Good kid or Bad Kid?? [Archive] - The Sportster and Buell Motorcycle Forum

ZenBiker

3rd July 2007, 19:00

I was a bit of both... as a baby and very young child I was the kid from hell. I didn't sit still, cried and whined in restaurants and church and the like, and could never play alone.

As a teenager and older I was pretty good though - never drank or did drugs, didn't drive recklessly, didn't make trouble in school, etc. Of course, I also couldn't care less for a curfew and never payed attention to other, similar rules. I've never been one for rules because I'm responsible and conscientious and so don't need 'em.

So I voted "so so".

unfiguroutable

3rd July 2007, 19:00

drugs, robbery, sex, disrespect, institutions, violence...I wonder how we, my mom and I, survived. I am just glad a I lived through it.

Nate

3rd July 2007, 19:00

had my moments, but had a lot of freedom too, especially when I wasn't busted for anything

snowman

3rd July 2007, 19:02

I didn't do too bad by my folks....
I had my share of run-ins but nothing too serious.....:geek:geek:geek
Then Uncle Sam got hold of me and everything went to s:censort..:roflblack:roflblack:roflblack

Casper

3rd July 2007, 19:16

As a little kid, I was an angel. As I got older, my halo got a little tarnished, but I was still relatively good. Of course, I learned early on how to cover my tracks. Plus, I always made sure to have one friend who was the known "bad boy" - preferably one who wasn't the brightest bulb. He made a great scapegoat. Hey, everybody needs an Ollie North! :D

khaskins

3rd July 2007, 19:19

I was so-so. Good mostly, but my parents gave me alot of rope

indyrednek

3rd July 2007, 19:29

Kid from HELL!!!
That is probably why I was on my own since the age of 15.

Takingabreak

3rd July 2007, 19:30

I think when I was a kid, I thought I was not so good, but Now as a Father of two boys, now Men, I think I was more a so-so to good kid.

I had my moments on both sides, stayed clear of the law for the most part, never got into the hole drug seen, but I had enough tickets to fund a small country.
Learn to beat them in court though.

DC in PHX

3rd July 2007, 19:35

So-so for me, but I grew up in an age where boys were expected to act like boys:)

DC

Weo

3rd July 2007, 19:41

I don't know...

My father laid down the law. He trusted me, and I tried not to break that trust. It's hard to shock a father that grew up on the south side of Chicago. I did things I was interested in, but I never thought of it as rebellion just because my parents didn't like it. I appreciated the independence they allowed me at a very young age. I did some bad things, but nothing that intentionally would harm anyone physically or mentally.

Sometimes I wonder... I have a lot of friends that have funny stories they can laugh about. Most of my stories, however, involved things like people running around with guns, people getting beat up, falling off balconies, running from the cops, sleeping in strangers cars on the side of the road, etc. I don't really cherish those experiences, but I wouldn't be the person I am today without them.

I never got jollies from defacing things or hurting people. I usually tried to do the opposite. It's funny how sometimes trying to do what's right often makes it harder to stay out of trouble than trying to get into trouble.

raysheen

3rd July 2007, 19:44

I was in the middle...did very well in school got along excellently with my parents and no problems with the cops.......
....but had a fair amount of hell raiser in me too...just lucky never to have gotten caught. Now I look back on some of the things that I did and can't even imagine how it would go over these days!

el jinete fantasma

3rd July 2007, 19:44

I never got into drugs or crime, but I could be a handful... always fiercely independent. Still am, I guess.

cgp-1200R

3rd July 2007, 19:51

Never got in a real bad trouble, close close too many times.

Was a greaser in High School and a hell raiser after the Corps.

Worst was a beating with night sticks, and a night in jail for taking a swipe at a renta/park cop < who deserved it >

After 18 shot of schnapps in 15 minutes i am surprised i didnt get dwi'd.

Now at 50 i dont seem to get into trouble anyu more, except the occasional pissing off the wife.

Tukwila Mike

3rd July 2007, 19:58

Growing up in a neighborhood nicknamed Rat City, it was difficult to be good. I managed to get most of the bad out of me in my mid twenties. I still know how to push buttons and cause a little mischief now and then...

Gone

3rd July 2007, 19:59

I was pretty rebelious until i started college then i calmed down a little. My dad is a cop and I didn't really like to follow rules, any of them from anyone so it made for a tough teenage life. I hope my kids are nothing like i was. I voted so so because i have calmed down quite a bit.

cgp-1200R

3rd July 2007, 20:02

They say Gods ultimate joke is your kids WILL be crazier than you were.

And my dad was a nassau county cop 25 years.

He told me if i ended up in the NC lockup, i had better hope that they dont let him in the cell with me.

cfr1970

3rd July 2007, 20:04

Had a mix of both growing up. Had times where I was the ideal son (I think), but also had to have someone sign for my release from the cops before too. Seeing some of today's youth, I like to think I was a pretty good kid. Smoked some stuff back in jr high, but was out of that stuff by the time HS rolled around. Work for a pharmaceutical company now, in a position of responsibility, although, there are guidance counsellors who forsaw the future and knew I'd be involved in drugs as an adult!! :p

Infidel

3rd July 2007, 20:13

Stayed out of jail but some of my actions could have definatly put me there.

wabiker

3rd July 2007, 20:42

So-so up until 7th grade..
started drifting to the dark side then the army saved me...
then got married and settled down ...then the divorce..
Started drifting to the darkside again...
Moved to AZ and kept to my own, Demons dont like to play in my Cave and pretty much leave me alone.

Gone

3rd July 2007, 21:01

bad...sometimes good other times.....

RoadChick

3rd July 2007, 21:03

I should not say I was a total pain. For the most part I was pretty good, until I hit 15 or so and then the next 3 years were crazy.

ambulldogg

3rd July 2007, 21:10

I Was Unfortinitaly The Kid That The Other Parents Wouldn't Let There Kids Hang Out With Or They Got Grounded. Man Was I An Idiot And I Now Believe In Karma!

XLFREAK

3rd July 2007, 21:18

Me I was the good kid the other parents always wanted their kids to play with, that sucked cause I never got to pick my own friends. Pushed the limits after High School went my own way.

flskevin

3rd July 2007, 21:43

I was in to a lot of stuff as a kid but I was never caught. So it works on the theory of a tree falling in the woods.

If your not caught you weren't bad.

xena

3rd July 2007, 21:54

I can remember my Mother constantly
saying "I hope you have a little bastard
just like you when you grow up" so I
guess it's safe to assume she thought
I was the kid from hell.

hog rider

3rd July 2007, 22:18

can I pled the fifth!:nocomment

Y2K

3rd July 2007, 22:18

SportyJoe

3rd July 2007, 22:36

The Kid from Hell.... always respectful of my Parents (as far as lipin off), but anybody else...Its open season! a rebel without a cause,... and didnt even need one! I cant (and wont) really go into everything on the grounds that I might incriminate myself or my friends... but needless to say if I had kids who were twice as bad as me...they'de axe murders LOL

All in all I turned out to be a good man, but I still have a wild child just below the surface

XLFREAK

3rd July 2007, 22:45

I put so-so but I knew just how far to push my luck without getting into TOO much trouble.

Boy, you sure do like polls lately...:laugh

hoosier xlc

3rd July 2007, 22:47

Perfect child here!!!

Hey quit lookin at me like i'm lying!

Hooty:smoke

wabiker

3rd July 2007, 23:16

Perfect child here!!!

Hey quit lookin at me like i'm lying!

Hooty:smoke

I aint looking at ya Like yer Lying..... Im looking at ya Like: Now just where do I know that guy from.........????????:shhhh

OutlawTexan67

3rd July 2007, 23:36

I was definatly a kid from Hell,but when you grow up around the biker scene its hard not to be.I was into anything and everything till about 4 weeks after my 18th B-day when the judge said Jail or the Service.Well I spent 4 years in the service and after that stayed here in Germany and keep to my own.

sprtrjl

3rd July 2007, 23:54

I was a pretty good kid. :frownthre Especially by todays standards. I did some things I still wouldn't want my mom to know about. I probably owe some young ladies some apologies. Drag racing, midnight requisitioning of hot rod parts, under aged drinking, smoking pot, skinny dipping, sneaking in drive-ins, dine and dash, I guess I did it al. However, I did not get caught and have no kids out of wedlock, there are no pictures or films. So actually it is their word against mine! :smoke

xbuzzardx

4th July 2007, 00:42

My dad was a big-wig in the street-gangs of Detroit until he joined the army. My mom was a hippie. So, I didn't have too many rules as a kid. Other than I had to respect my folks or "I'll rip your F:censorG arms off and beat you with them."

I remember getting arrested once in my teens for drinking. The cop calls my mom, hands the phone to me and says "Your mother would like to speak to you." So I put on this whole act liike I'm about to cry "Yes mom, I'm sorry I've disappointed you. It'll never happen again. Please don't tell Dad."

Little did he know that my mom was bombed and laughing her a$$ off at me. She said "You stupid sh!t. What are you doing getting busted?"

He let us go, but told the chick I was with that even though he couldn't reach her mom, he would keep trying. So we get about two miles from the cop-shop and the chick calls the cop pretending to be her mom. "Mike's mother said my daughter was caught with alcohol." The cop bought it and her mom never did find out.

Mike

Hot Rod Sporty

4th July 2007, 00:49

I was the golden child till I turned about 15. I had very liberal parents. I lived in a small town where no matter what you did or where you were, SOMEONE saw you and would call my parents and tell them, "I just saw your son doing _________!" It always surprised me the things they would laugh about.

Even after I didn't get into any real trouble till I was in my early 30's (during and after the divorce.....:frownthre :doh ). In my teens, I was the kid all the parents wanted their daughters to date, but I "had" (you know what I'm talkin' about) more of those 'good girls' than I can count. Always been the 'rebel without a cause' (see avatar). Just knew how to 'work it' from about 12 years old on.

I can't tell you how many times people have said to me, "You just travel to the beat of a different drum, don't you?!?!"

Oh well. I think I've turned out OK, for the most part. Not to say that there aren't a lot of things I know I need to work on, but I think I'm pretty well balanced now....at least most of the time.

And as someone said earlier, Karma.....she's a bi*ch!!!!

lilpig

4th July 2007, 00:58

Preachers kid. Need I say more?

Hot Rod Sporty

4th July 2007, 01:22

OK, just to give you some idea....my dad just sent me this video...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7HadyYBmJU

wabiker

4th July 2007, 01:50

I remember getting arrested once in my teens for drinking. The cop calls my mom, hands the phone to me and says "Your mother would like to speak to you." So I put on this whole act liike I'm about to cry "Yes mom, I'm sorry I've disappointed you. It'll never happen again. Please don't tell Dad."

Little did he know that my mom was bombed and laughing her a$$ off at me. She said "You stupid sh!t. What are you doing getting busted?"

Heh heh heh.... My Mom warned me that if I ever got picked up by the cops, I was on my own.

Sure enough, The first time I was 14 and I got popped for joy riding at 2am...
The cops says: Im gonna call yer parents.
I says: I wouldnt do that if I were you :rolleyes:
He Says: Well, we'll see about that.

He calls and Mom answers..

He says: We have yer Son down here and you need to come pick him up.
She says: You caught him... you keep him....*click*
I says: See...I told ya so.
He says: Oh yer a wise a$$ eh... well my son can kick yer a$$.
I says: Bring him on.:rolleyes:
1pm the following day... Mom came down to get me.

The second time, I was 16, got popped in a stolen car with my buddy, we were on our way back to return the car after cruizin it for a week.

10pm...same thing... Cop calls Mom.. and again, same scenario...
Only this time THEY beg her to come get me cuz the need the Drunk Tank and cant have minors mixed in with Adults... Step Dad came and got me at 11am the next day. ;)

xbuzzardx

4th July 2007, 02:04

Heh heh heh.... My Mom warned me that if I ever got picked up by the cops, I was on my own.

My ma would have probably came and picked me up.... Though, I would rather stay in jail than have my old man get ahold of me... Wooh!!

The funny thing is that not only did my mom buy for me and my friends, she knew the owner of the liquor store and told him that it was ok for him to sell to me, because I would be buying for her!!! Man, how times have changed (I hope, now that I have kids)

Mike

Hot Rod Sporty

4th July 2007, 02:08

My ma would have probably came and picked me up.... Though, I would rather stay in jail than have my old man get ahold of me... Wooh!!

The funny thing is that not only did my mom buy for me and my friends, she knew the owner of the liquor store and told him that it was ok for him to sell to me, because I would be buying for her!!! Man, how times have changed (I hope, now that I have kids)

Mike

Great story!

When I was 15, my mom and her best friend knew the owner of a local bar well. They would call him and say, "Randy and some friends want to come in, and it's OK with us. Just don't let 'em drive home drunk! Call us and we'll come pick 'em up! :smoke

wabiker

4th July 2007, 02:16

The funny thing is that not only did my mom buy for me and my friends, she knew the owner of the liquor store and told him that it was ok for him to sell to me, because I would be buying for her!!! Man, how times have changed (I hope, now that I have kids)

Mike
My mom bought our liquor to...her philospohy was she figured we were gonna do it anyway... might as well have us do it in a safe enviorment. Only rule was if she did... We couldnt leave the house.

Hot Rod Sporty

4th July 2007, 02:19

My mom bought our liquor to...her philospohy was she figured we were gonna do it anyway... might as well have us do it in a safe enviorment. Only rule was if she did... We couldnt leave the house.

Yup! My mom used to let us have parties at the house and the only rule was, "If you drink, you're staying the night."

mikgordon

4th July 2007, 02:38

I was a good kid... compared to my brothers. I'm the only one that didn't see the wrong side of the jail bars. :)

SteveK

4th July 2007, 02:45

Fortunately my parents didn't know 1/4 of the stuff I did. I grew up in the day that as a boy they just let you run free and as long as the police didn't trail you home it was okay.

And they did on a few occasions. What doesnt kill you makes you stronger. I survived growing up into my 20's and beyond. Some of my friends were not so lucky.

cantolina

4th July 2007, 03:40

Fairly liberal parents.....different times....

Did lots of stuff that would get me locked up, but managed to stay out of trouble for the most part....

I should have been in a pickup truck with a coupla friends one Friday night, (I was about 15 or 16) but Mom wouldn't let me go out...

Good thing...that pickup was chased by the cops and hit a tree at about 75 MPH....Lost 3 good friends that night....

Music probably saved me from really going to hell....by the time I was 17, I was playing in a band 3-4 nights a week. No time to get in much trouble...

That was pretty much the end of my "wild" years....not long after that, I was in college, partying a lot, but harmless enough...

cliff883

4th July 2007, 03:55

I was always a very good kid. Was the oldest of 4 being raised by a single welfare mother.

Tukwila Mike

4th July 2007, 06:31

The cop calls my mom, hands the phone to me and says "Your mother would like to speak to you."

Little did he know that my mom was bombed and laughing her a$$ off at me. She said "You stupid sh!t. What are you doing getting busted?"

Hehe.... Sounds like some of the things my mom would say. It wasn't that mom didn't care, I think she knew that she had instilled some values in me that would eventually find their way to the surface of my being.

I even spent a couple of weekends in jail because I didn't want to put my mom through that crap.

Tukwila Mike

4th July 2007, 06:36

OK, just to give you some idea....my dad just sent me this video...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7HadyYBmJU

My mom would have yanked my arse out of that store and swatted me for even thinking about acting like that kid in the video. Besides, I would have just tossed it in the cart and see if mom noticed it, if not I scored. *weg*

phantom

4th July 2007, 12:26

Well according to my parents I was "the kid from hell".But having been a father and now a grandfather I would have to say So-So.I had a tight rope on me as a teen,but when I went into the Army, I was like a kid in the candy store.Like others here have stated"It is what has made me what I am today".

dooley

4th July 2007, 17:05

I was a good kid untill I was 15 or so, then I was a BAD kid untill I was 33 or so....:smoke
Back to being a good kid now.;)

sportyblue

4th July 2007, 17:27

From about age 16 thru about 21 were the worst years for me. I did great in school.....kept my grades up nice and high..............but that was because I had a great system at work........I missed a lot of school. My dad was very dominating and extremely strict and rigid. Way way way to strict. The way I figured it I had two choices......stand by passively and allow him to dictate my life or stand up for myself and my rights ( from a teenagers point of view ) which, of course, was the option I choose. And the stage was set for a few rebellious years. I did my fair share of partying and did some crap that could have been a problem to my future but just never got caught. By the age of 25 I was straightened out and on the right track for a bright and shinny future.

Things not to do when you're a punk ass young adult and totally wasted......go to the home of your father and tell him his parenting skills sux (ed )........holy crap don't EVER do that.............OR if you have presence of mind ( which I did not ) you could say......see there ya go my point exactly ( on his reaction ).

auslander

7th July 2007, 07:10

As a little kid, I was an angel. As I got older, my halo got a little tarnished, but I was still relatively good. Of course, I learned early on how to cover my tracks.

+1 You're only bad if you got caught! Now that I have kids of my own, I'm slowly filling my parents in on the stuff they never suspected.

Of course, being the youngest of 6 set the bar a bit lower for me. :smoke

dewjantim

11th July 2007, 19:51

Mom was in and out of the picture most of my childhood. Dad worked two jobs to keep things going. He said we could have any alcohol we wanted as long as we drank at home and didn't drive. Sometimes he would drink too much, so I saw at an early age what not to do with alcohol. Mostly my brother and I just rode our motorcycles, chased girls, drove our hot rod cars way too fast, chased my sisters girlfriends, ran around with our friends, and , of course, chased their sisters. If I ever got into trouble or did anything that could get me into trouble, the old man was the first to know. He never got pissed at anything we did and always stood up for us in bad situations. I still think he was pretty cool. Dew.

TheExecutioner

24th July 2007, 20:39

If I did everything my parents told me...I never would have gotten tattos...smoked pot or rode a Harley.
Thank god I rebelled.

milkacow

24th July 2007, 20:50

i voted so so... Up until highschool, i was pretty good. played sports, did fairly well in school depsite the crap a kid puts up with parents divorcing. 9th grade i started misbehaving ... drinking, stealing, drugs, vandalism, etc... Quit doing alot of that once i turned 18. The excessive drinking continued up until i spent the night in a holding cell. That was all the lesson i needed to get back on the right track.

Roadster_Rider

4th August 2007, 21:24

Somewhere between so-so and good(I suppose i still am a kid by most of your standards). I don't always do as I'm told, and I have a tendency to slack off when it comes to school(I think the schools partly to blame there too... I know the stuff they teach better than my teachers, especially history) since I already know what they're teaching I don't do all of my homework, even so I get an A on almost every test. I've never done anything illegal, aside from a small amount of drinking(which she knows about, if i drink anything it's usually at home) and I got my first speeding ticket just recently. On a scale from 1-10 with 1 being the worst and 10 being the best, i'd rate myself somewhere around a 7.

mid30

16th August 2007, 21:06

I was a good kid, There is allways disagrements between my parents and me but they considerd me a good kid growing up.

shotgun46

16th August 2007, 21:19

I had my share of trouble and fighting I even went to jail 2 times for assult ! now that I am older i have mellowed out a lil but still rais hell some times ! and I like my beer !

Gone

16th August 2007, 22:03

I voted so so. Pretty good as a young child, but went off the deep end at 16 when my Dad died of a heart attack. Got very rebellious and mad at the world. But I finished high school, college and have become a pretty normal adult I guess. The bad girl in me comes out from time to time though!
Good poll, thanks! Jo

milmat1

17th August 2007, 01:10

I am still being Bad RC !!;)

I always have to have one foot over the line,

Its my comfort zone !:shhhh

I gave my mom and grandparents many many Grey hairs, Now I'm pretty sure my grandkids are gonna get even !!!

Kent

17th August 2007, 02:12

Kid from hell who managed to blame it all on my little brother :)

sycle1

17th August 2007, 04:32

So So
Mum and Dad split up when I was 6 years old so I got away with way too much, started smoking pot at 14, LSD at 15, skipped a lot of school, got raided and dragged in a few times but never really busted for anything, Lucky I guess.
Rode & drove way too fast for my skills.
I have been very lucky.
Playing in bands and rehearsing all the time probably saved me from being locked up.
I think I have one or two more cents now.

BlackHillsDrifter

17th August 2007, 04:40

Why be good when you can be bad!?!?!?!

Besides, chicks always digged the bad guys!

Maybe thats why I have to ride an HD.... who knows.

dagsportster

15th September 2007, 19:22

My parents didn't have an easy life and I didn't see the point in making life harder for them. I wasn't really an angel, but I kept my antics from causing them grief.

flathead45

15th September 2007, 20:25

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just about sums it up here :smoke

Rascal

15th September 2007, 20:56

I was a kid from hell I guess. Dad use to say it would all come back on me someday when I had kids of my own. Wow, was he ever right, had 2 sons of my own later in life. Now they are telling their kids how someday how they act will come back on them...guess the old saying "history repeats itself" is true.

jrazo

15th September 2007, 22:21

i have to admit, i was pretty good. never in too much trouble outside the house. only once got ticketed for Minor in Possession, but it was dropped for some mysterious reason ( i never found out why). graduated HS with honors, then joined the Navy

Rock Bottom

15th September 2007, 22:24

Not Good, Parents tossed me out at 17..But I did change my ways & started to smooth out at around 34:banadevi

Notabiker

16th September 2007, 03:41

I guess, I am a very very good, bad, bad girl!

TnG

16th September 2007, 03:44

If you never got caught, and no one can prove it now...... Yeah, I was a good kid!

srrice40

16th September 2007, 03:47

I used to think I was a pretty good kid, til I read this post and starting thinking about it. I was totally a kid from Hell. by the time I was 4 I was stealing candy from the store. My Mom caught me once and was going to make me take it back, just as she grabbed my arm, I opened up the piece of candy and swallow it hole. Hell My father was mean as a hornet, I thought my name was Shithead for the longest. when I was 5 I almost got my younger sister killed playing chicken out on the street in front of my house, we would see how close the car would get and run out in front of it, I used to love to watch the expression on the driver's face. when I was six I was playing out in the same road and there was a big chunk of pavement that was loose and I cocked it up and made it stick out so cars would hit it. that night a nice looking Daytona ran over it and blew it up, you should have seen the flames!! when I was six I was playing frisbee with a neighbor and tossed it over the fence just to see if he could outrun the neighbor's dog.. He didn't make it and neither did his pants, it was hilarious. When I was 14 I got taken home by the cops Twice for being out after curfew. Me and My best friend went to go meet up with some girls and spent the night in there father's backyard. He did'nt like that too much. We tried smoking anything we could get our hands on, Rabbit tobacco, cig's with tooth paste smeared on them. I know wierd. When I was in High School I made my best friend total his 68 CS Mustang by pushing on the gas, He asked my why I did it and all I could think of was woops sorry. Just barely made it out high school. Went in the Navy used to get shit faced all of the time. I am surprised I lived thru that. I had a high school sweet heart when I went in and she ended up dumping me, not because she found out that I was screwing around but because I wrecked her father's house, yeah his house, I got mad at her one night and was leaving and my car was in the garage, I shoved into reverse and ripped the garage door and and the side of the house caved in. Yeah you could say I was the kid from Hell. :banadevi

I am the kind of guy who would rather slide into Death Screaming Hell yeah it was fun !!

Crash03

18th September 2007, 15:44

I was the goodest of the Good Kids, as far as any adult knew. LOL. I was the kid that if you're parents wouldn't let you go somewhere or do something, all you had to do was tell them I was going, and suddenly, "Oh, well if HE'S going... I guess it's alright."

But once we were out of sight of the adults... Mwuh ha ha ha!

TheForce

19th September 2007, 06:24

Good or I got the crap beat out of me.

tneff

19th September 2007, 06:42

Wasn't always real good, nor real bad. Kind of did my own thing, if it wasn't right then someone let me know.

Carl-04XL

21st September 2007, 17:27

If I'd gotten caught for some of the things I did as a kid, I doubt I'd been able to do some of the things I've done as an adult.

But, for the most part, I was a good kid. Good at not getting caught! :laugh:laugh:laugh

Maxanimal

21st September 2007, 17:29

At about 17 I stole some cars (there was real bad shit going on back then)
My father found out, seems he knew the criminals I was selling them to.
That was the first confrontation between me and my father of a war that lasted about ten years and took another ten to really talk it out.
Still don't have to good a relationship with him.

spineshot

29th October 2007, 20:57

I wasnt really a 'bad' kid,Just a pain in the ass for teachers or on occasionaly the local police, probably the worst thing i ever did was take an old junk Dodge Dart no fenders,windshield,no front brakes,bald tires,1 door missing,And no ehhaust at all,Drove it around town with my brother,at 2AM,ran it over to the local Public Park dumped 2 gallons of gasoline on it and burned it,At that time my Dad was supposed to be at home asleep,but he was out with my mom at a x-mas party,they drove by the park and saw my brother and i running across the road,saw the Dart burning in the background and whispered..'get your sorry asses in the damn car before i kill you!!! He meant business! he didnt tell on us,But he did tell the town that he had 2 'volunteers' LOL! to clean up the park and remove the old burned car from the center of town.Little bit of vandalism here and there,aggravate the natives sort of thing but thats about it,headaches for the parents,but nothing that would get me sent to jail, JOOVY HALL maybe,but not jail lol

Sportster Sam

29th October 2007, 21:19

I said "so so", but thinking about it some more, I was probably a "goody two shoes". The worst things I ever did were to moon one of my teachers or burn a swastika in the front yard of my high school. I didn't get caught either time.

Gone

29th October 2007, 21:20

I was a good little fella, as far as any adult knew,
My wife has a 14 yr old daughter from HELL living with us. I think she actually rules HELL.

It makes life very tough.

RoadChick

29th October 2007, 21:31

I was a good little fella, as far as any adult knew,
My wife has a 14 yr old daughter from HELL living with us. I think she actually rules HELL.

It makes life very tough.

MAN!! She must be bad because you frequently talk about her. Sorry!! I was a pita when I was that age. :frownthre

jharback

30th October 2007, 23:15

I was a kid from hell! Pure and simple. Drugs, booze, robbery, you name it. Left home at fifteen, joined the corps at 17, Vietnam at 18, came back all screwed up and raised total hell until about 25 when I slowed down considerably. Did'nt really get my head screwed on straight until about 30.

h-drider33

1st November 2007, 00:46

I was so-so. Never really did drugs or drank, but fighting was my thing. Always appeared as a good kid, clean cut, good grades, but I would regularily get into fights. I was always mouthy and had a temper! Grew out of of all that at about 19 or so and found there is more to life.

LarryC

1st November 2007, 03:35

I was a good kid- played baseball and such. But I put so-so cuz my brothers and I were banned from our aunt and uncles houses for some years. All 4 couples at once!

firemedic1498

1st November 2007, 03:47

I was a hell raiser. I had good parents with a lot of patience. I am glad for that. Now that I'm a bit older with kids of my own, I realize that I will probably go through the same thing my parents went through in some way. I don't think they are going to get away with anything.

Neil

2008nightster

20th March 2008, 17:04

I always pushed my parents buttons and never listened to them, doing whatever I wanted and had been refered to the department of juvenile services. Then one day I was told I had a choice. If I continued this behavior, I would be sent to a boys ranch. Needless to say, it ended. Now I work at a boys ranch.

06sportie

20th March 2008, 18:17

nothing too illegel or too inmorol but everyday there was something my poor poor father and mother had worse but i put so so

csa89xl

21st March 2008, 04:15

Bad, very bad. Not a criminal. More like a shephard. Used to beat up bullies as a kid. Labeled me a problem because of it. Funny world.

wandrur

26th March 2008, 05:39

I was a beautiful kid, just like I am now. :D

Which is actually mostly accurate. Being the youngest of three boys, and a Libra, I was the one who always sought resolutions and reduction of conflict. I didn't fight. I defended and protected the kids that the bullies picked on. I got good grades (won both spelling bees, honor roll throughout high school), I went to church, I never got arrested or even pulled over, I was a good athlete (participated in basketball, track and field, and even went all-state in football), and I respected my parents. I didn't argue with them because I never gave them reason to be disappointed in me, except when I wrecked a car at 15. I deserved to be yelled at, but my dad didn't even need to do that. I didn't bend to everything my parents wanted. They had few guidelines--work hard and be a good person and other such things.

64physhy

26th March 2008, 05:39

I was a really good kid. I pretty much raised myself. Got A's and B's in school, worked hard (both chores and jobs). Then let it go to waste by joining Uncle Sam's Misguided Children

Mr.Hick

14th April 2008, 03:53

Jeeze,

The state took our home when I was 12 and my bro was 14 by eminent domain and left us out in the cold. We've been helping keep the roof over the entire families head sense. I respect(ed) my parents to much for the 5 jobs they worked combined to keep me fed and clothed. The worst thing I ever used to get caught doing was skipping school at noon to go to work.

Now, did I do somethings I'm not so proud of? hell yes, but everyone has to do something to keep them sane in those circumstances.

jarhead

14th April 2008, 03:55

I was a good kid on the surface. Good grades, respectful to adults, etc. When the sun when down, or left to my own devices, hold on. But it was all good fun. Uncle Sam pays me to be the same, even though I'm not as young any more. Eternal youth in Uncle Sam's Misguided Children!

Likemlouder

14th April 2008, 04:51

tried a little of everything liked most of it never knew my dad he was killed in a car accident when i was 9 mos old my mom was uneducated housewife raised on fixed income so i was pretty much always on my own woke up one day at thirty an alcoholic and decided there had to be a better way gave my life to the Lord have tried to be a good kid since

01Sporty

14th April 2008, 14:01

My folks were very over-protective.
They felt by not letting us (my kid sister and I) make our own mistakes, we'd be better off.
Now, as an adult, I don't agree with how they did what they did, but I don't fault them for it either.
My ex is all messed-up because of the way she and 6 brothers was raised, she blames everything on someone else.

As a parent with a 14 yr old son, I give him just enough rope so he has the chance to mess-up, but not enough to hurt himself. He's a good kid (str8 A's) and "see's" the differences between Dad & Mom and tends to avoid doing things the way his Mom does.

Too bad kids don't come with an Instruction Manual.

Dave

emzdogz

14th April 2008, 14:07

I voted "kid from hell" but maybe I was more in the "so so" category.
I was lucky, more than anything, that bad things did not come from all I was up to.

druber13

14th April 2008, 15:50

My Dad split when I was 10, he was a mean SOB to me! Find out later that he isnt my father. My mom cheated on him and had me. My older brother and sister was his though. She met a realSOB and he would beat me, burn me, and mentally torment me also. I split when I was 13 and last time I talked to them was when I was 17, had to get my mom to sign for me to go in the Army at the age of 17. I raised alot of hell through my teen age life. 8 years in the Army taught me self respect and how to respect others.