https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 28 Apr 2026 07:14:04 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/things-you-did-as-a-kid-that-lo-wont-be-able-to#post-2426844 Mon, 18 Jan 2016 21:52:07 +0000 Mrs. Pen 2426844@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>In the summer I could just jump out of bed in the morning and go outside. I'd come in for food or to use the toilet, otherwise I'd be gone all day- just playing outside with my brothers. We had 5 acres in a rural area, and we lived on a lake. We basically never watched TV - that was so great. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/things-you-did-as-a-kid-that-lo-wont-be-able-to#post-2426773 Mon, 18 Jan 2016 20:57:06 +0000 Bao 2426773@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>These are great...brings back memories! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/things-you-did-as-a-kid-that-lo-wont-be-able-to#post-2426734 Mon, 18 Jan 2016 20:31:02 +0000 Mrs. Lion 2426734@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@blackbird: haha same here! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/things-you-did-as-a-kid-that-lo-wont-be-able-to#post-2426724 Mon, 18 Jan 2016 20:23:42 +0000 FaithFertility 2426724@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Climb trees, I am talking being 25-50feet off the ground at age 6 :shocked: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/things-you-did-as-a-kid-that-lo-wont-be-able-to#post-2426721 Mon, 18 Jan 2016 20:22:01 +0000 loveisstrange 2426721@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Just the freedom to run around the neighborhood, walk to the park or to the Walgreens that was like 5-6 blocks away, and play with my friends all day. My parents trusted me. Some nosy asshole would call the cops on me for allowing LO to do that now. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/things-you-did-as-a-kid-that-lo-wont-be-able-to#post-2426244 Mon, 18 Jan 2016 14:41:03 +0000 tofuwad 2426244@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Arcades! I seriously don't even know where one is where I live (except a couple adult style ones inside bars).</p> <p>And I second playing alone and unsupervised for hours at a time. i remember being 6-7 and leaving my mom a note saying I went to the park. I can't even imagine that scenario now. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/things-you-did-as-a-kid-that-lo-wont-be-able-to#post-2426148 Mon, 18 Jan 2016 14:15:47 +0000 PrincessBaby 2426148@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I used to ride a gigantic John Deere tractor with my grandfather when I was like 4 or 5. I also rode in the bed of his pickup truck with my cousins and loved it!!!</p> <p>My dad wanted to let DD1 on the lawn mower with him and I was like "Hell to the no!" </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/things-you-did-as-a-kid-that-lo-wont-be-able-to#post-2426121 Mon, 18 Jan 2016 14:07:49 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 2426121@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I grew up in a pretty rural area and my life revolved around horses. I had several horses throughout my childhood, and I showed them through 4-H. I went to sleep away horse camps, rode my horse every morning, took trips to the ocean with my horse, went trail riding in the mountains and jumped over logs and bushes. It was so magical! I highly doubt that we will ever have horses. I wouldn't mind if my daughters rode them, but they won't likely ever have their own.</p> <p>Also, I was homeschooled, so I had a lot of freedom in my schedule as a kid. I woke up and took care of my horse, then played outside with my siblings, and THEN we did a couple hours of school. Not until I was a teenager did I understand the rush of being woken up early to mount up and head to daycare or school. My mornings were always so slow and laid back. I loved it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/things-you-did-as-a-kid-that-lo-wont-be-able-to#post-2426115 Mon, 18 Jan 2016 14:06:42 +0000 Autumnmama79 2426115@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The one thing that comes to mind is cross-country skiing around the neighbourhood and through the nearby park. With global warming affecting the temperatures here so greatly, we hardly ever get snow anymore! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/things-you-did-as-a-kid-that-lo-wont-be-able-to#post-2426100 Mon, 18 Jan 2016 14:01:15 +0000 mrsrain 2426100@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Playing outside until after dark without supervision... Babysitting other children when I was as young as ten... Walking home from school/to the corner store/to friends houses at a young age without supervision...</p> <p>All things I'd likely be arrested for these days. So freaking unfortunate. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/things-you-did-as-a-kid-that-lo-wont-be-able-to#post-2426090 Mon, 18 Jan 2016 13:56:37 +0000 lamariniere 2426090@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@snowjewelz: same here. We have totally different lives!</p> <p>Not biking around town is a big one though. I really loved it as a kid, but I won't let mine go alone until they are at least teenagers! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/things-you-did-as-a-kid-that-lo-wont-be-able-to#post-2426009 Mon, 18 Jan 2016 13:15:01 +0000 matador84 2426009@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Stay in the car for what seems like pretty long periods of time while my mom did shopping, ride unrestrained in cars, go read at grocery stores/malls while mom mom shopped, go anywhere on my bike as long as I was home before dark </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/things-you-did-as-a-kid-that-lo-wont-be-able-to#post-2426004 Mon, 18 Jan 2016 13:11:37 +0000 blackbird 2426004@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My kids will probably be able to do more, LOL </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/things-you-did-as-a-kid-that-lo-wont-be-able-to#post-2425997 Mon, 18 Jan 2016 13:08:42 +0000 Miss Ariel 2425997@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>They used to be a bookstore in the same shopping center as the grocery store and in 3rd grade or so my mom would let me read books while she shopped. I can't imagine doing that now, but hopefully bookstores are still around that dd will have memories at them. I'm paranoid ereaders will destroy them all. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/things-you-did-as-a-kid-that-lo-wont-be-able-to#post-2425993 Mon, 18 Jan 2016 13:05:16 +0000 oliviaoblivia 2425993@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hopefully drive a car. I'm hoping driverless technology is good enough that I don't have to worry about teenage driving. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/things-you-did-as-a-kid-that-lo-wont-be-able-to#post-2425969 Mon, 18 Jan 2016 12:52:13 +0000 lady baltimore 2425969@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>In addition to riding unrestrained in the car (either in the way back or on the floor in the back) on long car trips, I used to like to sit in the closed car on hot summer days before we went to the pool. So weird, and someone would call CPS if I tried it now! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/things-you-did-as-a-kid-that-lo-wont-be-able-to#post-2425942 Mon, 18 Jan 2016 12:32:56 +0000 mediagirl 2425942@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Spend all summer at the pool, take month long vacations at the beach, sleep in the back of the station wagon, sleep on the floor of the backseat floor (middle hump and all). </p> <p>Probably the biggest ones are the ones where I should have gotten in trouble - skinny dipping in neighborhood pools. They all have cameras now! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/things-you-did-as-a-kid-that-lo-wont-be-able-to#post-2425934 Mon, 18 Jan 2016 12:29:14 +0000 BadgerMom 2425934@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Bao: Bahahahaha! We had one too, with built in VCR. Roadtrips went by so fast! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/things-you-did-as-a-kid-that-lo-wont-be-able-to#post-2425903 Mon, 18 Jan 2016 12:15:54 +0000 Anagram 2425903@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@BadgerMom: us too! The bed in the back of the van was AWESOME for long trips. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/things-you-did-as-a-kid-that-lo-wont-be-able-to#post-2425900 Mon, 18 Jan 2016 12:14:48 +0000 Bao 2425900@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@BadgerMom: oh, yep! My parents did that too...we even had a 13 inch tv we would bring, haha! it was a dinosaur </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/things-you-did-as-a-kid-that-lo-wont-be-able-to#post-2425894 Mon, 18 Jan 2016 12:13:46 +0000 snowjewelz 2425894@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Well, I grew up in a different country so mine vs her experience will just be completely different. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/things-you-did-as-a-kid-that-lo-wont-be-able-to#post-2425891 Mon, 18 Jan 2016 12:12:37 +0000 BadgerMom 2425891@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My parents used to remove the third row seat in our van and make a bed back there for me to hang out during long road trips. I loved it, but for obvious reasons it will be something LO will never experience. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/things-you-did-as-a-kid-that-lo-wont-be-able-to#post-2425885 Mon, 18 Jan 2016 12:10:05 +0000 WinterBee 2425885@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Bao: I grew up on a farm, as kids we would play on all of the machines and climb up and jump around on the hay wagons. I would never let my kids do that now, so dangerous! It's funny how perceptions change! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/things-you-did-as-a-kid-that-lo-wont-be-able-to#post-2425877 Mon, 18 Jan 2016 12:07:35 +0000 Anagram 2425877@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ride my bike all over my neighborhood, without my parents knowing where I was or what I was up to. I would probably be reported to CPS for that now. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/things-you-did-as-a-kid-that-lo-wont-be-able-to#post-2425847 Mon, 18 Jan 2016 11:58:05 +0000 Bao 2425847@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was thinking this morning about my childhood, and how things are so different today. I did a lot of things as a kid that I would never let my kids do today, or in the future. Also some things I did as a kid that just aren't available these days, either favorite restaurants or ice cream shops, etc that shut down. I had good memories at a lot of places but it just won't be possible for my LO to experience them. I remember riding my bike several miles across busy roads/highway overpasses to go to the gas station with my friends at 8/10 years old...there's no way I'd let my kids do that. Maybe I'll change my mind once they are older but I guess imaging it now gives me anxiety, there are too many scary news stories these days. </p> <p>Are there things your LO will never be able to experience (maybe things don't exist anymore or unsafe), like you did as a kid? </p>