What Does It Mean To Be Still A Child Essay

Some people have their moments of standing up to someone or something, or rather just a courageous moment overall. Some people have stood up to their school bullies or confronted their childhood bullies later in life, and good for them! Until they’re hanging by their underwear on a flagpole. Don’t worry about it. Anyway, since I was young then “but, but… You’re only fourteen. You’re still a child” hush my child. Just go with it. I never understood how someone could feel if they were lost and I can’t comprehend how people feel in other situations at all. Not until I’ve been in that situation. You see the fact that being lost can be very dangerous, especially for a child about the age of ten. Think about this. My situation. Being lost, not only lost, but being lost in a football stadium where you don’t own a phone, don’t know your way around, and it’s way too loud to even yell for your parents. What’re you supposed to do as a shy and antisocial child? Run on the …show more content…
I still get emotional thinking about it. I mean being a tiny child in a football stadium not know where your parents are is a little frightening. How could my parents have felt if someone else stopped me and took me. I mean hopefully I wasn’t that stupid to get drawn in by the cheesy “I have a puppy in my van, do you want to pet him?” attraction, yet still I could have gotten kidnapped. ABDUCTION. I could have gotten- nope we’ll stop right there. Now that I actually have a phone and portable chargers are a thing getting lost shouldn’t be such a big deal to me anymore. Abduction is another thing though, but I’m not gonna just be like “you caught me, haha I’ll get in the van.” like if they pull a gun on me. Shoot me in the leg buddy. Do it, I dare you. Getting off track here, so as far as “conquering” this fear. I don’t think getting lost really conquered anything. Unless you count the fact that I never want to do that again so I’ll pay more attention next