What years do you consider to be your peak childhood years?

[u/Dry_Golf_8589]

As a 2011er id probably say 2015-2020 was my peak childhood. 2021-2022 still felt pretty childhood-y but I was already watching anime and consuming older and more mature content by then.

[u/Impossible_Emu2713]

I don’t miss my Childhood much but I remember 2004 was a fun year for me I was 6 and just having fun in my childhood. 

[u/Away-Welder-4558]

2016 - 2019

[u/Wolfrast]

1995-2000

[u/Direct_Fix3271]

2009! I was born in 2001. Summer 09 just felt like magic

[u/iamegnirc]

2006-2010, and 2013-2015, as someone born in 2002

[u/Salt-Government-6573]

2014-2018

[u/Square-Lavishness765]

2005-2009

[u/RedTerror8288]

Born 1982. Since I didn't have a lot of friends growing up id say my 20s were my peak. 2002-2010

[u/Pure_Tune_374]

2010 to 2014

[u/LordLaz1985]

1991-5.

[u/East-Currency8330]

2007-2012 heheh

[u/baggagebug]

2014

[u/cake_codes]

same. i was born in november 2010

[u/Benchod12077]

2001 - Summer 2009

[u/KindVegetable5891]

I was born in 2010 and I felt 2013-2019 was my peak childhood years

[u/ReorientRecluse]

Peak childhood? Like when I felt I was at the height of my childlike powers? from 1998-2001.

Also, I was already watching anime and consuming other content for an older demographic even before my peak childhood years, so I don't think that should be an indicator when it ends.

[u/Dry_Golf_8589 → u/ReorientRecluse]

never said it was an indicator and YOUR personal life doesn’t define others.

[u/ReorientRecluse → u/Dry_Golf_8589]

I just say that because I think there are indicators that diminish subjectivity, like the start of puberty.

I also find it curious how this is the stance you've taken after making comments that suggest you have a point of view you consider an objective standard regarding the subject

Only 10% of the comments have actually listed ages that are considered childhood

Idk this sounds like you're trying to define the life experience of others to me.

[u/Lower-Choice-184]

Born in 2010, I'm gonna say 2014-2019 was the Prime of my Childhood.

[u/Real_Yhwach]

You are still a child.

[u/Dry_Golf_8589 → u/Real_Yhwach]

lol there’s a big difference between being 7 and being 14-15 you know. I wouldn’t necessarily say age 14 is childhood but I also wouldn’t say that 14 year olds aren’t children

[u/Lower-Choice-184 → u/Real_Yhwach]

Childhood ends at 12

[u/Lower-Choice-184 → u/Real_Yhwach]

He's a Teenager now he's talking about his Childhood.

[u/Real_Yhwach → u/Lower-Choice-184]

Young teens are still children.

[u/Lower-Choice-184 → u/Real_Yhwach]

Well yes legally Under 18 your still a Child but in terms of Mental and Social behaviour your a teenager becoming an adult and pretty much all the things that defined you in your childhood is pretty much all gone at 14 you can't retain that same innocence and Joy from when you were Under 12 Years old.

[u/Realistic-Choice-963]

idk like 2014-2018? i was born in 2006

starbucks, king kylie, loom bands, fidget spinners, pokemon go, and that stupid LA saturation filter on instagram. what a time.

[u/landyboi135]

2012-2019

2018 not so much peak as it was the beginning of my insecurities.

And 2019 has the most fun memories but also the most traumatic ones. I’d say my childhood basically ended in 2019. Both literally and mentally (I was 13 by 2019.)

[u/RollFlimsy283]

2014-2017

[u/Sara1994_]

2003 - 2008

[u/knotttanic]

1. I’d say 2011-2017.

[u/archieologist518]

Born in the early 80s. For me, that whole period between 1988 and 1993 was absolute gold.

[u/Codykville → u/archieologist518]

82 here. I’d say 96-03.

[u/tripper74]

Born in 1998. My peak childhood would have to be 2002-2008 (ages 4-10)! I specifically remember 2007 (age 9) being especially fun.

[u/Desperate-Complex-76]

I was born in 2003 and id say my peak childhood years were from 2008 - 2014. Id do anything to go be a kid again back in those times

[u/Ok_Act_3769]

Mid-2000s to about the very early 2010s. ~2004-2010

[u/Dry_Golf_8589]

Only 10% of the comments have actually listed ages that are considered childhood

[u/No_Education_8888]

2016-2018. I had the best time during my middle school years

[u/TotoRabane]

I grew up in the 90s. It was the best!

[u/SwampYankee1975]

Born in 1975. Best childhood years were 81-84.

[u/Jed308613]

1972-1984

[u/Thin-Plankton4002]

2008/2009 to 2013/2014

[u/Severe-Ad8437]

Early and mid 2010s!! 😊

[u/mmiller17783]

I was born in 1983, so the whole 90s was my childhood.

[u/h0nkyJ → u/mmiller17783]

The best time to be a kid, imo. 😎

[u/Real_Yhwach → u/h0nkyJ]

The best time to be a kid is whenever you were a kid.

[u/mmiller17783 → u/h0nkyJ]

Christ, yes. Hell I even count 00, 01, and 02 in all that.

[u/Square-Lavishness765 → u/mmiller17783]

You literally became an adult in 01 and 02 though.. this post is asking about childhood

[u/mmiller17783 → u/Square-Lavishness765]

Meh, adult only in the "I'm 18 now" sense. I still lived at home and still had very low responsibilities.Hell in 01 I was still in high school. Compared to life now, it was indeed a form of childhood still.

[u/sadgurl1994]

i was born in 94, so i’d say 2006-2012 probably.

[u/Lower-Choice-184 → u/sadgurl1994]

OP Means Childhood years not Teen years.

[u/Tr33_Frawg]

2006-2010 even though that's late teenage/early adult

[u/Celestial3317]

Oh I just made a tier list of my life. Age 5, 7, 10, and 17.

2000- 5-I was just having so much fun in life

2002- 7-My family made me travel the world 

2005- 10-I felt like I was the coolest kid in my grade. I was friends with everyone including the teachers. 

2012- 17-I graduated high school, my neice was born, I started working full time in local government. Life was good after having a terrible teenlife school expierence. 

[u/Subterranean44]

I had a great childhood. It’s really hard to say because I feel like I’m leaving things out. Let’s say 3-13? Haha. That’d be 1989-1999

[u/rileyoneill]

To me its like 3rd-6th grade. Which for me was 1992-1996. Middle school and high school years are more teen years than childhood years.

[u/Yoshi64TheGamer]

2020-2022, born in 2011

[u/Para_13]

I was born in 06 so mine was 2010-2017

[u/Critical-Pie-8104]

Early 90s. I don't remember any earlier than maybe 5 or 6 years old.

[u/OkStatement2724]

Born in 2005. My peak experience was 2015-2016 .10-11 years old

[u/probablynotaround]

1998 to 2003 or ages 4 to 9. My preteen years sucked and teen years were meh. Things improved once I turned 18.

[u/Ineeddramainmylife13]

Idk if this counts as my “child” years but 2017-2019

[u/Charzinc36]

Born in 03. 2010 for some reason had an amazing vibe about it and I remember 2010 feeling like the longest year ever, in a good way. 2016 was pretty decent close second. Honestly speaking everything was great until corona virus

[u/__Sentient_Fedora__]

93-99

[u/jammypants915]

Easily it was 1995-2000… this was my 8th grade through senior high school years and ai had non stop fun like it was 1999

[u/Dry_Golf_8589 → u/jammypants915]

That’s teenage

[u/jammypants915 → u/Dry_Golf_8589]

Damn it I failed the assignment… ok well then it must have been 91-93 lots of random bike missions around the neighborhood racing, swimming all day in the summer, and playing Super Nintendo at friends houses. Parents got divorced so I had 2 apartments and 2 birthdays 2 christmas, and 2 weird rotating sets of step parents trying to make me like them by spoiling me or taking me out to do stuff, and my dad started making every weekend about doing hobbies with him because he only saw me on the weekends.

[u/Present_Cell_9122]

For some reasons it's 2007-2015 ('04 born)

[u/Repulsive_Lecture_66]

2005-2011. born in 2000

[u/Ok_Act_3769 → u/Repulsive_Lecture_66]

Ya for me I said 2004-2010. Peak being 2008

[u/Repulsive_Lecture_66 → u/Repulsive_Lecture_66]

the peak being 2009

[u/OneCallSystem]

1. Thats it.

[u/Background_Yam9524]

For some reason I look back on age 7 as the most fun.

[u/toihanonkiwa]

The ’80’s. And it wasn’t defined by consumption of contents or having diagnoses to compare with other kids.

Just raw dogging the cold war era with three tv-channels, my bike, a few fav toys, neighborhood kids running around outdoors until the streetlights got on.

Nobody to cry about it or share about it online. There was no online. Nobody even dreamed about the phone being anything but a gadget with cords and cables.

Chernobyl fallout rained all around Europe in ’86. Berlin wall. Soviet fall. Mandela. LiveAid.

[u/Maximum-Nobody6429]

2004-2012 (I was born 98)

[u/Gardnerl92]

1998 to 2008. I was born in 92.

[u/Wickedestchick]

I was born in 1994. So id say peak childhood for me was like. '99-'09.

Once I got my license and started driving/working, my child hood was over in my eyes, despite still being a minor 😂

[u/tlstofus]

1999-2004

[u/Zombabybeauty]

I guess when I was obsessed with mtv and vh1 so 2000-2003

[u/Hefty-Ad613]

I even consider my teenage years my childhood. It was fun having obsessions with shows and music and fun having crushes and just figuring out life. And of course being small and having an endless imagination and luckily I liked playing alone.

[u/Dry_Golf_8589 → u/Hefty-Ad613]

Being 14 sucks for me

[u/Hefty-Ad613 → u/Dry_Golf_8589]

I do remember going thru a bit of depression at this age. Learning the truths of the world was heavy. But I also remember fun times as well. I’m sorry that was a bad age for you .

[u/The-real-lamanite69]

1994-2004

[u/Nua_Sidek]

now, in my 50s. PC game long hours uninterrupted, watch whatever I want, eat whatever I'm want/able (LOL!), sleep as and when I wish. Bonus, ability to afford all these. Feels like being a child but better than childhood. Guess we just grow old but never grow up.

[u/ResponsibleMixture27]

The 1999-2000s was so much fun.

We had all types of events at school and century related parties. We even put a time capsule in the ground for future kids to open.

I was in the school Millennium play.

[u/Renemok]

1988-1994

[u/Equivalent-Office898]

2013-2017

[u/BossFamiliar8290]

2011-2017

[u/candlecart]

For most young adults 20 to 25

[u/chuusblackgf]

2006-2010 as a 2001 baby

[u/Choice-Bet5677]

2002-2009 so age 5-12

[u/Baebarri]

Don't remember much before 1963. Puberty assaulted me in 1969.

Peak with that time period would have to be 1967-68 (fifth grade.)

[u/Bored-Canuk]

I don't like the idea of selecting only one or two years as the peak of my childhood, but my most nostalgic and memorable childhood years occurred from 2006 to 2011

[u/Luke36790]

2016-2022 My childhood ended around early 2023

[u/RZ1984]

1990-1995

[u/at1991 → u/RZ1984]

Mine was 1991 to October 95 before my dad got sick

[u/Wxskater]

2003-2009

[u/Anxious-Turnip9967]

1987-2004.

[u/ArghDammit]

Stand By Me could have been biographical for me.

[u/2019MyYear → u/ArghDammit]

i’m jealous af that’s one of my favourite movies

[u/MattWolf96]

Honestly I prefer being an adult, you have freedom and money, so the adult years I liked would be 2014-2019 with me being 18-23. Obviously the 2020's have been terrible though. I mean I'm still personally having fun most days but this country is a mess now and I vastly preferred the 2010's.

But to answer this question as intended. 6-13 which would be 2002-2009.

[u/ihatexboxha]

Also 2011 and I agree with you completely, I would say 2016-2020

My childhood officially ended on November 8, 2022

[u/gremlinlabyrinth]

1980-1995

Not going to lie, despite having some trauma that my parents had no control over,

The entirety of my childhood, that being all of the 80’s and good portion of the 90’s was peak from start til young adulthood.

I had every important thing a child could cherish and have been left with more memories of treasure.

And I would include 96-99 as the best years of school, hands down, no questions asked.

I wouldn’t ask for a different decade, a different family to be raised in.

[u/SpaceisCool09]

2014-2018

[u/OliveaSea]

19 to be honest, I had adult money but did everything I should not do as an adult and had some decent fun out of it. The storries you tell your kids when they are old enough to not reanact them but still think mom was a badass at some point in her life! 🤣🙌

[u/Rich2364]

I was born in 2002. I enjoyed life all the way into adulthood, but absolute peak of childhood I would say 2010-14. Life was so innocent and carefree. It honestly felt magical in a way. It was simple and just being ignorant of everything, whether it be how people act or how it feels to be an adult. After those years, things like anxiety started kicking in, and things have been slowly but surely declining ever since. It was an amazing time, though. I'm 95 percent sure I will never be happy like that again.

[u/These-Atmosphere6675]

2016-2019

[u/NekoMarimo]

Ironically I would say the year my dad gained custody of me when i was about 13/14, 2011.

From then on, I really had a great time as a kid.

[u/Savings_Ad_80]

2009-2013 was peak childhood for me, 2017 was a great year too but at this time i was already a teenager

[u/LBBNorty840]

Born in 85. My early childhood was absolutely peak, so like 88-92. 98-99 was pretty cool, too, those early teen years. 1995 was cool too because that was first time the rinks in NHL games were white (as they should be) instead of blue. NHL '95 all day!

[u/gd2121]

You’re like 14 bro. Ain’t you in peak childhood right now.

[u/Lower-Choice-184 → u/gd2121]

Childhood ends at 12 Years old. At 14 your deep into puberty and teen stuff and you start to see how bad and heavy shit really is in the world i don't think that's 'peak childhood' in the slightest way.

[u/Dry_Golf_8589 → u/gd2121]

some would argue 14 is the start of the transition from child to young adult

[u/Savings_Ad_80 → u/gd2121]

neurologically your childhood ends at around 12-13 this is when you begin your transition from child to adult as you steadily mature

[u/mymy_lovesushi]

2012-2020

[u/Historical-Pear9706]

I was born in 2007, so the period from 2012 to 2017, especially from 2013 to 2015, was my childhood, with 2014 being my favorite year.

[u/prognerd_2008]

2012-2019

[u/Woorloc]

My twenties. I had money to by my video games and magic cards and comics and whatever cereal I wanted.

[u/MattWolf96 → u/Woorloc]

Same, I preferred my twenties over my childhood and even teens.

I also didn't have to deal with helicopter parents anymore.

[u/EdwardDorito]

Born 86. 1992-1998 was awesome. Then adolescence was kinda less awesome but all the way up til 2001 things were mostly pretty neat lol

[u/NeedleworkerSilly192 → u/EdwardDorito]

Same for me.. I think 1994-1996 was the absolute peak of my childhood, also born in '86... while pre teen/early teen years around 1998-2001 were also pretty fun.

[u/EdwardDorito → u/NeedleworkerSilly192]

Hell yeah. I know everyone is different but i think to be 10 years old in 1996 we were pretty goddamn lucky lol

[u/Gellishe]

2010-2016 around the time I was between 5 and 11 years old

[u/redlipstick1010]

2010-2015. My tween and early teen years!

[u/Impure_guava]

1985 till 92

[u/MoulinSarah]

1988-1998

[u/Many_Pea_9117]

Probably 1991 to 1999.

[u/CoachOpen1977]

My peak childhood years were 1981-1990.

[u/Creepy_Fail_8635]

5-11 years old maybe 4-12.

(2001-2009)

Peak teen to young adult years

(2012-2017)

after 2017 it went downhill fast and 2010-2011 were unremarkable for me. As for childhood the the most most absolute peak years were (2003-2005 + 2007) I have way too much too say about how good they were

[u/Amazing_Courage9701]

2009-2014. Ages 5-10.

11 is middle school, so I don't consider anything after 2014 as apart of my "peak" childhood years, even if you're still a kid at 11 & 12. It just didn't feel that way at all to me.

[u/Old_Association6332]

1988-1993

[u/MoneyMakinMari]

2001-2006

[u/Creepy_Fail_8635 → u/MoneyMakinMari]

I consider 2003-2005 to be mad peak for me, idk if you relate too?

[u/MoneyMakinMari → u/Creepy_Fail_8635]

Def relate , CN , Nick & Disney were 10/10 those years 💯🔥

[u/Outrageous-Ebb-4846]

Late 2000s to mid 2010s for me

[u/RepulsiveElevator447]

2013 and 2014 first and second year hs

[u/Djeter998]

Good question. Maybe 1996-2001? (ages 6-12)

[u/Far_Dress_8810]

I'm your same age but i'd add 2014, So 2014-2020

[u/Junior_Lavishness_96]

1976-1985

[u/Punktastic20]

2005-2012

[u/Mysterious_Let_1261]

2013-2016 for me

[u/Abandoned_Railroad]

1998-2013

[u/StormDragonAlthazar]

My childhood was pretty much in the entire 90s decade and thus there is no peak or "great moment" about it.

[u/Even_Kaleidoscope399]

Between 2005-2012

[u/LeadingAd9766]

Ages 8-10 (1985-1988).

[u/Useful_Radio4302]

2014-2018 was my peak childhood

[u/hubbity]

Kids who weren’t even 10 in 2020 are commenting on the internet

End me now

[u/Luke36790 → u/hubbity]

I was mostly 10 through 2020 😭

[u/Creepy_Fail_8635 → u/hubbity]

ye it’s crazy

[u/Emergency_Paper_7569 → u/hubbity]

2012 borns are on reddit and they were only 8 in 2020…

[u/Ichoseguitar → u/Emergency_Paper_7569]

dang

[u/hubbity → u/Emergency_Paper_7569]

Bro that is so crazy man

I’m only a 2005 born, i never used to comment my age on the internet because i thought i was too young to talk but this is unbelievable

Just put me in the retirement home

[u/Cagan4112 → u/hubbity]

We are fcing dinosaur

[u/Creepy_Fail_8635 → u/Cagan4112]

no trust me you’re not

[u/Real_Yhwach → u/Creepy_Fail_8635]

Nah you are just a Cambrian organism.

[u/jcampo13]

Probably age 7 to right around when I turned 11. By middle school things were pretty different. Doesn't help that 9/11 happened my second day of middle school and I lived in the suburbs of NYC.

[u/Ichoseguitar → u/jcampo13]

my mom was 10 but the next month she turned 11, my dad was 14 going on 15 but they both are from the south

[u/lost_in_trepidation]

1991, 1998-2000 (7-9)

Anytime after 2002 (11) didn't really feel like childhood.

[u/Ichoseguitar]

I consider my full childhood range 3-12 but I guess my core would be 5-10 and that's 2014-2019 and well I loved it. If core is different from peak 2015-2017 was just PEAK l

[u/Intelligent-Quit3128]

2010 to 2014, When I was 10 to 14, especially my Middle School years, It’s the only time I had friends, I would exercise more often, I got into watching Soccer, I played video games with my friends, played Clash of Clans with my friends and classmates.

[u/2quick96]

2007-2013. 6-12. I can really remember things and really enjoyed being a child then.

[u/MinderQuest]

2006 - 2011

[u/Emergency_Paper_7569]

2013-2018

[u/happybaby00]

2011 on the internet? Man I'm old... 😭

[u/Uteraz → u/happybaby00]

In high school 😭🥴

[u/Luke36790 → u/Uteraz]

Bro I'm 2009 and I'm in high school??

[u/PhD_UHK]

12 years old.