I had semi-frequent lucid dreams at least every few months since ages 6-8, and possibly before that. I remember trying to induce them, but having barely any luck since I couldn't think of any techniques to try besides imagining the dream I wanted to enter, which didn't work. I didn't use the internet much then, if we even had it that early, so I didn't think to look it up, and basically forgot about trying to induce them until I found the wikipedia article on lucid dreaming, years later. I started out with very little dream control, and didn't really gain any until seriously attempting lucid dreaming for a few months, and increasing my average frequency of lucid dreams to several in a week.