From the moment we are born, we are trained to fit into family and social molds that disconnect us from our true essence. We learn to live identified with our limitations, flaws, and shortcomings, trapped in fear and guilt, feeling inadequate and unworthy. Ours is a society of dependent and frightened children disguised as adults, whose emotional blindness blocks our ability to learn and mature. In this way, we end up living in exile from ourselves. And yet, the path back is always open. In this book, psychologist Angela Sannuti invites us to look beyond the wounded child we all carry within, to discover the whole child—full of qualities we never lost: our creativity, our courage, our capacity to love, to enjoy, and to be amazed. All we need is to turn our gaze inward, to where our treasure lies, and to listen with tenderness and empathy. The Last Time We Were Children is an invitation to awaken from our slumber. It’s not about clinging to the past, idealizing or demonizing our childhood, but about reclaiming what truly belongs to us—our genuine vitality and its gifts. To mature is to learn to live authentically, unafraid to be who we really are.