Sweet Wonders of Youth

Childhood nostalgia from the ’80s

Nadja Scarlett
Age of Empathy
Published in
6 min readNov 9, 2021

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A young girl with braids kneels next to a baby boy. He is sitting in a chair for infants. Photo is dated, taken in the 1980’s.
Image credit: childhood photo, author with her cousin

Do you experience nostalgia for your childhood? What exactly are we pining for? Maybe we miss having limited responsibilities and wish we could bring back loved ones who’ve passed on.

We miss the freedom to play while using imaginations that stream wild with the possible. We could be who we wanted, now and for days to come. We became one with…

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Nadja Scarlett
Age of Empathy

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