What kind of Kid were you?

@vega83 (6342)
Bahrain
June 7, 2007 8:20am CST
Were you the quiet kind? Were you the annoying kind? Were you the crying kind? Were you the kind that asked a lot of questions? Were you the curious kind? Were you the meek kind? Were you the naughty kind? Were you the kind that got into trouble all the time, even though it was never your fault? Were you the kind that ate bugs? Were you the kind that was afraid of bugs? Were you the kind that was always afraid? Were the kind that wanted to try anything and everything? Me, I guess you all know now that I was the curious, annoying kind that asked a lot of questions, that are every grown up's nightmare. So what kind of kid were you? Are you still the same? Or are you so old that you don't even remember, haha?
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@mean_queen (1713)
• Malaysia
14 Jun 07
I think I kinda transformed a lot during my childhood years. Until I was 4 I was really well behaved, and after that I became very bratty. I always wanted more attention on me. After that I was more of the mean and blunt kinda kid. Basically, you would just call me a brat! That was me! Haha.. But I think things changed once I became older. I kinda mellowed. My sister who was the real quiet one as a kid, turned out to be the nagging and very talkative type.. LOL~! Just goes to show that people do change.. :D
@vega83 (6342)
• Bahrain
15 Jun 07
wow, quite a behavior change there... I guess kids sometimes have these changes when a new baby comes along, was it the same in your case?
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@vega83 (6342)
• Bahrain
16 Jun 07
yeah, it sounded like that... Some kids do that because with the new kid, all the attention seems to go to them, so they turn a bit bratty to get a little bit of deserved attention from the parents...
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• Malaysia
15 Jun 07
Yeah, I think you can say that. I wouldn't really say that it happened straightaway after my sis came along. I think it happened more around the time that she was already able to talk and walk and stuff. So yeah, when she grew a bit bigger, I think that's when I turned into a brat.. LOL.. =P
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• United States
10 Jun 07
I was a shy tom boy who would ask why if you asked me to do something.I guess that is the annoying kind.
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• United States
13 Jun 07
I do it all the time too. And if I don't get a answer, I usually don't go forward with whatever they want me to do.
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@vega83 (6342)
• Bahrain
13 Jun 07
Yeah, I mean we do have to know "why" before proceeding into anything...
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@vega83 (6342)
• Bahrain
11 Jun 07
Well, "why?" is always a good question, I find myself asking it a lot too.
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• Saudi Arabia
10 Jun 07
Honestly i was the quiet type i used to be naughty sometimes but quiet mainly. Hey u r invited to participate in my discussion about One Night Stand.
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@vega83 (6342)
• Bahrain
10 Jun 07
Hey, invitation accepted and participation done!!
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@ryanphil01 (4182)
• Philippines
9 Jun 07
my mother used to tell me that i was a very quiet kid and i seldom cried. she also said that almost everybody who saw me was delighted because of my tantalizing eyes. that was everybody's remarks, they were fascinated by my eyes. from what my other siblings were telling me that i was a very helpful kid, too.i helped my family in some household chores. likewise, i was the kind of kid who was easily persuaded to go with anyone who invited me. but my mom warned me not to do it again because i might not be able to return to them anymore in other words, i might be abducted. that was one lesson i learned from mom not to entertain any stranger's invitation or offers.
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@vega83 (6342)
• Bahrain
10 Jun 07
oh, dangerous, too friendly, I suppose, especially with those "tantalizing" eyes..
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• Hong Kong
9 Jun 07
From what my mother described, I was a curious kid. I would ask many questions till my parents got tired of answering or didn't know how to answer. But they said that I was a very good and responsible kid at the same time, I wouldn't run around places and I would behave when in public, therefore that's why my dad was bringing me everywhere when he went out. I also didn't need them to worry about my studies. I would finish the homework within an hour or two after getting off school before watching TV and I know that they were so proud of me about that. Now I would say I am still responsible but I am surely less interested about the world *laughs*.
@vega83 (6342)
• Bahrain
9 Jun 07
Hey I was actually a very well behaved kid too, only I was a little annoying with all my questions and I wanted to try everything, like one time we were at the beach and the grown ups wanted to go in the deep part of the sea, and I insisted on going with them, and eventually did too. I didn't throw any tantrums when I was a kid but I could be persistent, I guess nothing's changed since.
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@vega83 (6342)
• Bahrain
10 Jun 07
Well, yeah, persistence is good, but like you I tend to get bored of things easily too... I'm generally lazy, and never really do much, but if it's something I like then I put my all into it.. I believe that if you do something you should give it your all or don't do it at all..
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• Hong Kong
10 Jun 07
*laughs* I think being persistent is good! It's a good virtue and it really leads to success in life. I think I am not really persistent because I never insist on doing things. And I tend to get bored with things easily *smiles*, I guess I change my mind too often and I don't think this has changed even though I have grown up.
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• India
10 Jun 07
i ws mre of a demanding kid and wanted everythng around me. i used to cry very loudly, specially in situations my parents pray i don open my mouth like theatres n all. mre thn half the time tht ws fake crying jus to get the attention n the thng tht i want. evn after growing up i hvnt change!!! i stil want the best of everythng. the only thng changed is i don cry. sigh. i miss tht time of crying!!! it ws so easy to get thngs done jus by crying!
@vega83 (6342)
• Bahrain
10 Jun 07
Ha ha, it must have been a nightmare for your parents...
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@urbandekay (18278)
13 Jun 07
Growing up in a house in the woods with no dad, I ran wild, building shelters and sleeping out in the woods, dug tunnels and came home filthy, asked endless questions, always in trouble, hated school, which seemed like a prison. all the best urban
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@urbandekay (18278)
13 Jun 07
Where you in the town or city growing up then? It seems awful to me that kids grow up not in the country but I suppose being kids they find stuff to do anywhere. all the best urban
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@vega83 (6342)
• Bahrain
14 Jun 07
Well I grew up in a townish area... Well, Bahrain is really a very small country... it's like the smaller than most of the major cities..but I had my fair share of adventure too. You know there is always a haunted house in every neighborhood...so I had fun with that..
@vega83 (6342)
• Bahrain
13 Jun 07
Sounds like your childhood was full of adventures. No one likes school, well at least the majority of the kids don't, I wasn't a huge fan myself...but I would love to have dug tunnels and slept in the woods, how exciting...
• Canada
9 Jun 07
I was an extremely shy and quiet child when I was at school or around anyone I didn't know but was loud around my friends and family . I wasn't a child to cry or ask a lot of questions as I kept more to myself whenever possible . I was curious and my friends and I spent a lot of time exploring in the woods or looking for caves down by the water . I was terrified of bugs and didn't want to be around them if at all possible , don't like any creepy crawly creatures . I often had nightmares at night and was a very argumentitive child with others that disagreed with me . I was a very strubborn child when I set my mind to something . I am pretty much the same as an adult although I am not as shy or quiet as I was and I am not as argumentitive or stubborn anymore but for the most part , I haven't changed in a lot of ways . I have changed what I believe in and see things more clear now then as a child but am still very much the same when things go wrong .
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@vega83 (6342)
• Bahrain
10 Jun 07
Sounds like you were a really fun kid.... Adventurous, strong-headed, I guess if we had known each other we could've been best friends, ha ha.
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@sensesfail (2251)
• India
13 Jun 07
I used to be one of the naughty kids.haha. My parents had a tough when i was young and thats what i've been told. I wish i had started one of those fight clubs when i was young.lol The naughtiness has faded away as i've grown up and thats actually sad and good in a way too.I'm more refined cuz a gentleman ought to be.So we change for good i guess.But the habit of snapping often hasn't faded away though.
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• India
13 Jun 07
lol.yeah that was a little exaggerated.
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@vega83 (6342)
• Bahrain
13 Jun 07
Well, I'm not surprise, you do sound like you would've been a naughty kid.. ha ha, I'm not too sure about the fight club, a little too much for kids.
@vega83 (6342)
• Bahrain
13 Jun 07
ha ha, yeah, just a little...
@Woodpigeon (3710)
• Ireland
7 Jun 07
I asked a lot of questions when I was really little. The way my family described me was that I was quiet until I warmed up and then there was no shutting me up. They also used to make me wear a shirt a lot of the time tha saud, "Double Trouble". Hmn. I wonder why?
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@vega83 (6342)
• Bahrain
8 Jun 07
You sooo remind me of me..I was the same, except no one made me wear any descriptive t-shirts, haha. I was the obnoxious one!!
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@wiccania (3360)
• United States
21 Aug 07
I was just plain weird. Seriously. If you ask my mom, my older sister was the oddly "neat" kid. My little sister was the "sickly" kid, and I was just plain bizarre. Oddball of the family, I guess. I was also a tomboy.
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@vega83 (6342)
• Bahrain
21 Aug 07
Well, I would rather be the oddball, than the oddly "neat" one or the "sickly" one, wait, I think I'm already the oddball tomboy.
• Serbia And Montenegro
9 Jun 07
I was a naughty kid. Gave my parents headaches! LoL
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@vega83 (6342)
• Bahrain
9 Jun 07
Haha, I like naughty kids as long as I'm not parenting them, I've got really naughty cousins, I like them a lot, but they are a menace to the parents.
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@shemah (840)
• Malaysia
14 Jun 07
I was definitely the quiet kid. My parents used to double check every time they hustled us 5 kids in the car. They were scared they had left me behind. I was THAT quiet. Also, during dinner time, if i wanted something to be passed to me, i'd whisper in my mom's ear. She used to get soooo annoyed because it was just us family. I just never really felt the need to talk. Things have changed now.. my mom has commented to me recently, "where has my quiet little girl gone??".. i tell her i'm making up for lost time. I am THAT talkative. LOL!
@vega83 (6342)
• Bahrain
14 Jun 07
ha ha.. Nice turnaround.. Wow, I've never come across a kid that quite, as you were.. even with family you'd just whisper...
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@vega83 (6342)
• Bahrain
15 Jun 07
Sounds like you gals know each other in real life, am I right?? And hey, Shemah, don't let anyone push you over, girl..
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• Malaysia
14 Jun 07
Yeah, where is that quiet little girl?? I think she's still in there somewhere.. The pushover side of you is in the form of that little girl I suppose.. :D
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@alnilam (969)
• United States
21 Aug 07
quiet and smart in school, loud and curious in school brakes. out of the school i was the kid that alway got into trouble. at home i was the annoying kid 1000000 and 1 question asked to the parents. Well i am similar now. i am the loud "kid" at college who is not afraid to ask questions and speak her mind, am the curious one. i am less annoying because i have run out of questions. and i do not get into trouble as much.
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@vega83 (6342)
• Bahrain
21 Aug 07
Well, the only way to find out new things is by asking questions, that's what I say. I don't know why people get so annoyed by that.
@GardenGerty (160949)
• United States
14 Aug 07
For many years I was the one who "didn't live up to her potential" and I still probably do not. I was geeky, and socially misfit, and I felt homely, and shy. Often I was spacey, and not really "present" in class. I was usually friends with the other misfits and outcasts. I was so scared of getting in trouble I was quiet as a mouse. I am not so scared, anymore.
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@vega83 (6342)
• Bahrain
14 Aug 07
Well, the misfits and outcasts are the most fun anyway.
@NeoComp (1316)
• United States
14 Aug 07
I was never a kid. Do you know what kid means? It's a baby goat. I am no goat, so I was never a kid. Also I was a very quiet and shy CHILD. And I believe the other children in my class were all pretty smart.
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@vega83 (6342)
• Bahrain
14 Aug 07
hmm.. Well, to me you were a kid and a child, ha ha. As long as you get what I mean, what's the difference what words I use?
@cripfemme (7698)
• United States
13 Aug 07
I was a happy, gregarious kid with loss of friends. I had an independent streak the size of Denver.
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@vega83 (6342)
• Bahrain
14 Aug 07
Wow, little miss popular, eh? I bit you would really miss your childhood days then.
@lols189 (4742)
13 Aug 07
i was the quiet kind of kid who always asked a lot of questions lol
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@vega83 (6342)
• Bahrain
14 Aug 07
well, great, if you don't ask questions, we will never know, right?
@faith210 (11224)
• Philippines
14 Aug 07
HI vega83! I am the quiet kid but always get into trouble too. I guess, I am naughty because I get scolded often times. I get curious all the time and try to find answers on my own...I played detective like "Nancy Drew" all the time. Have a nice day and take care!
@vega83 (6342)
• Bahrain
14 Aug 07
Wow, you seem like a really interesting kid. Nancy Drew, huh? Sounds like you were really imaginative too.
• China
14 Aug 07
i bet i was the crying kid. and i may have shed too much tears then and not a drop to shed now.
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@vega83 (6342)
• Bahrain
14 Aug 07
I don't know if that sounds like a good thing or a bad thing. Sounds like either you don't have anything to cry about, or you're all cried out.