illustrations are more creepy than reality...

F**k this propaganda. American soldiers dressed as superheroes? Did you forget what the Viet Nam war was about?

Horrific. I can't even process the disrespect of so much tragedy. I can't imagine what was going though this 'artist's' head when they thought that doing this was a good idea. Shame on you, Bored Panda, for giving this a platform.

This artist (and boredpanda evidently) has no idea how offensive these rehashed images are. Hideous concept, hideous execution.

"Imagine: If children had the childhood they deserve" this is how it's called, what you don't understand???

I know these pieces means well but really takes the gravity of what really happen in very scene. We must remember this this happened and they still happened. Imagine an alternative reality defeats the awareness that should be raise towards these atrocities

girls, little brides, are in yemen not in afghanistan.. i think. would you please check?

The bastardization of these devastating world events is disgusting.

The Napalm girl re-pic really disturbs me. First of all, why should she be in the same running stance with an American balloon. How do we know that would be her definition of happiness? Pictures like these are meant to expose the reality of the world, not paint over them. The picture of a boy with arm around a vulture? Just .. Ick, no.

disgusting and appalled, stop this now, how can someone depreciate the value of the atrocities these people went through

This pictures are absolutely inspiring, because they manifest what is the real price of war, the price we never see, but it exists as alternative outcome, which only "could be". They call to stop war that heavily burdens children, which is why you see kids in every picture. They do not diminish importance of the events, but rather call for more contemplation in order to make this time illustrated picture a solid reality in future.

I love these ;-)

I feel that by showing what could have been, the artist draws attention to the horrible things happening to children in the world. Personally, this struck a chord with me; I work with children. I cannot imagine the horrors of war from a child's perspective.

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Very poor taste .....

The child brides picture is not from afghanistan, its from yemen!

I think this is wrong. You shouldn't take this pictures of people suffering a turn them into girls carrying balloons of the Statue of Liberty, and a Nazi doctor having fun with kids, and children who lost their home into Disney. this is sick.

Do you all have such a negative view of humanity? Why are you criticizing this at all? This is simply the work of a human who wishes that the world was a better place, because frankly, as of now, it's tucked up. Maybe the artist had a different view than you of what it should have been. But do you want to hear a secret? That doesn't f*****g matter. All that matters is the message coming across, and if you can't see the good in that message, I have no more hope for humanity. Imagine. That's what this is about. Imagine.

The artist removed the girls Hijabs? Really ?

My bad, I am sorry for the misinformation. Btw Phan Thị Kim Phúc became a Canadian citizen and lives in Ontario. Ironic isn't?

Totally gut wrenching. The reality is.....real.

Tourist photographic the "exotic" African child?!!! American super heroes?! Disney?! Liberty statue balloon?!!! What kind of an American self centered piece of s**t did this!!

The Child brides in this collection is a picture from Yemen. Although, we still find child brides married to mid-aged men in Afghanistan too.

for the one about Vietnam, where the children are being rescued by soldiers. That is a very real representation of soldiers. During Vietnam, protesters disrespected the soldiers who probably did not want to be there. They probably wanted to get home alive. and here, this picture is depicting a soldier risking his life to save two children.

This is... Wow, this is depressing as hell. I feel like I need to eat a bowl of Zoloft.

poor children .. :(

Chiến tranh và bạo lực là những từ ngữ mà khi nhắc đến, ai cũng phải giật mình kinh hãi. Nó gieo rắc vào suy nghĩ của chúng ta nỗi sợ hãi và đau khổ. Việt nam là một trong những quốc gia đi lên từ chiến tranh và đô hộ. Chúng tôi thấy được rằng giá trị của hòa bình là vô cùng lớn lao. Bởi chúng tôi đã đổi lấy hòa bình bằng máu và nước mắt và hi sinh. Quá khứ của nước tôi chưa bao giờ thanh bình. Trong lịch sử Việt Nam, chế độ phong kiến đã phải đấu tranh chống giặc ngoại xâm phương bắc, ( chế độ phong kiến của trung quốc). hơn 1000 năm luôn luôn chống lại thù địch. Và từ năm 1858, Việt Nam lại dóc hết "máu " của mình để chống lại thực dân Pháp và đế quốc Mỹ, và những hậu quả còn sót lại là những gì mà cả thế giới đều biết. Những đứa trẻ , mà tuổi thơ của chúng trải qua những nỗi ám ảnh kinh khủng. Những người phụ nữ mà cuộc đời của họ phải hi sinh chồng , con và chính bản thân họ vì hòa bình và toàn vẹn lãnh thổ. Ngày nay, chiến tranh đã lùi xa nhưng kí ức về nó là nỗi đau tột cùng .

I had a perfect childhood, until I was 10 and a half. I lived with my mom in America (I hate her) and she was overprotective. The only place I was about to play outside was the BACKYARD, instead of with other kids (That's why I'm a sociopath) and my mom makes me stay inside and watch TV, I sometimes would stumble upon disturbing content, like childhood ruining episodes (Another reason why I'm a sociopath). I went back to my hometown and lived with my dad again since September 17, 2014 (And I'm still living there) and I'm making my way out of the sociopath abyss.

the war in Vietnam

I feel bad for the children who have to marry older men at a young age

YOU CANNOT BLAME THE COMMUNISTS FOR WHAT HAPPENED IN VIETNAM ALL THE TIME!! Remember that the USA began the war in the first place, and the provocation on the Vietnamese side was simply a false flag. Why can't people accept the fact that the USA is basically an empire and is like every single empire. Just because we live in the modern-age with great technology doesn't mean we are not greedy or go to such lengths to start wars. ALSO REMEMBER THAT THE USA WERE THE ONES WHO DROPPED NAPALM ON THE VIETNAMESE!! It's not like they didn't have a choice. Vietnam were basically some guys on bicycles, while the USA had 600x more advanced tech than them.

I'm not sure what the creators thought about this. If they meant, Time cures everything, and we still have hope for happiness, then this is a perfect one... And its obvious, some get upset by this.

Sad

I think you guys are way too harsh. Maybe the images don't seem right to you but that doesn't mean you need to say it's disgusting. Maybe y-

Good intentions, definitely, but the Carter one with a vulture crosses the line. I can understand the concept, but it trivializes (and almost parodies) the originals...

And here I thought you were going to do the opposite, like what a spoiled child should get, rich children, brats, etc.