Boy (Not) In Balloon In Family Photo

In this TV publicity image released by ABC, the Heene family, clockwise from back left, Richard, Mayumi, Ryan, Falcon and Bradford are shown at their home in Fort Collins, Colo. on Nov. 15, 2008. The Heene family were featured on the 100th episode of the ABC reality series, “Wife Swap,” airing in March 2009. Falcon is the one at the center of the national concern that he might have been swept off by a homemade balloon. Story here . (AP Photo/ABC)

Question: As a kid, I stacked hay on the back of moving trucks, swam a river at flood stage, milked cows (and got kicked) at 6, and fetched stray footballs in the bull pen next to our yard. My parents weren’t negligent. There simply was too many of us kids to watch. What did you do that would as a kid that would be considered verboten today?