The Child Within

When people grow up, they grow out of childhood and into adulthood. I think people suppress their childlike natures and take on adultlike natures when they grow up. Adults essentially are crippled children who will express only the parts of their true natures that are acceptable to the societies they are in. Children know no such inhibitions and are often allowed to do things which adults would not dream of doing. Such double standards are unusual, and somewhat imply the limits adults are placing on themselves just because they believe in their "right place". Adults must be responsible, bear themsleves with dignity and so on. Now, besides the law and order and productive society argument, how is it that even adults occasionally wish to let their inner child out? They want places where they can cut loose and all that. If all adults could agree that they're allowed to cut loose in a non-destructive manner anywhere they please, I figure they would jump at the suggestion. Strangely enough, this has never occured to people.