I'm not sure. I guess it would depend if anyone else I know is doing it and how young I would be and prolly some other things I haven't thought of yet 😮

I don't know what the "living in a mansion" part has to do with anything, but to answer the question: no.  I would not do that.  I view life - all of it - as an experience.  Growing is an integral part of that.  Willingly giving that up strikes me as a very backwards approach, perhaps even a selfish way to avoid responsibility and never grow up to reach full potential.

That, and I'd hate being treated as a child even if I developed the mind of an adult.  No driver's license, no voting, no being able to go where I want, no going on the "big kid" rides because I'll never grow up past a certain height or age.

This is reminding me of a conversation that happened during the Summer when my sister just moved to a new house and two of her friends showed up to help out move some of the heavy furniture. We somehow go to a conversation of "let's try to guess CRC's age!" and they both said I look younger than 17, and ended up being shocked that I told them I was 21. The look of awestruck on their face was priceless. One of them commented that "That'll be great when you're forty." which made me take a double take.

There are times when I'm not treated as an adult simply because of my more youthful complexion. No, it's not a "Go run a long and play now." sort of thing, but sometimes not given the divine or simple courtesy because I don't quite look "sophisticated," or "mature" enough, more people don't give me the time of day because I don't really look my age or older.

Not that this bothers me too much or happens all the time, but it's sometimes really annoying that I have to remind them that I'm not some kid doing some grown-ups work.

So, are looks really everything? Not always due to my experience, but it definitely has it's perks.

To me, childhood is a period of life spent being told what to do, having little to no freedom, have no one take you seriously, and just generally being unable to have your own life. I was a mature kid back in the day, and constantly being talked down to like I didn't understand anything made me rather bitter. Now I'm an adult, at least I can take some responsibility for my own actions, and deal with things in my own way.

So would I re-live my childhood or want eternal youth? No.

Needs more specifics.

What do mansions have to do with it?

What level of growth? &^%? no to anything less than 6. 6-8? Maybe. 9-12? Likely. 13-14? Very likely. 15+ &^%? yes.

As for people not taking me seriously, big deal. Immortality and youth make that insignificant. Not only that, but I've dealt with both not being taken seriously, and getting people to respect me even as, for example, a 6 year old genius prodigy, most of my life.