Pants on Fire
At some point, most kids will lie to their parents about their whereabouts. Most parents want you to be safe and wouldn’t allow you to put yourself into risky situations — understandably so as there are heinous people out there that can do children harm. Kids might not see it that way, but parents just want to keep their children safe.
However, the chances of something bad actually happening are fairly slim, and our parents might be exaggerating. At 15 years old, this person lied to their parents about going to a friend’s house and hopped on a train across the country to hang out with their brother. Such a fun experience makes for a good story later on in life.