What was your greatest fear as a kid?

[1srelluc]

Say when you were 10-12 years old?

I was asked that question and being a pretty fearless outdoor type of kid about all I could think of was when mom said "just wait till your father gets home" after I messed-up.

It was usually a hollow threat....But sometimes it wasn't.

 

[RetiredGySgt]

I was afraid of the dark.

 

[RetiredGySgt]

still am actually I sleep with the light on. was fun in the Corps since you can't control where and when you have duty. Just had to suck it up and preform anyway.

 

[1srelluc]

I was afraid of the dark.

I swear a couple of the guys around me said "quicksand"....All were born in my AO and there's no such thing around here as far as I know of.

 

[fncceo]

My older sister

 

[Concerned American]

Say when you were 10-12 years old?

I was asked that question and being a pretty fearless outdoor type of kid about all I could think of was when mom said "just wait till your father gets home" after I messed-up.

It was usually a hollow threat....But sometimes it wasn't.

LOL, I was the Ol' Yeller generation and I was terrified that there would be a rabid dog on the other side of the gate when I took the garbage out.

 

[g5000]

Say when you were 10-12 years old?

I was asked that question and being a pretty fearless outdoor type of kid about all I could think of was when mom said "just wait till your father gets home" after I messed-up.

It was usually a hollow threat....But sometimes it wasn't.

Best Christmas movie ever.

 

[g5000]

Whenver I would come up the stairs from our basement, I would always get this shiver up my spine in the fear there was some monster/vampire about to rush up the stairs after me.

 

[OneIsTheWord]

What was your greatest fear as a kid?​

You!

Genesis 9:2​

 

[Zincwarrior]

I was afraid people would come to the door to tell me and Mom, that Dad wasn't coming home any more but I should be proud.

 

[bluzman61]

I was afraid of having a severe asthma attack. I've had it since I was very young, about 6 or 7 years old. My parents gave me a horrible tasting liquid that DID help. I didn't start using an inhaler until much later, around 16 years old.

 

[Zincwarrior]

I was afraid of having a severe asthma attack. I've had it since I was very young, about 6 or 7 years old. My parents gave me a horrible tasting liquid that DID help. I didn't start using an inhaler until much later, around 16 years old.

 

[Lockback]

I had two: nuclear war and getting cancer.
Luckily, I've not had to deal with either of them.
Yet.

 

[iamwhatiseem]

Say when you were 10-12 years old?

I was asked that question and being a pretty fearless outdoor type of kid about all I could think of was when mom said "just wait till your father gets home" after I messed-up.

It was usually a hollow threat....But sometimes it wasn't.

Well like most Gen X boys raised by boomers (born in 1965) - I was tough, outside 16 hours a day and adventurous. I am extremely grateful I grew up during a time of sanity and normality.
Having said that - I guess my greatest fear as a kid was not being accepted into groups of kids, but I don't know if even that is true. I was fortunate also to grow up in a neighborhood of a bunch of boys around my age.

 

[OhPleaseJustQuit]

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Losing my mom.

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[iamwhatiseem]

I have genuine fear for my grandchildren (5,3 and <1) what is it going to be like for them?
Will it be a culture that returns to some sense of saneness? Or continue down the rabbit hole to nowhere but even more anti-social, apathetic and extreme selfish culture that believes in nothing, unpatriotic and thinks the world was made for their safe spaces

 

[sparky]

I was way to numb as a kid to know true fear.....~S~

 

[Invisibleflash]

Ending up homeless on skid row.

 

[EvilCat Breath]

I was afraid of the dark because my parents kept threatening to kill me and each other.

 

[there4eyeM]

Nuclear war.