Did you ever sneak out of your house when you were younger?

[DaisyJ]

Many times. Where I grew up, in a small town in Illinois, If you could walk into a bar, you could get served. I'm 66 now. The one advantage my teenage behavior gave me was the ability to read my kids mind and know what they were up to before it happened. My husband was one of those perfect straight A students who was totally naive. I don't regret a thing, had a great teenage years with a lot of fun. I'm just glad I lived through it.

I love being two steps ahead of our teens when they try to pull shenanigans.

 

[Nohal]

No. My friends brother used to take the car for a ride but we never knew about it till he got caught one night.

 

[BlueStarryHat]

No, I never felt the desire to do that. I got good grades so my parents were pretty lenient with me. I had a curfew but never really minded it.

This was me. I didn't hang with the kids who were doing this, my friends were all goodie-goodies like me.

 

[J'aime Paris]

No, never had to.
My parents believed in giving me responsibility.
I had a part time job, and good grades.
I was given freedom and trust.

Never abused it and never got into trouble.

 

[PollyannaMom]

Nope. Pretty much a combination of this:

Nope, mainly because I never had any reason to. I was an unpopular kid with few friends.

and this:

Never had to. My parents were very trusting and pretty much let us come and go as we pleased as long as our homework was done and we had decent grades. Because of that, we had no reason to lie and always told them the truth about where we were going and who we were going to be with.

My parents believed that the more off limits something was, the more tempting it was - so they made very few rules. I guess it worked. - I'm pretty sure I was a lot more conservative in high school than they were!

I rather made up for it in college, but everything worked out OK in the end.

 

[dosekies]

My parents believed that the more off limits something was, the more tempting it was - so they made very few rules. I guess it worked. - I'm pretty sure I was a lot more conservative in high school than they were!

I rather made up for it in college, but everything worked out OK in the end.

Exactly, and I was definitely the 'good kid' in high school and college because of it. I think it was because my parents were so open to me doing things with them (drinking in their presence) and being so free with going out, that I never wanted to party or do anything like that. My mom used to tell me she wished I had more fun in college, but I didn't see the fun in partying and getting drunk all the time!

 

[earfulofmagic]

Snuck out (and snuck people in) all the time first two years of high school, never got caught. Once we got older and friends started driving, I didn't really need to as much -- I would just sleep over at friends' houses who had lenient parents. Or say I was there, which did nearly do me in a few times.

I got straight A's throughout all of school, tons of AP classes, dual enrollment, stellar test scores, first and only person in my family to go to college... can't even begin to describe how controlling my parents were in every way. They did not want to have children, and they really shouldn't have. (We are estranged now.)

My partner's parents were, as many of you have said, laidback and trusting. He never had to sneak out, lie, etc -- and to this day, he has no lying skills whatsoever