The purpose of this research is to examine the childhood memories of children between 8 and 18 years of age. For this purpose, the following questions were sought:

➢ What are positive and negative thoughts of participants about childhood?

➢ What are the factors that influence participants' perceptions about childhood?

Narrative analysis design is used from qualitative research types. Participants' reminiscences involve story texts and the narratives about childhood were analyzed.

Participants in the age group of 8-18 years were selected by convenience sampling method and 31 participants were reached by snowball sampling. 14 of the participants are girls and 17 are boys. The average age at 8-18 years is 13.06. After the participants were informed about the study, two questions were asked to those who voluntarily participated in the research.

Question 1. "I want you to tell me about a moment that comes to mind when it comes to being a child. It can be positive or negative. "

Question 2. "What do you think about childhood?"

The data were analyzed by narrative analysis method. Of the 15 participants who described a "positive" memory of childhood, six shared their memories of "trip", six shared "success" and three shared "birthday". Of the 16 participants who described a "negative" memory of childhood, eight shared the memory of "accident", six shared "fear", two shared "mocking" and one shared "funeral".

When the perceptions on childhood were taken into consideration, it was seen that all the participants had positive perceptions about childhood.

This research indicates that adult expectations have a direct influence on the children’ perceptions about childhood. Childhood studies that will influence the adults' image of children will contribute to developing positive perspectives on this period.