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| Juvenile Deliquencies: by kokoye(m): 4:30pm On Sep 25, 2008 |
This is a spin-off of a previous thread where we were talking about childhood and parenting. So, what crazy things did we do while we were young , kinda stuff we pray our kids would never put us through? I'll start, A few wks to my grandma's burial, I remember chasing this cute girl around her house and went home to sleep, not realising some bottle fragment was lodged into the sole of my foot. I removed it later on the in the morning but did not tell anyone. The foot swelled up and became infected. - it got so bad that my parents could not go for the burial o! They love me all the same.  |
| Re: Juvenile Deliquencies: by sistawoman: 4:57pm On Sep 25, 2008 |
sneaking out the house at night. I used to leave the front door unlocked and the window cutan to the side and sneak out. I knew my moms sleeping schedule and my dad worked at night. So i would just come in the house before 4am and pretend i was sleeping when my my came to check on me. That was so dangerous but hey i was 14 and had no idea what i was doing. |
| Re: Juvenile Deliquencies: by kokoye(m): 5:37pm On Sep 25, 2008 |
Well, that'll work in the United States, but in naija while I was growing up, never , we had a chain around the gate that would make noise at the slightest discomfort and skikes and broken bottles on the fence walls. , plus the police would arrest you for 'wandering' and then ask for bribe. My dad also started electrocuting the window frames cos of burglars , he had to stop doin it though, when a cousin who was sleeping-walking almost grabbed the frames in the middle of the night, So now SisterW, how would you feel if ur kids did the samething? |
| Re: Juvenile Deliquencies: by sistawoman: 5:48pm On Sep 25, 2008 |
What can i say really other than to discipline them. But i have a security system on the house. So you open a window it goes off, you open a door it goes off. My son has his own code to the system but my code overrides all codes. So when i turn it on with my code he cant turn it off with his, but he does not know this. that is my ace in the hole. His phone has a GPS locater on it. As long as his phone is turned on i can locate him where he is via my cell phone or computer. when he goes outside the designated area i get sent a text message notifying me of his wareabouts. I just have to use my knowledge of where my parents laps in securty were and make improvements on my security. I am sure my son will find a loop hole or a breach in what i am doing and when it is exposed i will close it in. Parenting is really just trial and error and a working flowing art that has to change to suite the child. |
| Re: Juvenile Deliquencies: by kokoye(m): 6:56pm On Sep 25, 2008 |
that sounds like the Verizon Wireless Chaperone, ? |
| Re: Juvenile Deliquencies: by sistawoman: 7:15pm On Sep 25, 2008 |
kokoye: it sure is |
| Re: Juvenile Deliquencies: by mohawkchic(f): 8:03pm On Sep 25, 2008 |
~LOL at Y'll Stories  ~~Where do i start . . as you see me soo . . . i have never wished for a daughter Oooh if she was to do half the things i did . . i 'D go beserk!! ~I Nicked the spare key to my dad's BMW he packed in the garage . . . i'D bribe the gateman to help me push it out of the garage bloody hard work when the engine isnt switched on a flat surface  stupid gateman use to be pissed out of his mind w/ the money i'D given him so i did most of the work . . .pushing & puffing  when the car gets to the slope,i'll jump in & drive the car in neutral . . .From my dada's bedroom window,you cud see the driveway as our house was the last one the drive so you can make out cars going/coming!! when i thought i was out of earshot,i'll start the car!! Coming back i wasnt a bit worried i had the attitude as long as i've had a blast whats an earfull from dad!!  ~To think i got away with it too only to find out years after i was only fooling myself!!One day my dad looked at me,shook his head & am like "what!!" Imagine my face when he replied "what did you think you was playing at pushing the car out of the garage?"  even tho i laffed i was like "so you knew?" he always knew!! The petrol gauge gave me away . . I never did put any petrol after i used it ,after getting confused by how fast the petrol goes w/ confirmation from the mechanics there isnt a hole in the petrol tank he figured if he stayed stayed up later than usual on wekends,he'D solve the mystery!!All the mugs of Holics didnt work then!! Bless his Soul~One thing he never did find out was some nights when i sneak out,i lay my special made dummy on the bed all covered up . . .when he checked in on me,it never did ring any alarm bells it wasnt really me . . that was the coolest thing i did!!he thought it was me sleeping . . . even got my sister on that one |
| Re: Juvenile Deliquencies: by kokoye(m): 9:37pm On Sep 25, 2008 |
lol. I'd think only boys stole their parents cars back then , you took it took a whole new level with the pushing. I made a spare key and would be back home by the time my parents got back from work , never knew my dad was on the lookout for thread marks!! |
| Re: Juvenile Deliquencies: by kokoye(m): 9:50pm On Sep 25, 2008 |
Check this out There was this day I was supposed to be at home by myself, so some girl was supposed to come visiting, think I was like 16 and she was 13. Anyway, my dad had a fever and decided he wolud stay at home for a while b4 going to work. So, when he went to drop my younger ones in school, I quickly dashed to the girl's place (early in the morning o, around 7am) and planned to tell the gateman to help give her a note so she'll know to come much later. But I did not see the gateman so I turned around and threw the note somewhere around then went back home. My dad went to work b4 the girl came and all was groovy The next day, my dad called me into his room, shut the door and showed me the note that was meant for the girl!!! He said he's wondered why I was so nice to him , he realised from the note that it was all a plot to get him outta the house my mom tried to figure what we were talking about but my dad would not tell her of course. Se you know it's always cool to know the son is not a slacker , though fathers try to hide it. But henceforth, he always had that suspicious look on his face whenever I was meant to be alone at home |
| Re: Juvenile Deliquencies: by Nobody: 9:55pm On Sep 25, 2008 |
I was a good kid growing up. |
| Re: Juvenile Deliquencies: by sistawoman: 9:56pm On Sep 25, 2008 |
davidylan: Let me ask your mom about that!!! |
| Re: Juvenile Deliquencies: by Ihuoma85(f): 10:00pm On Sep 25, 2008 |
davidylan:Me too, but at age of 18 i broke the wall and we have problem to this date. |
| Re: Juvenile Deliquencies: by kokoye(m): 10:09pm On Sep 25, 2008 |
really, at times I'm like: do I really want a daughter? cos Ive heard stories about girls growing up in this country o, and you cant spank them! |
| Re: Juvenile Deliquencies: by mohawkchic(f): 10:12pm On Sep 25, 2008 |
lol. I'D think only boys stole their parents cars back then , you took it took a whole new level with the pushing ~Lol,i did most things you'D except from a boy . . my father use to say i never have fear for my eyes!! I had to push O my brother if i'D started the car in the garage he'D be bound to wake up!! it wasnt one of those garage where'D you have to walk up to the house . . it was an indoor garage . .a door leads straight into lounge downstairs !!~How did your dada find the note? |
| Re: Juvenile Deliquencies: by Ihuoma85(f): 10:13pm On Sep 25, 2008 |
kokoye:Off course you want a daughter. Just be honest and true to them from the beginning. Be strict, but not that strict. It can backfire, like it has done in my own situation. |
| Re: Juvenile Deliquencies: by omoge(f): 10:21pm On Sep 25, 2008 |
i was really a good kid growing up. the best any parents could have . whatever they say don't do i wont.no party, do not paint your finger, no night out, no hanging out with boys etc, i didn't do any of them. i wanted them to be proud of me. i could have taken advantage of my dad not being home and be a typical Army brat. it kept me level headed too and got me where i am today. i still do not know what night clubs look like. i know how to hang out alone/stay alone. better still, i know how to keep guys at bay and not crazy abt them. |
| Re: Juvenile Deliquencies: by idupaul: 10:22pm On Sep 25, 2008 |
I used to pack heat when ever i went out, thank God i never used em. |
| Re: Juvenile Deliquencies: by kokoye(m): 10:28pm On Sep 25, 2008 |
mohawkchic: He was driving then realised he forgot to check the engine oil. So he pulled over and looked for some piece of paper to wipe the guage when he was done. Lo and behold! |
| Re: Juvenile Deliquencies: by mohawkchic(f): 10:36pm On Sep 25, 2008 |
He was driving then realised he forgot to check the engine oil. So he pulled over and looked for some piece of paper to wipe the guage when he was done. Lo and behold! ~No way!! OMG . . . ALMAO |
| Re: Juvenile Deliquencies: by Nobody: 11:56pm On Sep 25, 2008 |
sistawoman: She'll tell you no better son can a woman have than David. |
| Re: Juvenile Deliquencies: by sistawoman: 7:00pm On Sep 26, 2008 |
kokoye: You can too spank your daughter you just cant leave any bruises or marks. |
| Re: Juvenile Deliquencies: by kokoye(m): 7:06pm On Sep 26, 2008 |
| my colleagues are wondering what is funny |
| Re: Juvenile Deliquencies: by kokoye(m): 7:09pm On Sep 26, 2008 |
Did you hear about the mother who tricked her 16 yr-old daughter into going to naija for a summer so she could deal with her?, the got to the airport in Nigeria and she started slapping her right there and then, onlookers tried to intervene, the mother told them what the daughter had put her through back in the states - some of the onlookers joined in the slapping! |
| Re: Juvenile Deliquencies: by tundysho(m): 8:26pm On Sep 27, 2008 |
Where can i even start my own from.I was realy very restless when i was young,i just pray my child would not be like me.I was always trying things out,a very inquisitive person.I would love to open up our TV, radio and anything whatsoever i can put a screwdriver into to unscrew,just think of anything,including electricity.i had either tried it out or, if prevented by my mum,would spend a long time thinking of how the manufacturer of such thing came about it.It was then my Mum knew i was going to be an enginner ,which of course i am today. I had escapades with our domestic animals too.Normarlly we feed our chicken with grains of corn.I will then pick a single grain,put o small hole into it with a needle,and pass a long sewing thread through the grain of corn,then throw it together with the other grains for the chicken to eat.After the chiken eats the grain, i will then wait for some minutes and pull pack the grain of corn out of the chiken stomach with the aid of the thread i had tied to the grain.Funny enough,after the grain comes out ,the foolish chicken runs after the grain again to re swallow the grain allover again together with the thread |
| Re: Juvenile Deliquencies: by davidylan4(m): 1:30am On Sep 28, 2008 |
Cool tundysho, ever tried dousing a chicken with kerosene, lighting it on fire and watching it squawk around the house? hilarious! |
| Re: Juvenile Deliquencies: by tpia: 2:41am On Sep 28, 2008 |
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| Re: Juvenile Deliquencies: by Busybody2(f): 3:43am On Sep 28, 2008 |
Ha memories, I was a misunderstood Jekyll and Hide character  . To my dad, I was a butter-wouldn't-melt-in-her-mouth princess, to my mum  Some teachers saw me as a role-model, never-put-a-foot-wrong, teacher's pet and a straight A's student whilst others said they had never taught a never-do-well student as disruptive as me, who was always late to class, lippy . . . To some toasters, I was a omo-ajebo and they were always tripped and turned on by my sing-song posh gentle voice, whilst others use to lament and cringe and wonder if I was brought up by some crude grandmother in some remote village. Got myself and my friends into so much trouble because I was very very terrible at lying and would start to stammer and eventually blurt out the truth, much to the annoyance of my friends. |
| Re: Juvenile Deliquencies: by kokoye(m): 2:12pm On Sep 29, 2008 |
tundysho: Man, that was sick !! , I remember watching some guys back in school tie a rope to some guy's balls while he was asleep - they took the other end of the rope to another room and started pulling. Some others removed carried a sleeping guy's bunk in the middle of the night and placed him gently on an open field - the guy passed out when he woke up looking at the sky! |
| Re: Juvenile Deliquencies: by kokoye(m): 2:14pm On Sep 29, 2008 |
Remember all those funny tv movies we used to watch back then?, well I tried to be a star - I put some kerosene in my mouth, struck a matchstick and spat out the kerosene. I ended up in the hospital , then my dad beat me up when I got well. |
| Re: Juvenile Deliquencies: by kokoye(m): 2:22pm On Sep 29, 2008 |
davidylan*: You are a mean son-of-a-#$@$!!! I hope you did not graduate into a terrorist man!! |
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