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I have once. I was in Kindergarten, First Grade or Second Grade. Our family dogs took off into the forest, and I blindly followed to call them back. We were to the back of the ridge by the time they turned around. Over halfway back, my parents found me with their ranger and said I'd get into serious trouble if I ran off again.
There was another time I merely considered it. You see, I've long been very troubled with finding a boyfriend and proper friends, and I still am... but earlier this year, I had a dream where my parents forbade me from speaking to my then-best friend despite seeing him in person. They wouldn't let me speak to a friend of his I liked romantically, either, even though my friend's cousin sent him and the guy spoke to me first. I prepared to run off if they didn't get their stuff together in like a week. This was only a dream, but I probably would run off and pursue those goals alone if they tried that hard to stop me (which they probably wouldn't), and I did briefly consider it out of fear that I'd been lied to all along.
I threatened to run away several times, but never actually did it.
Once when I was in grade school I went so far as to write a running-away-from-home note, describing my grievances against my parents. I stuffed the note under a rug (I have no idea why) and my mother found it. She seemed annoyed to read it; I don't recall that anything changed in our household after that.
Note: I was not an abused child, by any stretch of the imagination.
I did when I was in second grade. Got off at a different bus stop and showed up at my friend's house. That was as far as I had gotten with my plan. Her mom called my parents while we were outside playing.
Fortunately I learned how to regulate and communicate about my emotions. It wasn't always easy, but in typical family situations it's a better method than just taking off.
When I was 5ish - 6ish, I decided I would run away at some point, so I packed a suitcase. I had a little 'overnight' suitcase, and I stuffed a sweater, a pair of pants and a pair of shoes. I figured it was all I needed. One day, my mom was helping me look for something or other, and she picked up the suitcase to move it out of the way. She could tell there was something in it, so she opened it up. There was my stuff. She asked why I had packed it. I hemmed and hawed a little, and then she just kept going. I never did run away. LOL
Another time, my brother threatened to run away. I forget how old he was, but it was grade school. 2nd grade maybe. So anyway, he tells everyone he's going to run away. My mom told him he should pack some clothes, so he did. While he was packing some clothes, she made him a sandwich and put it in a bag for him. Then she held the door for him and wished him luck.
He stood at the end of the driveway until it got dark, and then he came back in. She asked him if he'd eaten his sandwich yet, and he said he had not, so that's what he ate for dinner. lol
I did when I was about 6 or 7. I told my mother she would never see me again and stomped out of the house. Okay, I just went out back to the guest house and stayed until it got dark. When I came back in the house - they were having dessert and everyone just stared at me without a word.
I was sort of not wanted, ignored, etc as a kid. Thus, very unhappy. I figured they would either not notice or not care if I did leave.. I was also very analytical, and therefore cautious- I mean, I didn't want to get kidnapped or die of dehydration or whatever, right?
So I would write the letter, and hide somewhere. Or write the letter and go to a friend's.
To answer the obvious question: no they didn't care I was gone, but I had nowhere else to go so I'd eventually show up back home again.
my wife's brother ran away often, starting at age 11.
she told me about four of them, but there were more untold.
other in-laws filled in the blanks for a few.
he was and still is trouble.
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