What was one of the earliest lessons you learned, that stuck with you through your entire life?

Not all parents love their children

To not trust someone because they can set you up. My older sister went out to the chicken house to gather the eggs, we sold eggs and bought groceries that we didn’t raise on the farm....spices, cooking oil, coffee, sugar, bananas, etc. She threw one of the eggs up against the smokehouse and busted it. It was so much fun that she threw another, eventually threw every single one of them probably 4 or 5 dozen. Then she came to the yard, waited till I woke up from my afternoon nap & walked out into the yard. Asked me to hold the wire egg basket till she came back outside. So I did. Within 2 minutes she comes back pointing at me with my aunt who yelled at me “Why did you break all the eggs?” I tried to tell her I didn’t but got my butt whooped & scolded & sent back to bed for the rest of the afternoon. I was 3 years old & learned not to trust someone who had ever set me up.

Never trust adults. Ever .

Don't lie. We learned about making butter in school and it sounded so cool. I was six.

My family was too broke to pay attention at the time and when I asked my dad for money to buy cream to make butter, he said we couldn't afford it.

When my brother and I walked up to the farm to buy milk, I lied and said my mother wanted cream but forgot the money for it.

My punishment was - to make butter and eat what I made. I shook it in a Mason jar for a year and a day until it got all clotted and nasty, and tasted the same way.

Lesson learned.

Don't jump down the stairs wearing shoes that are too big.
I broke my nose.

Not to become involved with someone that you work with.

I am responsible for my own well being.

Sometimes your mother has no love to give u.
So stop trying to ask for things they cant give.
Stop chasing people for things they dont have.
Also that your parents arent your world.You dont need them to be happy with what you do for u to be happy.
You dont need their approval.
At the end of the day they are normal people as anyone else.

Don't be naked around heaters.

Be true to myself!!

Don't talk back to dad

lying is bad

Nothing is permanent, your life can change within a second, so enjoy the time you have with your loved ones and tell them as often as you can how much they mean to you and how much you love them.

To be honest, I didn't know enough to formulate my environment into a lesson. I did absorb a lot though and it's later on in life I worked them out.

That sometimes even intelligent people cannot see the blatantly bleeding obvious.

Having too many complicated emotions pushes people away.

Never steal anything. I learned when I was 7.

Trust no one,but it took a while to learn

🤔..To never a ride a bike without brakes 😬😬😩

Not everyone will like you ..

To do my own research.