How much of our past should we be honest with our children about?

Our children are 7, 2, and 1.Before we had them, my husband and myself were pretty sketchy people. We were both meth addicts. We've both been arrested and he even spent a few years in prison (no violent offenses, but felony theft and evading arrest).10 years ago, we got clean and straightened our lives out. No one but our families and a select few close friends know about our pasts. You can't tell it by looking at us. We have all our teeth. We live in a very nice home, drive nice cars, he has a wonderful job and makes good money. Our lives are awesome, but our pasts are definitely not.I know the youngest 2 are way too young to understand any of this, but our oldest is quickly getting old enough to start questioning how we met and what we were like when we were younger. Should we be honest with him and the other 2 when they get older?I remember being young and hearing family whisper stuff about my mom and dad that I wasn't supposed to know about. Before anyone ever told me about their lives before me, I had a good idea they were into "bad things" too and it scared me. I don't want our kids to ever fear us because they heard some rumor about the "old us".Is anyone else in this same or similar boat? Should we just be upfront about it all or continue to hide it? via /r/Parenting http://ift.tt/2bNgrM4