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I'm going to let you in on a little secret that was given to me when I aske dthat same question a few years back: no one even really grows up. Some people are very responsible kids, but we're all essentially children at heart. Feeling like one has grown up is when one realizes that he or she is now an adult, and has to live an adult existence. For example: I'm an adult. I have to raise a daughter, work on a marriage, have a good job, and all that jazz...but I'm a big kid through and through. I was so excited to see Superman Returns that I choked on a piece of popcorn. When I ride my bike to work, I try to race cars. I still have inside jokes with my brother involving farts. I still sneak up on people and scare them. I don't play with legos anymore, but I sure love to work on cars and such.
To me being a child means having an element of innocence at your core that you happily embrace. If growing up means to put that on a back burner or bury it under boredom, then I don't want to ever grow up.
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