I think it's possible to have been a happy child, as I was, and still question and push back with regard to societal conventions.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I was brought up differently than the average American child because the average child is brought up expecting to be happy.
I had a happy childhood.
My childhood, I would say, was a bit sad. Society resents that.
The concept of happiness has to be reorganised.
I look back to a happy childhood.
I had a very happy childhood.
If you had an essentially happy childhood, that tends to dwell with you.
I grew up as this very carefree, happy kid then things turned darker for me. Maybe it was because I saw that the world wasn't as happy a place as I had hoped it would be for me.
We've just learned how to balance ourselves a little better so that we're happier way more of the time than not, and, you know, being happy is a radical and desirable act if you ask me.
I was never happy, and neither were many of my friends. We were just normal kids that were not so excellent at what society wanted from us at that time.