Can My ‘inner Child’ Help Me Navigate Life As An Adult?

People on TikTok are exploring the idea of ‘reparenting’ their younger self. Could I reconnect with mine?

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I’m mindlessly scrolling on my laptop one night when I remember the blog I used to write as a nine-year-old. To my surprise, it’s still live.

I spend the rest of the evening poring over my child-self’s Comic Sans screeds. Ellie, as I was known then, was plucky, opinionated and passionate about her niche interests (Beanie Babies, dog breeds); she wrote with a lack of self-consciousness I envy.