As you and your children get older

[The AmberLynn]

My daughter is a good kid. I don't think she would be influenced by the stupid things I've done.

Before I quit smoking, she would tell me daily that I was stupid for smoking and that my lungs were gonna turn black.

She needs to be a little older before she hears about any of my dating stories, or the losers that I actually went out with...

 

[dennishoddy]

It was a different day, but when my kids were growing up, always tried to put on a good example.

You don't need to tell your kids what you did in your youth. When they start running around with the kids of your old running buddies, they will learn from them.

As a kid, and into teen years untill 1970, Somebody should have shot me.
Did nothing but fight, drink, fight, etc.
After serving some time in SE Asia, I learned what life is really about.
Certainly changed my ways.
When the kids were growing up they did nothing I hadn't done a dozen times.
Some times, I let them do it, as a lesson in life. Sometimes there would have to be an intervention.
Now, we are at the point in our lives where we share the stupid crap we did as kids, and have a good laugh about it.

 

[prophet]

My dad has told me some of the stuff him and my uncles used to do and all i could think of was, if i did that sh*t you would of killed me....

 

[BadgeBunny]

My dad has told me some of the stuff him and my uncles used to do and all i could think of was, if i did that sh*t you would of killed me....

LOL ... my kids have come back and told me some of the stupid stuff they did while they were teenagers ... If I had known then you guys would still be looking for the body parts ...

I swear those kids were just like their dad ... I NEVER did anything wrong ...

 

[KurtM]

++++ DenissHoddy, Mine was 74, but I am always amazed that I never got the bullet with my name on it. I tempted the Devil on many an occation....do I tell my kids??? NO!!! but when it comes up we have a good laugh.

 

[HMCS(FMF)Ret.]

I was such a horrible kid it wasn't even funny. I started smoking and using "party chemicals" when I was 12. Came and went as I pleased. Most the kids I grew up with are dead, in jail, or are junkies. As I look back on it I always wonder...where in the hell were my parents?

My kid on the other-hand was the most perfect child (and still is). Never even had to raise my voice to her to this day (she's 34 now). She led a very sheltered childhood. Still calls Mom and dad (from Chicago) almost every day.

 

[DanB]

My dad did far worse stuff than I ever dreamed of. Or atleast I was better at not getting caught. He got arrested when he was 15. He and his cousin thought it would be a grand old time to bust out every window in a closed down gas station.

I did my best to stay away from the cops and any stupid act that would net a conversation with a cop.

My son will learn about most of my antics through High School. Most not all.

 

[jeffsoward]

I haven't told them about most of it, but as my 15yo boy matures, we talk about some of it.
I couldn't tell my 9 or 12yo boys about anything or they would get in some trouble.
I just think it depends on their maturity level and the experience.

 

[foghorn918]

Never! Nuff Said. (My wife doesn't need to know either)

 

[nofearfactor]

My oldest has a kid of her own and we just now talk about some of the stupid stuff she did as a teen that I didnt know about when at my moms at gatherings. My 16 yr old lives with her mother,the 2 at home- a 14 yr old son and an 18 yr old daughter have heard some stuff but not everything yet. No reason to tell on my self.

My dad told me after my highschool graduation at a party for me that when I was about 9 or so he had me with with him out hunting and he had a chance then to shoot me with no witnesses out in the woods and end his misery but didnt. And now that I was 18 and after all of the **** I put him thru growing up- he wished he would have went ahead and shot me when he had the chance. True story. Then he giggled and walked away.