I heard I rolled instead of crawled when I was baby

[hunter]

15. Our oldest was like that.

Never crawled. Banged himself up pretty good over a period of about three days perfecting his running skills.

He ran cross country in middle and high school, and is still running as an adult.

Years ago there was a debate about leashing little kids here on DU. I think those who rejected leashes as a violation of a child's autonomy haven't had experience with a 9 mos. old, one year old, and two year old who runs away.

By three years old they may have a little common sense, but not reliably.

I was still running away in middle school. I remember being taken out in the hallway by a teacher who was lecturing me about my immature behavior. I didn't like it so I just ran, jumped over the fence and was gone.

The frantic school called my mom and she told them not to worry, that I'd probably be home for dinner.

I had a largely feral childhood because my siblings were all like that, some worse than me, and there were more of us than my parents could reliably handle.