Has your child ever "run away"?

[luvdzne]

DD11 has been very mouthy today. She lost going shopping today because of her attitude. She started thowing a fit, and I told her to go to her room and have her little tantrum . She said she was running away so I told her to go ahead but leave her bike in the garage . She made it to the end of the drive before slamming the door and stomping to her room

 

[Pooh67_68]

I use to run away all the time, but only to my mom's sisters house.

I would spend weeks on end with my aunt (yes I still went to school) and sometimes I would spend the whole summer.

So as you can see, I wasn't a typical run away because my mom always knew where I was.

 

[Maleficent13]

One of my friend's DD planned to run away once...she didn't actually make it out of the house as her brother heard her talking about it and went to his mom. She was about 8 at the time...maybe 9. She had planned to meet at midnight and run away with 2 other girls...they were going to camp in the woods next to school so they could still go!

 

[NewJersey]

I remember running away when I was little. I packed my toy suitcase up and walked around the block and then came home. Boy, did I learn my lesson!

 

[DawnCt1]

Not my kids, but when I was young I tried to run away. I put some of my clothes in a red bandana and tried to tie it to the end of a stick, (like one of the three little pigs). I couldn't get the ball of stuff in the bandana to stay on the end of the stick, so my plans were averted.

 

[luvdzne]

I don't know maybe she got this from me. I used to run away all the time, I always made it down the street behind a tree One time my mom was really mad at me for something so I wrote her a note telling her I was running away and climbed up on the shelf in my closet and hid for hours, well actually I fell asleep. Boy was my mom upset with me

 

[jennyl772003]

My son decided to run away when he was 4ish. We lived in an apartment so when he went out in the hall, we wished him luck and locked the door behind him. He sat in the hall for a minute, then knocked to come back in.

 

[Snow Brite]

Mine have all done this when they were little. I usually offer to make them a lunch to go and call them a taxi. That seems to work as they only do it the one time.

My youngest and I had a big fight the last year he was home before Kindergarten where he told me he hated me and was going to run away from home. I think he was mad because I said I did not want Kraft Mac 'n Cheese for lunch. So I offerred him a sandwich and asked if he wanted me to call a taxi. He looked at me all shocked and asked if taxi's cost money. I said yes and he told me he was "broke". I shrugged and said thats a bummer.

He stomped off to the end of the driveway and ate his sandwich. Then he came back in and looked at me and said he was sorry for being cranky and he loved me and when he grew up he was going to marry me. I told him I was already taken, but that I appreciated it.

I told my sister about it later and she said...isn't that just like a man? He wont tell you how he really feels until you throw him out and he thinks he is going to lose you.

 

[momrek06]

I remember running away when I was little. I packed my toy suitcase up and walked around the block and then came home. Boy, did I learn my lesson!

My brother threatened this every day of summer vacation when he was like 7. As the ONLY bro with FOUR sisters, he felt out numbered. He would pack his tiny little suitcase with all his toy tools and the tool belt. Out the door he would walk while all FOUR of us stood on the front porch WAVING to him. He was back home within 5 minutes . Being the ONLY boy, he actually was the MOST spoiled in our house.

Today Bro is a COL in the USARMY and Battalion Commander in charge of 5000 men. He just returned March 1, from 18 months serving our country. I LOVE HIM SO!!!

 

[Tigger&Belle]

My DD used to get mad and storm out of the house a lot. My boys have never done it. They get mad--they just don't leave.

 

[Pooh's Pixie]

My nephew tried to run away when he was little. But being ever obedient, he knew he wasn't supposed to cross the street alone. So he kept walking around the block until he got tired of it and came home. Now he's a police officer in a big city!

 

[wdw4us2]

Not yet, but DS 11 keeps threatening to.

DH and I then ask him where he plans on sleeping, does he have enough $$ for food (he eats like a horse). I also tell him I'll miss him a lot. He then tells me he's going to stay for now, but wants DD and DH to leave him alone.

He's 11 and already 5'8" tall, size 10 1/2 shoe. I told him he couldn't afford the food and constant need for new clothes since he outgrows everything so quickly.

 

[KEH]

I ran away once when I was about 11 with my suitcase full of soft toys. i got about 5 minutes down the road before I came back but I got into so much trouble for going that I felt like running away again! I suppose it felt to me like I got in trouble because I came back!

 

[BalooTheBear]

A co-worker of mine was relating a story about how she and her sister had gotten into trouble when they were about 10yo.... Their father grounded them and they decided to runaway.....

Well, they told their father this and he went out into his garage and made up a sign and put it at the end of the driveway:

Bike's For Sale!!!
&
Room For Rent!!!


They decided not to run away...........

 

[Bella the Ball 360]

I was a great one for that. I would get half way up the street and then come back for some imagianed thing. OF course I thought my mom was the cruelest woman in the world. She was hiding on our porch watching my ever move but I did not know that.

When I got home I would go to the attic we had stairs that went up 3 flights but you could see all the way to the bottom from the attic. I would write notes about how cruel and un caring my parents were and drop them to the first floor. Couple of years ago my mom took out all the notes (she is now in her 70,s) she had saved and had a good laugh. I of course was very offened that she did not take me seriously all those years ago.

 

[theflowerladee]

A few months ago my ds5 told me he was going to move in with MiMi(my sis)
he wasn't in trouble or anything, just decided he didn't want to live with me
anymore and my stupid sister went along with him, so he packed a suitcase full of clothes and waited for hours on the front porch. She thought it was a joke and never came for him and finally after I wouldn't let him back in(teasing) because he hurt my feelings, he said he changed his mind and didn't want to move out until he was 18 and he loved me. It's either tears or laughter with kids that age or kids any age.

 

[Sparx]

my best friend and I lived in my back yard for....2 and a half hours once. thats as far as I got.

 

[CJRN]

These stories are hilarious!

When we were visiting my cousins (we were all btw the ages of 5-12), our 2 teenage uncles were babysitting the six of us while our parents went out, anyway, they wouldn't give us ice cream, so the older ones decided we would run away-the oldest packed us a suitcase, dirty clothes, and a jig of water-and off we went, behind the house was new homes being built, so we walked over there, but after a few minutes me & the younger cousin decided we should go back-a short time later the rest of the clan returned, to find my uncle's locking then out of the house until our parents came home (it was daytime).

We are now all 40-something and still talk about that day!

 

[disykat]

My kids haven't yet, but I did. I lasted less than 5 minutes.

Isn't it nice when we can be amused by some of the drama our kids create? I was afraid this would go the way of another recent thread!

 

[MUFFYCAT]

my DDs never ran away, but at 12 & 15 sometime i'd hope they would

she's 11. the attitude only gets worse.



somehow, when I was a teen in the 70's i don't remember kids having the mouth as bad as they do now.