View Poll Results: Which of the following classic childhood things did you do before the age of 13?
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Bought an item from a comic book ad
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76 |
45.51% |
Built a sand castle or other sand structure on a beach
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128 |
76.65% |
Built a snowman
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162 |
97.01% |
Camped in your backyard
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133 |
79.64% |
Carried a lunch box to school
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148 |
88.62% |
Eaten food cooked over a campfire
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156 |
93.41% |
Explored an abandoned house or hobo camp with your friends
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113 |
67.66% |
Fired a bb gun
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150 |
89.82% |
Got into a bottle rocket fight
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108 |
64.67% |
Got into a physical fight on a school playground
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128 |
76.65% |
Had a bike wreck
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153 |
91.62% |
Had a crush on a babysitter
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70 |
41.92% |
Had a line in a school play
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106 |
63.47% |
Had an entry in a Science Fair
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77 |
46.11% |
Had sex with a hot teacher
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3 |
1.80% |
Had your own treehouse
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68 |
40.72% |
Joined the Boy Scouts or Girl Scouts or equivalent
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114 |
68.26% |
Jumped off a diving board, high dive, cliff or rope swing into water
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146 |
87.43% |
Went to Disneyland/Disneyworld/Epcot
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75 |
44.91% |
Collected some type of sports cards or collector cards
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129 |
77.25% |
Kissed a person (on the lips) of whatever sex you now like
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117 |
70.06% |
Lit sparklers and carried them around
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153 |
91.62% |
Looked at pornography
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133 |
79.64% |
Mowed a non-relative’s lawn for money (or shoveled a non-relative’s walk for money)
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107 |
64.07% |
Operated a lemonade stand
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64 |
38.32% |
Owned a science kit of some sort (chemistry, electricity, etc.)
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99 |
59.28% |
Owned an optical science tool - telescope or microscope
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95 |
56.89% |
Owned Legos, Lincoln Logs, or an erector set
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155 |
92.81% |
Participated in a spelling bee
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103 |
61.68% |
Played doctor with a person of whatever sex you now like
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83 |
49.70% |
Played in a youth sports league
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153 |
91.62% |
Ran away from home and stayed away at least four hours
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52 |
31.14% |
Rode a dirt bike (as the driver, not passenger)
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78 |
46.71% |
Rode a school bus
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136 |
81.44% |
Rode your bike to a store to buy stuff
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138 |
82.63% |
Served as an altar boy/girl or equivalent in a religious group
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50 |
29.94% |
Sold something (candy, cookies, light bulbs, etc.) as a youth fundraiser
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138 |
82.63% |
Spent 1+ weeks at a relative’s house without your parents for no particular reason
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92 |
55.09% |
Swam in a river or creek
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141 |
84.43% |
Took dance lessons
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20 |
11.98% |
Took piano lessons
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33 |
19.76% |
Took swimming lessons
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120 |
71.86% |
Visited a water park
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103 |
61.68% |
Walked to/from school on your own
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121 |
72.46% |
Went fishing with a grandparent
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102 |
61.08% |
Went on a road trip in a station wagon or minivan
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113 |
67.66% |
Went to a sleepover (or hosted one)
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158 |
94.61% |
Went to an overnight summer camp
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107 |
64.07% |
Went to boarding school
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5 |
2.99% |
I did none of these things
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2 |
1.20% |