Jean in Newcastle Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 What kind of a child were you growing up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaxMom Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 HA! I'm first! I'M FIRST!!! "Other". :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris in VA Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 HAHAHAHAHAHA!:lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Impish Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 Wolf asked my mother this when she was here this summer. According to her, I was perfect until about age 10-12, and then it all went to Hades. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaxMom Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 Wolf asked my mother this when she was here this summer. According to her, I was perfect until about age 10-12, and then it all went to Hades. Are you still pregnant? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted October 4, 2011 Author Share Posted October 4, 2011 Are you still pregnant? You said "Other" but I don't believe it!:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris in VA Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 Wait, isn't this just for Parrothead? LOL--yeah, my Aspie tendencies rear their interesting head-- I thought you were joking and making a poll that is just ABOUT Parrothead!!! THat's why I was laughing! Now I see you posted it to entertain (or inform) Parrothead! Biiiig difference.... I couldn't figure out why people were responding, but she wasn't! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elegantlion Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 I was the perfect child, my mother adored me. My father loved me. I am the baby, the favored child. Actually I still am, I was spoiled (in some way), in fact I still am. It was a 50/50 shot. After the comments my sister made to my parents last Christmas I may be my dad's favorite too. :lol: Actually my parents and my dh and I are very close. I felt loved and wanted as a child, I'm not sure my sister did. My mom and her had clashing personalities, they still do. There were a few vague years in my teens that got me into trouble, but all is forgiven, at least what they know about. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted October 4, 2011 Author Share Posted October 4, 2011 Wait, isn't this just for Parrothead? LOL--yeah, my Aspie tendencies rear their interesting head-- I thought you were joking and making a poll that is just ABOUT Parrothead!!! THat's why I was laughing! Now I see you posted it to entertain (or inform) Parrothead! Biiiig difference.... I couldn't figure out why people were responding, but she wasn't! :D It's for Parrothead because she was bemoaning the lack of polls on the board. So this is a gift for her. One that she is ignoring, apparently :glare: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KidsHappen Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 I was an unmedicated, bi-polar, head strong, smart @ss teen. Of course, I was the problem child. My mother was a saint. I have no idea how she managed. I couldn't do it and as I mentioned, I am pretty head strong. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JudoMom Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 I excelled in school :Angel_anim:, but uh....well....uh....we won't talk about the outside of school part :angelsad2:. My brother, on the other hand, excelled in the outside of school part but barely graduated. We balanced each other out :lol:. Wait. Maybe I was the problem child. Come to think of it, they have used "stubborn", "drama queen", and "fiesty" to describe me as a child. This is a revelation :lol:. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrothead Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 Yeah, me!:party::party: Thanks Jean! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaxMom Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 You said "Other" but I don't believe it!:D I'm an only. I did my veeeeeeery best to cover all possible traits. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosie_0801 Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 Other. I was the workhorse. Not meaning my mother treated me like Cinderella or anything, but I was treated like a female oldest child is stereotypically treated. When we were young, my younger sister was the problem child and our younger brother had the halo. After I moved out, my sister got to be the workhorse and our brother had graduated to problem child. Now we have all moved out, my sister is once again Mum's problem child, but she is Dad's halo-wearer and I'm his problem child. Rosie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OLG Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 Perfect child or so my parents thought. I was the only one so they had nothing to comare:001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Impish Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 Are you still pregnant? :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mabeline Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 Wait, isn't this just for Parrothead? LOL--yeah, my Aspie tendencies rear their interesting head-- I thought you were joking and making a poll that is just ABOUT Parrothead!!! THat's why I was laughing! Now I see you posted it to entertain (or inform) Parrothead! Biiiig difference.... I couldn't figure out why people were responding, but she wasn't! :D :lol: :iagree: Me too! I can be too literal at times. I was hoping for a "everyone else" option or "I just like answering polls" option. :001_huh: :lol::lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhonda in TX Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 I was the good kid, the parent pleaser. I never did anything majorly wrong and graduated near the top of my class. I didn't have a rebellious bone in my body. I still don't, so it's really just my personality. I was 3rd of 4, but with 9 years between me and my next-oldest sister, I was kind of the oldest of the second family. I always said I had the advantages of being the oldest, without the disadvantages. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashfern Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 As far as my parents knew, I was a perfect angel. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curlylocks Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 I was the good kid, the parent pleaser. I never did anything majorly wrong and graduated near the top of my class. I didn't have a rebellious bone in my body. This was me. I am the oldest of 3. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MelissaMinNC Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 I answered "halo" because that's how other people would have always described me (I put up a very good front, ha). But I think my parents would have called me "the smart one." Growing up, we were: The Good One, The Smart One, The Problem Child and The (Favored) Baby. That's interesting thinking back now. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nd293 Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 I worked too hard to be perfect - first child of a single mother. Sigh. Sure I had my stroppy teen years, but I was a top student, never did any of the "fun stuff" I probably shouldn't want my dd to get up to, but kind of hope for her sake she does, was financially responsible, never asked for anything we couldn't afford etc etc. Bleh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sassenach Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 Before 12? Halo. After 12? Problem child. The main problem was that I was such a good kid when I was younger, that they thought they could just set me loose and I would be fine. They were SO WRONG! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted October 4, 2011 Author Share Posted October 4, 2011 I suppose I should answer my own thread. . . I was one of 3 problem children in a family of 5. We were all fairly equally problematic and all 3 of us were expelled. . .:eek: The two goody-two shoes were good enough :Angel_anim: to (hopefully) counter balance the 3 of us baddies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Impish Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 I suppose I should answer my own thread. . . I was one of 3 problem children in a family of 5. We were all fairly equally problematic and all 3 of us were expelled. . .:eek: The two goody-two shoes were good enough :Angel_anim: to (hopefully) counter balance the 3 of us baddies. ...And nobody is surprised... :auto: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onceuponatime Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 I was the "Angel born at Dawn," the oldest child, the only girl, Miss Goody-two-shoes, practically perfect in every way. I wore a halo but it wasn't stapled, it was nailed. I nailed it there myself. It hurt. Sometimes it still hurts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted October 4, 2011 Author Share Posted October 4, 2011 ...And nobody is surprised... :auto: Hey, I resemble that!:glare: :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Girls' Mom Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 I still have the scar from the staple :Angel_anim: Actually I spent the majority of my childhood trying to avoid making my mother mad. Lots of eggshell walking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommymilkies Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 Before 12? Halo. After 12? Problem child. The main problem was that I was such a good kid when I was younger, that they thought they could just set me loose and I would be fine. They were SO WRONG! :iagree: I also was a saint until I hit puberty. Add in family dysfunction and my mother still has panic attacks looking back. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Love HSing Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 Before 12? Halo. After 12? Problem child. The main problem was that I was such a good kid when I was younger, that they thought they could just set me loose and I would be fine. They were SO WRONG! :iagree: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris in VA Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 On a more serious note, (just for a moment, I promise), I have always thought it interesting how children in alcoholic families often take "roles." Hero, Scapegoat, Lost Child, Mascot. The research is eye-opening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8circles Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 I voted other. I was a little bit of each. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrothead Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 Oh, to answer the question I was pretty good until high school. Maybe even until the end of 10th grade. After that I spent a few years as the devil's spawn. Well, maybe not as bad as it could have been, but it was pretty bad. That probably lasted until I was 22. Then things drastically changed and I turned everything around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GailV Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 Wait, isn't this just for Parrothead? LOL--yeah, my Aspie tendencies rear their interesting head-- I thought you were joking and making a poll that is just ABOUT Parrothead!!! THat's why I was laughing! Now I see you posted it to entertain (or inform) Parrothead! Biiiig difference.... I couldn't figure out why people were responding, but she wasn't! :D :iagree: And now I can't answer the poll because it would ruin my image as a little angel who follows directions well.:Angel_anim: Although, come to think of it, it wasn't so much that my parents thought I was good as that by the time they got to me they had seen it all from my older siblings, and had somewhat ceased to care -- sort of a "no blood, no foul" theory of parenting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Truscifi Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 I was the good one, but that was mostly in comparison to my step sister. She made it easy to look good. :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FaithManor Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 I am the middle of three. My brother is 4 almost 5 years olders and my sister is 13 years younger. I was the easy going one, required very little discipline, got good grades, practiced the piano until my parents thought I would exhaust myself, etc. I then married Mr. Nice Guy whom they love dearly. Really, none of us were particularly difficult to raise. But, my brother did race motorcycles and gave my mother some heart attacks over some rather serious crash & burns in addition to being the youngest case published in medical literature at the time (1960's) of Legge Perthes Disease. He came through okay though they were told when he was diagnosed at 2 years 7 months that he would never walk again, much less run, play sports, etc. My brother proved them wrong...I was there when he ran his first marathon at 14. It was a long, nerve-wrecking, process for my folks and especially my mom who had the care of him, oversee his physical therapy, find ways to entertain a little boy in casts up to his hips for months on end, etc. Not.easy. My mother's pregnancy with my sister was very difficult and sis was, well, a much needier child than I had been. Very clingy, prone to outbursts, etc. They eventually found some dietary things that contributed to that and she came around. But, both of my sibs married well, rather badly. That has been VERY hard on my folks so they lean on dh and I. Essentially, I have Golden Child status. Dh was also, hands down the easiest child to raise in his family. His brother was a bit stronger willed and his sister was downright insolent and deceitful...still is for that matter. His brother then went on to marry a really mean, nasty woman which didn't help his relationship with his parents. It's kind of evened out and he's much more mellow...the wife has mellowed a bit too which is a massive relief, though not enough for any of us to be close. But his sister....look out...if the phone rings and it is her number, the rest of the family members fight over who HAS to take the phone call. Faith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angela in ohio Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 I hate to be so cliche, but I voted 'Other.' :D I was a very well-behaved child, but then my parents let off the gas on parenting when I hit the teen years and I became a huge problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DawnM Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 Huh, well, I am an only, so I suppose I am "all of the above!" :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarbecueMom Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 Before 12? Halo. After 12? Problem child. The main problem was that I was such a good kid when I was younger, that they thought they could just set me loose and I would be fine. They were SO WRONG! This, exactly. Except my parents never knew I was a problem child! My mom would have a nervous breakdown if I called her up now, 15 years later, and told her what really went on. Maybe if she ever ups her anxiety meds, we'll go there. :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamrachelle Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 I'm a twin and my parents used to affectionally refer to us as the "terror twins". My halo is there... maybe a little bent after a wild year and a half in college (met my dh and I was off the market and totally straigtened out my wayward ways. :D) I actually think my parents did an asesome job of favoring both of us in our own unique ways. I felt loved and cherished... still do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted October 5, 2011 Author Share Posted October 5, 2011 I actually think my parents did an asesome job of favoring both of us in our own unique ways. I felt loved and cherished... still do. That's wonderful! :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sassenach Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 This, exactly. Except my parents never knew I was a problem child! My mom would have a nervous breakdown if I called her up now, 15 years later, and told her what really went on. Maybe if she ever ups her anxiety meds, we'll go there. :tongue_smilie: My parents didn't know until I became pregnant at 16. Surprise! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justamouse Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 I was wretched from 11-21. heh.:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MamaT Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 I voted other. According to my parents, I had a halo. In reality, I was horrible. I was the baby by 9 years and was very spoiled. According to my parents, I could do no wrong, especially my Daddy. If I got into any trouble, it was surely someone else's fault. :001_smile: Because of their unwillingness to see anything I did as wrong, I got into LOTS of trouble as a teen. All of which they turned a blind eye to. I was never taught money management - if I wanted it, I had it. I got a brand new Camero for my 16th birthday, which I got tired of 6 months later. My dad then went and bought me another new car, a 300ZX (I wanted something I could shift!). I was a spoiled brat in reality, and parent very differently than I was parented. I also had to learn a lot of lessons the hard way and, thankfully, am a very different person than I was growing up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PinkInTheBlue Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 I was "good" and have always been "good. My one and only rebellion was sometime after my divorce I (shhhhhh) lived with my now-husband for a couple of months before getting married. OoOooOoooo...aren't I just the wild and crazy problem child???!! LOL Seriously, that's about as much trouble and rebellion I've ever been able to find in myself. Well, that and the fact that I no longer believe, religiously, anything near what the rest of my family believes. However, once again, to avoid conflict and grief I don't tell them. I guess they just think we're too lazy to go to church. :) BOooOooOooring! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elise1mds Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 I was the problem child... and by "problem child," I mean that I was the one who got straight A's my entire school career, held down two jobs during high school, never got a ticket or in a wreck, and generally stayed out of trouble. HOWEVER... I believed I could do whatever I wanted, and I *did.* This included ignoring curfew whenever it suited me, bouncing from boyfriend to boyfriend, and... oh yeah... getting married to some guy I barely knew when I was barely 18. Yeah, I was horrible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delaney Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 I appeared to be a halo child...but was very smart so as never to get caught doing things.:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MelAR05 Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 Halo child here but wish I had been more of a risk taker. I was just too scared to do anything wrong. Plus my mom and stepdad were the ones breaking the rules and the law so I was just rebeling against them by being good. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elegantlion Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 - if I wanted it, I had it. I got a brand new Camero for my 16th birthday, which I got tired of 6 months later. My dad then went and bought me another new car, a 300ZX (I wanted something I could shift!). I was a spoiled brat in reality, and parent very differently than I was parented. I also had to learn a lot of lessons the hard way and, thankfully, am a very different person than I was growing up. I flip my hair at you and sneer in your general direction. I got to drive the hand me down Ford Fairmont. I drooled over 300ZXs. I would have had names for you. Thankfully I've grown up a lot as well. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Inna* Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 I was my parents' most favorite child. :Angel_anim: P.S. I'm an only. :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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