when we were pretty poor but my grandparents are well off so we didn’t feel it.

We were adored (and still are) by our parents. We were told daily how much they loved us and told how brilliant they thought we were. We were all, and still are very close to both sets of grandparents who are kind, loving people. No one died close to us (and still hasn’t yet - touch wood) so we never experienced loss.

My OH by contrast, has disabled mum, and his dad was an alcoholic who left his mum after scamming the local village (and his mum) to pay for his non existence cancer treatment. He was resentful everyday and he still to this day, doesn’t understand how he turned that anger into something worthwhile. He credits his social worker for helping Him become rather than going to prison.

Loving, supportive parents who put try their best and provide a sense of stability and security. That would have been my perfect childhood.

I had a good childhood. One of 4 siblings but with parents who had enough love and energy to go round, got on with my brothers, had lots of fun together. A sense that our parents really liked having us around.

Dh also had a happy home and lots of love. Not very well off but not badly enough to suffer. Parents who had lots of time for him and enjoyed him.

As far as the love and nurturing goes we have done the same for ours, but am very aware that dd's childhood was blighted to some extent by ill health and suffering.