If so, what time period did you grow up in? Because it doesn't seem like kids today had any real moments like we kids of the 70's and 80's did. I'm 36 now and I'll always remember my sister and brothers and me catching fireflies/lightning bugs in a jar.
2007-03-10 13:30:21 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Family & Relationships ➔ Family
I am a kid now, and I am one of those kids who live staying up aat night catching them, then letting them go.
2007-03-10 14:22:35 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your question made me smile because it brought back memories of a simpler time. Yes when I was a kid I use to catch firefly's, or lighting bugs whatever you want to call them. I remember I use to think they were like pixies. I grew up in the 70's
2007-03-10 21:57:45 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I remember as a kid catching fireflies every summer at my grandparents home in Kentucky. It brings back many memories of my childhood. I can even smell the grass and the summer nights!
2007-03-10 23:08:52 · answer #3 · answered by Stephen B 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
* hi,Im in my 30's as well..I love catching fireflies now as an adult with my kids it's such an awesome feeling we also go looking for bugs and stuff and its great,today I actually rolled down a hill it hurt so bad but so worth it, it brought back memories,I think this summer you should do @ least 1 thing you did as a kid.
enjoy your life.
p.s."call your sis & brother talk about the funny things you used to do"
2007-03-10 22:11:44 · answer #4 · answered by Art 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes!! Only once though. I grew up in the north, and we don't have them here, but we did visit my grandfather who lived in Arkansas one summer and my Dad helped us catch lightnin' bugs - that was so much fun! I'm about 10 years older than you, and I'm hoping to go back and do that again this summer! I have always done that kind of stuff with my kids, and I still try to - even though they are in their mid 20's and married. They often think that I'm just weird, but we always have fun and the memories of those times always make us laugh and cry.
2007-03-11 03:07:47 · answer #5 · answered by noonecanne 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I used to catch fireflies, butterflies, grasshoppers, frogs, etc etc. I cought a preying mantis once too, actually... I loved doing stuff like that. I was a kid in the 90s.
2007-03-11 14:21:53 · answer #6 · answered by Jade 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
okay i was born in 1990 and I used to love catching fireflies with my father it was one of the few things we did together so ill always remember it...to be honest every once in awhile during the summer ill just go outside and chase the little things till i cant run anymore :)
2007-03-11 00:34:37 · answer #7 · answered by SimpleMinds 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes I did, '60s and '70s. My grandchildren, and the children in my neighborhood do it today. I disagree with your observation that children today don't have "real moments" . There may be fewer moments like these, but children will always be awed by nature. Sometimes "fewer" makes things more special.
2007-03-11 12:10:45 · answer #8 · answered by Mike M. 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yep. we did that too, and i grew up in the 60s and 70s. my kids are growing up and they love catching fireflies.
2007-03-10 23:42:08 · answer #9 · answered by that girl! 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your question made me smile also. I went back in time for a minute. I was born in 50's, and we loved lighting bugs. I helped my kids , and now I can help my granddaughters. I am in Alabama, my brother moved to Tennessee a few years back. Now we were up there one summer night, and they had lots more lighting bugs than we do. It was amazing.
2007-03-10 22:16:45 · answer #10 · answered by PEPPER 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yes i caught them, put them in a jar with holes in the lid, (they always disaprered in the middle of the night, i think mom had something to do with that lol) i was born in 1983 I cant belive there are ppl on here who have never seeen fireflies???
2007-03-10 23:19:43 · answer #11 · answered by Katy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋