Ben enjoys doing various dangerous activities with his brother. Neither boy seems to realize the possible consequences for these actions and they seem to be unusually resilient to pain. Both Ben and Kenny enjoy getting Bill and Maureen to go along with their games and show little concern when Maureen gets hurt. The one thing they do seem to fear is the neighbour the kids think is a Nazi, Mr. Holtenwasser. It is also shown that they fear Jimmy Fitzsimmons 