re: 70’s and 80’s kids, what is one thing you recall from back then…

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Riding in the back of a pickup. My brother and I used to sit in lawn chairs with our backs against the cab. It's amazing one of us didn't end up on the street after a sharp turn

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Me and my buddies rode in the back of my dad's '84 Silverado all the time. He would even find bumps/dips to hit so we would catch air. Never even thought about the danger of flying out.

Also, never wore seatbelts in the car. Going on vacation to the beach, sit in the backseat a while. Get bored, crawl over the seatback to sit in between mom and dad on the front bench seat. Get bored there, crawl back across into the back.

when it came time for, we'll just call it, "livestock to be harvested", it was a neighborhood block party. Everyone helped out. you didn't just call someone to come take it away and bring it back all nicely wrapped. Community effort. Late 60's early 70's.

Hitch-hiking to Panama City. Camping on the beach.

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I guess another was being gone from home from daylight to dark and my parents having no real idea of exactly where I was all day.

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This is exactly what is missing in society now. Managing your day as a kid without someone micromanaging it for you is key to turning into an adult.

Look at the results once this norm went away.

Dime bags. Ounce of home grown.

I’ve got a ton.

My family is 100% Coonass. My mom peeled shrimp, crabs, and crawfish for us until 5. After that, you best know how to peel and throw elbows if you wanted some. Otherwise, you were only eating potatoes and corn.

…and prior to being able to peel I was the cigarette holder while moms peeled for me.

I didn’t know what a car seat was. Standing on the hump was a right earned by being the oldest.

Seriously didn’t have fm radio until 1990 in a vehicle.

It was normal to walk down to the bayou and rope swing in at 8 with other 8-10 yo’s.

I can’t count the miles I rode on Main Street in new iberia on my bike and nary a worry was had as long as I was home by sunset.

First time I learned about alcohol abuse, I remember thinking what they described was my daily life.

Lawn darts

I grew up in a small town in NE Louisiana in the 70's There were soy bean fields adjacent to our neighborhood. During dove season my buddies and I would grab our shot guns and walk down the street to the fields. As long as we shot away from the houses no one really cared.

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Air raid shelter signs on large buildings.

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I saw one of these a while back. Hadn't seen one in years.

Lying behind the backseat of the car on the ledge under the window with my ear on the speaker while going on vacation.

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Hitching a ride on the front handle bars of a buddy’s bike

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Yes! Or “bolt-riding”- standing on what’s sticking out if the rear wheel axle. I hating doing both, but it beat the hell out of walking.