Do you tell them about the stupid **** you did when you were younger?
I cant speak for everone but, NO! If they knew I did it they would try it...
Something are better left unsaid.
I filter my stupid past by weighing thier age and maturity with a need to know bases. I might tell about an event if it help them learn a leason at a certain time in their life. I try to control the focus of the story so it doesn't glorify my error, but shows my desire never to have gone there in the first place.
Otherwise..... NO!
Otherwise..... NO!
Surely you can tell them some of the stuff that you did. I told my daughter (10 years old) that I use to catch carp and put them in the local college water fountains.
I told them about some of the things and what the bad decisions cost me in more ways then one. Other things I have left alone. I believe in being honest with my kids, and I like knowing that they will talk to me abouit anything. I have an 18 year old now. When we had the drug talk a few years ago, he asked me if I ever took drugs in high school. I told him yes. Then I took him to the grave of my best friend who died when we were both 19. I let him see the consequences of drug use and the reason I quit and never done it again. There is somethings I want them to hear from me and not someone else.
+2! Some of the stuff that I may or may not have done in my youth, (while not illegal then) could be a major crime now.
+2! Some of the stuff that I may or may not have done in my youth, (while not illegal then) could be a major crime now.
So the thing with the sheep really happened. 
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