Tell us something awful you did as a kid.

[Friedchickenrocks]

Aged about 8 our grandad was staying with us and I hid his glasses. Nobody thought it was me but he knew. He was literally almost blind for a week and even went poking with his walking stick down the loo. "I know it's her. I just know it, little bitch" Eventually they magically re-appeared on the sideboard. I never did own up and my mum never thought it could possibly be her blue eyed girl.

LOL. Made me laugh, then had to explain to DH why I was laughing. He found it brilliant too.

I buried my best friends Scooby Doo watch in the sand pit at school at about 6, I was jealous.

I regularly shut my little sister ina cupboard when we were young because she was mums goody 2 shoes favourite. She still is actually lol, but she’s lovely, we get on famously.

as a tween I was caught dropping small fir cones from a motorway bridge with a couple of friends. My dad was the local policeman so it really didn’t go down well at home! I think it was before common sense showed up in my brain because it genuinely had not occurred to me how dangerous it was to do it. Looking back I just think ‘what a twat’.

This is one of the most depressing threads I have ever read on here. The actions of cruel little shits being dressed up as 'spirited' or 'hilarious'.

I used to fish dragonfly nymphs out of the pond so they wouldn't be able to kill the tadpoles. I was essentially playing god of the pond and had taken the tadpoles' side. I saw myself as their valiant defender but of course I realise now it was not OK to kill the nymphs and interfere with the pond ecosystem like that. But children often see things differently.

I know it’s not the worst thing ever but I feel bad about it now.

In 2000 furry stickers were very popular- we stuck them to the inner lid part of our wooden desks. My parents were very tight on cash so I never asked them to buy me any. I ended up going into the classrooms at lunch break and stealing one sticker from approximately 7 or so girls.

Got caught in the act by a classmate. But the poor thing was totally gaslight by the other girl with us who told her that she believed my made up excuse.

This was yr 3 and I certainly knew what I was doing was wrong.

“But children often see things differently”

Indeed, that’s where parents are supposed to teach them not to be cruel. Some don’t bother I suppose.

Well my mother did tell me off when she caught me and I didn't do it after that. But I still disliked the nymphs and felt myself to be on the tadpoles' 'side' for a long time.

Agree these are all fucking horrible, not funny. Adults finding them funny is fucked up.
Have kids got nicer or something because I honestly can't imagine my kids or their friends or my niece or nephew doing any of these things?
Mind you I never did anything like that. I was a quiet kid who had nasty things done to me.
I can remember the school bully breaking my new Snoopy ruler when I was about 9. For no reason; just because she could. I never had cool new things and that's what she decided to do.

I bet my brother I could throw a stone over our nan's bungalow.

Oh I could alright, but we forgot my mother was in the back garden at the time...

Yeah I clocked my poor mother in the head with a stone. Oops.

I do wonder if, now that most kids nowadays are pretty much monitored everywhere they go by adults, many people have forgotten - or never realised - just how fucking feral kids can be when no adults are present. I think most kids growing up in the 70s or earlier spent hours playing out, away from any parents or other adults. It's no wonder they got up to all sorts. Most grew up into reasonably civilised adults.

That was an accident. If that's the worst thing you ever did then I wouldn't worry too much!

Some of the things on here are actually disturbing. I used to run around with a big gang - typical 80s kid - and I don't remember us doing anything like half the stuff mentioned on here, even the 'naughty boy' in our group. I don't think kids are naturally 'twisted' as said by someone on here.

I did the same to our cat apparently. I have no recall of the occasion; I must have been fairly young. My DF was holding the cat, brought him into the bedroom that I shared with my older DB and said 'why does this cat look weird; what have you done?' (asking both of us) to which I replied 'I didn't cut the cats whiskers Dad'....🙀

My DB went on to burn ants alive using his magnifying glass. Horrible child he was. got worse as an adult

I had this 'tit for tat' thing going on with a lad in senior school; so prob around 13/14 whereby we would try and sneak a drawing pin on each others chairs without the other noticing and hoping they'd sit on it. He never managed to get me as I'd be SO careful to check every time I sat down. He wasn't so careful in a needlework lesson when i managed to place one on the chair that he was already sat on and i nudged it really close to his bum. few minutes later he 're-adjusted' himself on the seat and boom! sat squarely on the drawing pin. he let out a scream, jumped up and had to really try hard to pull the pin out; it of course drew blood. OMG, I can still remember crying with laughter with him about it at the time. he had a bloody good sense of humour and took it fairly on the chin. 😂

When I was 3/4 or I did ballet. There was a boy in the class with hand warts. When the teacher asked us to hold hands I refused citing the warts as the reason why. In front of everyone with no concern at all for the little boy’s feelings. I remember holding his wrists.

I’m sorry Edward!

I think the one about microwaving a hamster is too far tbh

My childhood was pretty sheltered, I think the worst thing I ever did was steal some Pokémon cards from a neighbours house. My parents could get pretty disappointed with me when I did bad things accidentally so I rarely them purposely.

Crying! 🤣

😂😂😂😂

Funny if you were a child at the time but doing as a adult is just horrible.

I know an ex-social worker who said she never believed any children were born evil until she had to look after Jon Venables in a secure home, he microwaved the house pet hamster one day and showed no remorse at all.

If my child received a Christmas card saying “I hope you have a shit Christmas” from a 6 year old I would really laugh, like what did they do to you?!

It's why we have parents and society, to help us not be suitable for the rest of our lives.

For the most part, it works.

Suggest you re-read Lord of the Flies!

Suitable = shits

We went on holiday to Devon in the late 70's, lovely family-run guest house, bathrooms in the hall rather than ensuites. I noticed that the mechanisms on the locks could be pushed through, so I crept out in the night with a pencil and locked them all from the outside. I woke up to the sound of people running panic-stricken up and down desperate for a wee. They came round every table at dinner that evening, my parents looked at my brother in case it was him but didn't even consider me 😀

OMG! that's so bad....but I'm laughing my head off!!😂

I love that one!

My mum often took my brother and I to a small water park place with rapids and slides.

I got bored of being in the infant section with my mum and brother. When my mum was distracted I legged it to a deeper section.

I thought it would be hilarious to play dead. I held my breath for what felt like 5 minutes. I was good at holding my breath as I often practiced. Remember having a record of 45 seconds.

My mum grabbed me up by long ponytail whilst screaming.

We left the pool straight away.

I remember sitting in the car after and my mum just sobbing.

I was probably 6.