What did you do while you were a child/teenager that you wouldn't want your own children to do or even perhaps to know about?

What did you do while you were a child/teenager that you wouldn't want your own children to do or even perhaps to know about?
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answer:When I was 16 I left town every single weekend to go live with my girlfriend that lived an hour away. I would leave Friday afternoon and return late Sunday night…did this every weekend til I moved in with her full time on my 18th birthday. I think I would prefer my 16 year old child NOT do that. Other than that I didn’t do anything anyone would find objectionable. Never drank or did drugs.
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