TOEFL: 'the things are simple' - Childhood is the happiest time of people's life

Do you agree or disagree with the following statement?

Childhood is the happiest time of people's life.

Use reasons and specific examples to support your opinion.

I think that the childhood is really the happiest time of people's life. As a child the things are simple. You have someone to take care of you and your only purpose in life is to do whatever you want to do. who would not enjoy that? One may argue that as a grown up you have more ways to enjoy. But wait a minute... Being a grown up is a responsibility. Being a child is fun.

As the people grown up they start to realize the importance of their actions and the responsibilities they have. They start to be more cautious. That takes away the adventurous and experimentle element of the human nature. That takes away the flavour of life. And the happiness is gone.

But the child have no such problems. He does not know anyhing about the world. And must find everything about it. Have you ever looked a childs face when he discovers something? He is smiling and laughing. Tell me that's not happiness. Of course at some point the child should find that the fire may burning him. But not everything is perfect though.

Tell me you do not want to treat you like a king. To have whatever you want to. Everyone around you to do whatever you want to, even if you need to cry a while. To be surrounded by people who loved you. But wait a minute once upon a time you were like king. In your childhood. As a child you were priviledged to have all that as long as you do not have a younger brother or sister.

As you grown up a little more you start to communicate with kids of your age. And here comes the funniest part of your life. The games. And with the games comes the friends. And with the friends comes the craziest ideas, which you would turn into practise, in your life. To climb the trees, to broke some windows or whatever your crazy little brain could think of.

Soon after that ray of pure child's creativity comes the school. And little by little you start becoming a grown up. But every time you look back you start appreciating the chance you have had to be a kid and to do all the things you do. And you suddenly realize that this was the happiest time of your life.

Every opinion is welcomed.

I think that the childhood is really the happiest time in a persons life.

As a child the things are simple, you have someone to take care of you and your only purpose in life is to do whatever you want.

One may argue that as a grown up you have more ways to enjoy yourself, but wait a minute being a grown up brings on responsibility whereas being a child is fun.

As the people grown up

They start to be more cautious this takes away the adventurous and experimentle element of the human nature which takes away the flavour of life and the happiness is gone

But children have no such problems, they do not know anything about the world and must explore to learn.

who love you

may burn him

Tell me you do not want be treated like a king

looked at a childs face

grow up a little more

with kids your own age

break some windows

*maybe you should not start sentences with "And"

You may want to add more depth to your essay by considering the different types of childhood a person may experience. For instance, some people grow up in poverty, or with abuse. Other people grow up in a loving, nurturing household. This might affect how people think about their childhood.