childhood Archives - Youth Are Awesome https://youthareawesome.com/tag/childhood/ Tue, 08 Jul 2025 21:47:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 The Story Behind the Castle: Disney Studios https://youthareawesome.com/the-story-behind-the-castle-disney-studios/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-story-behind-the-castle-disney-studios https://youthareawesome.com/the-story-behind-the-castle-disney-studios/#respond Tue, 08 Jul 2025 21:47:52 +0000 https://youthareawesome.com/?p=117300 Whether it be birthday parties or theme parks, Disney has shaped our generation’s childhood through its legacy in animation. From Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs to Mufasa: The Lion King, Disney has been creating extraordinary movies for its audience since 1927 when Walt Disney Studio was first established. Disney has a significant role in […]

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]]> https://youthareawesome.com/the-story-behind-the-castle-disney-studios/feed/ 0 High School Advice https://youthareawesome.com/high-school-advice/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=high-school-advice https://youthareawesome.com/high-school-advice/#respond Sun, 29 Jun 2025 19:04:36 +0000 https://youthareawesome.com/?p=117317 As part of being a 2025 high school graduate, my 3 years of high school (in Alberta) has come to end. For me, these past 3 years were filled with incredible friends; melodramatic interactions and academic stress; and  heartwarming and heartbreaking memories. Whenever high school is mentioned, one of the most common descriptions about it […]

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]]> https://youthareawesome.com/high-school-advice/feed/ 0 Tales of Time Forgotten – A Poem https://youthareawesome.com/tales-of-time-forgotten-a-poem/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tales-of-time-forgotten-a-poem https://youthareawesome.com/tales-of-time-forgotten-a-poem/#comments Sun, 23 Feb 2025 05:17:17 +0000 https://youthareawesome.com/?p=115592 Tales of Time Forgotten    You’re seven years old, running as fast as your tiny little legs can take you across the grass  You’re embracing every single moment before the bell rings and you must return to class  You bask in the sunlight and embrace the crisp breeze on your skin  Your veins are filled […]

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]]> https://youthareawesome.com/tales-of-time-forgotten-a-poem/feed/ 1 A Flashback Into Time: The Relationship Between Scents and Memories https://youthareawesome.com/a-flashback-into-time-the-relationship-between-scents-and-memories/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-flashback-into-time-the-relationship-between-scents-and-memories Fri, 03 Mar 2023 02:27:56 +0000 https://youthareawesome.com/?p=109602 The sun is beginning to peak from the horizon, filling the adamant blue sky with its orange hue. Around, morning dew leaves its mark on leaves, and the petrichor emanates from the grass, a reminder that a new season of life is yet to commence. For a moment, you are transfixed back into time, lost […]

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]]> Our Childhood Together – A Personal Memoir https://youthareawesome.com/our-childhood-together-a-personal-memoir/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=our-childhood-together-a-personal-memoir Thu, 24 Mar 2022 18:11:31 +0000 https://youthareawesome.com/?p=107557 My older brother is graduating this year. Watching him make important college decisions has got me reminiscing about our past childhood together. Here is a piece of creative writing I wrote in light of my memories. To Rob: Remember when we used to ride our bikes in the summer time? Mom and Dad would stroll […]

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]]> “Zombies on Your Lawn”: A Lost Icon https://youthareawesome.com/zombies-on-your-lawn-a-lost-icon/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=zombies-on-your-lawn-a-lost-icon Fri, 18 Jun 2021 19:48:55 +0000 https://www.youthareawesome.com/?p=103088 Plants vs. Zombies was my absolute favorite childhood video game. When I saw anyone who wanted to talk about anything, I would only talk about that game. My Wii username was “sunflower123”, and I called my favorite Mii “sunflower”. When I was 12, I planted flowers in my community with an all-adult volunteer group because […]

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]]> YAA Holdiday Countdown 2018: Childhood Memories https://youthareawesome.com/yaa-holdiday-countdown-2018-childhood-memories/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=yaa-holdiday-countdown-2018-childhood-memories Sun, 23 Dec 2018 02:19:04 +0000 https://www.youthareawesome.com/?p=95116 The garden was white with frost, magical beyond words. The house was full of melodies and jingles, worth more than breakfast. There was a big gleaming tree, arranged with lustrous nuance Under which lay a mountain of presents. We would all go to church, where there was a big feast, Turkey legs, fruits, hams and […]

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]]> Ain’t Nuthin’ Better Than the Good Ol’ Days? https://youthareawesome.com/aint-nuthin-good-ol-days/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=aint-nuthin-good-ol-days Wed, 24 May 2017 16:26:27 +0000 https://www.youthareawesome.com/?p=87195 Nothing beats reminiscing about fun past memories, whether than be your childhood, school days, or any other fun times. I had a humanities teacher one-time ask my class: if your house was burning down and you could choose to save one thing, what would it be? Sure it was one of those generic, icebreaker questions […]

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]]> My Experience with Video Games https://youthareawesome.com/experience-video-games/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=experience-video-games Wed, 19 Apr 2017 19:55:21 +0000 https://www.youthareawesome.com/?p=86288 I have always been a fan of video games ever since I laid my hands on my first handheld console: the Nintendo DS. As I matured, so did my taste in different kinds of games. I remember clearly as I began my adventure in the Sinnoh region in Pokemon Diamond. The excitement and anticipation I felt for the journey I […]

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]]> The Fear of Time Passing https://youthareawesome.com/time/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=time Mon, 25 Jan 2016 21:05:19 +0000 https://www.youthareawesome.com/?p=78879 When we are children we seldom think of the future. This innocence leaves us free to enjoy ourselves as few adults can. The day we fret about the future is the day we leave our childhood behind. – Patrick Rothfuss, from “The Name of the Wind” Do you wish you could return back to childhood? […]

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]]> Cirque du Soleil: Kurios – Cabinet of Curiosities https://youthareawesome.com/cirque-du-soleil-kurios-cabinet-curiosities/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cirque-du-soleil-kurios-cabinet-curiosities Wed, 22 Apr 2015 17:16:07 +0000 https://www.youthareawesome.com/?p=70423 Kurios really brought out what it was designed to; it was a cabinet of many curiosities at the hand of a scientist who is trying to bridge the gap between the impossible and the possible, with a few minor, unexpected bumps along the way. Going into the show, I was expecting nothing less than an […]

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]]> Top 4 Childhood Cartoons https://youthareawesome.com/childhood-cartoons/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=childhood-cartoons Fri, 27 Mar 2015 17:37:00 +0000 https://www.youthareawesome.com/?p=69618 No matter how old we grow to be, cartoons will always bring a smile to our faces, and send the rush of nostalgia through us every single time we watch them. Although I spoke about annoying cartoons in one of my previous blogs, there are many cartoons that will always have a special place in […]

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]]> Fairy tales: Disney endings vs Original endings https://youthareawesome.com/fairytales-original-endings-disney-endings/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=fairytales-original-endings-disney-endings Thu, 19 Feb 2015 18:29:45 +0000 https://www.youthareawesome.com/?p=68321 We all love fairy tales and their amazing happy endings, especially the Disney ones! The songs are so joyful and they don’t seem to have a care in the world. Or so we think! The endings of fairytales have been twisted by Disney, so that the movies would be a huge hit with the viewers […]

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]]> Most Annoying Cartoons https://youthareawesome.com/annoying-toys/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=annoying-toys Fri, 30 Jan 2015 19:05:13 +0000 https://www.youthareawesome.com/?p=67259 I grew up watching cartoons on Cartoon Network, and I loved most of the cartoons that came on. However, there are just some cartoons that I absolutely despised, and I have listed three of the worst cartoons (in my opinion of course) here: 1. Dexter’s Laboratory Dexter’s laboratory was quite a thrilling experience for me. […]

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]]> Top 5 childhood books https://youthareawesome.com/top-5-childhood-books/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=top-5-childhood-books Mon, 19 Jan 2015 17:17:45 +0000 https://www.youthareawesome.com/?p=67003 I am a bookworm, and as a child, I read as many books as I could every single day. In fact I loved some books so much that I can read them again and again, and if I had any of these 5 books in front of me, I would read them all over again. […]

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]]> Five bizarre things we did as kids https://youthareawesome.com/5-bizarre-things-we-did-as-kids/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=5-bizarre-things-we-did-as-kids Thu, 12 Jun 2014 16:02:22 +0000 https://www.youthareawesome.com/?p=58728 Didn’t we all do really strange stuff when we were younger? Some of my fondest memories come from doing things that I would probably not be caught dead doing now. With all this childhood nostalgia, here is my list of the top five odd things that most of us did as kids. Hopefully you can […]

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]]> Five nostalgic movies https://youthareawesome.com/5-nostalgic-movies/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=5-nostalgic-movies Fri, 27 Dec 2013 19:25:49 +0000 https://www.youthareawesome.com/?p=53432 This is usually the time of the year when I go back and re-watch all my favourite movies (Christmas-themed or not)…and I came across some that I still watch from my childhood days, so much so that I know most of the lines by heart. So, here are a few of my childhood Christmas movies […]

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]]> The nostalgia tag https://youthareawesome.com/the-nostalgia-tag/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-nostalgia-tag Thu, 21 Nov 2013 15:27:36 +0000 https://www.youthareawesome.com/?p=52086 For some reason this weekend, I was reminded of all the great old pop punk music from  back in the day (Panic! at the Disco, Fall out Boy, All American Rejects, etc.) Since then I have been obsessing over all of my old favorite songs and many other things from my childhood. I hope my […]

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]]> Those Awareness Events in 2013 – International Childhood Cancer Day https://youthareawesome.com/awareness-days-childhood-cancer-day/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=awareness-days-childhood-cancer-day Wed, 13 Feb 2013 18:42:29 +0000 https://www.youthareawesome.com/?p=38471 We often hear about inspirational stories of patients overcoming this sickness through media. This twist in life tears up those who feel it personally. Medically, this word refers to a group of diseases that can be traced to abnormal cell growth. The sudden diagnosis may seem crippling at first for an adult, let alone a child or […]

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]]> My top 10 favourite childhood books https://youthareawesome.com/top-10-favourite-childhood-books/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=top-10-favourite-childhood-books Tue, 27 Mar 2012 15:07:59 +0000 https://www.youthareawesome.com/?p=30031 So, I was feeling a touch nostalgic, and decided to compile a list of my favourite novels from my elementary years. Many of these, I would go back and read again today, and I encourage you all to do the same. Have a childhood favourite? Comment below. In no particular order, here goes: 1. Anne […]

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]]> Who’s ready to put down the game controller? https://youthareawesome.com/back-to-school-201/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=back-to-school-201 Tue, 06 Sep 2011 14:00:48 +0000 https://www.youthareawesome.com/?p=21679 So we’ve all had our fun: the late nights, movie marathons, endless hours of video games, eating ice cream for all three meals of the day, vacationing, and best of all, no work! But unfortunately, summer is now at an end, which in turns means the beginning of a new school year. But it doesn’t […]

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]]> Endings are also Beginnings https://youthareawesome.com/endings-are-also-beginnings/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=endings-are-also-beginnings Wed, 15 Jun 2011 15:17:37 +0000 https://www.youthareawesome.com/?p=18169 As we finish off yet another exciting year of school, we begin to realize just how fast we are all growing up. For me, it is the end of Grade 11 in high school. And soon, I will be embarking on another busy year, my final year of high school. The idea of growing up […]

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