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re: The 1980s were a decade of neglect
Posted on 7/14/21 at 9:47 pm to TheHarahanian
Posted on 7/14/21 at 9:47 pm to TheHarahanian
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Kids today and going forward will never know a world where cameras aren’t everywhere. Sad for them.
This is very true and very depressing.
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Posted on 7/14/21 at 10:28 pm to Nguyener
Op: change the title. We weren’t neglected.
It should say the end of the free range child or something.
We learned to take care of ourselves. Every “free range” kid (boys) could cook his own food, operate every machine in his house, take cere of younger siblings, change a tire on a car, probably change oil, filters and plugs too. Fix and or modify his bike. Fix tons of things. Tell a story, listen, fight at least a little, tell time on a watch, write in cursive. Get into serious trouble, get out of serious trouble. Keep his mouth shut to cover for a buddy. In the south, start put out a camp fire, fish and hunt, make camp, set up a tent, etc.
Most importantly entertain themselves and others without any electrical device whatsoever.
The 80s marked the end of the self sufficient curious explorer aka the “free range kids” it was perhaps, the greatest time to be a kid in American history. 70-80s. The neighborhood was ours.
Several of you have already said the key word: We were “explorers”
It should say the end of the free range child or something.
We learned to take care of ourselves. Every “free range” kid (boys) could cook his own food, operate every machine in his house, take cere of younger siblings, change a tire on a car, probably change oil, filters and plugs too. Fix and or modify his bike. Fix tons of things. Tell a story, listen, fight at least a little, tell time on a watch, write in cursive. Get into serious trouble, get out of serious trouble. Keep his mouth shut to cover for a buddy. In the south, start put out a camp fire, fish and hunt, make camp, set up a tent, etc.
Most importantly entertain themselves and others without any electrical device whatsoever.
The 80s marked the end of the self sufficient curious explorer aka the “free range kids” it was perhaps, the greatest time to be a kid in American history. 70-80s. The neighborhood was ours.
Several of you have already said the key word: We were “explorers”
This post was edited on 7/14/21 at 10:31 pm
Posted on 7/14/21 at 10:44 pm to TutHillTiger
To be fair, It was also rampant with abuse, predators, neglect, etc
Posted on 7/14/21 at 10:57 pm to Mr Clean
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1980s
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Cherry Pie came out in 1990.
Posted on 7/14/21 at 11:38 pm to DemonKA3268
Growing up in 80s and 90s, you left the house after breakfast and you didn’t come inside until dark. Just how it was for us. My adolescent core years were 89-96.
Posted on 7/15/21 at 2:41 am to High C
That made me laugh harder than it should have.
Posted on 7/15/21 at 2:49 am to DemonKA3268
Social media started the downward spiral from the 80’s and 90’s along with the internet and cell phones.
Don’t get me wrong I love cell phones and the internet but thank god there were no cell phones when I was growing up. You had pictures from cameras but no posting stuff on internet or social media, and no recording or pictures in a phone to be used against you.
Don’t get me wrong I love cell phones and the internet but thank god there were no cell phones when I was growing up. You had pictures from cameras but no posting stuff on internet or social media, and no recording or pictures in a phone to be used against you.
This post was edited on 7/15/21 at 2:51 am
Posted on 7/15/21 at 6:12 am to bulldog95
1. Riding bicycles all over our small town. Friends were in tiers -- you had your 1-3 best buddies, and you'd ride to their houses first or they'd ride to yours. If you couldn't link up with them, you'd ride by Tier 2 kids' houses and stop to see what they were up to. If it was especially slow, or summer and folks were on vacation, then it was a choice: go ride over to your family members' houses and 'visit' or end up playing with rando kids you barely knew but still having fun. I started riding to and from elementary school, which was about a mile away, in 3rd grade.
2. House smells. I guess women have their act together these days with candles and plug-ins, because I can't tell you the last time I walked in a house that smelled weird. But in the '80s? shite, some kids' houses smelled like gorilla taint, but as the thread hammers home, that didn't matter because we played outside so much.
3. BB Gun wars. Epic hide and seek games that involved 10 kids and stretched over blocks. Hiding in neighbor's garages and no body giving a damn.
4. Mom trying to "make" fashionable clothing to save a little money. You haven't known self awareness until you're down to wearing homemade Jams shorts in a weird pattern that hug your nuts too tightly for all the 6th grade girls to snicker at.
5. 3 F'ing wheelers. Bicycles on cocaine and roids. Once we got these, our city limits became county limits. Honda 200S and best friend had a 200M. Starting at age 12, we literally rode these miles away from home, down back roads, county roads, dirt roads, pig trails, to the lake, figuring out how to get up on skis, and always going to get our stashed fishing rods and tackle box with rattle traps, trying to catch some largemouth before dark. Because the streetlight rule still applied, even when you were four miles away at Lake Tyler East lol.
2. House smells. I guess women have their act together these days with candles and plug-ins, because I can't tell you the last time I walked in a house that smelled weird. But in the '80s? shite, some kids' houses smelled like gorilla taint, but as the thread hammers home, that didn't matter because we played outside so much.
3. BB Gun wars. Epic hide and seek games that involved 10 kids and stretched over blocks. Hiding in neighbor's garages and no body giving a damn.
4. Mom trying to "make" fashionable clothing to save a little money. You haven't known self awareness until you're down to wearing homemade Jams shorts in a weird pattern that hug your nuts too tightly for all the 6th grade girls to snicker at.
5. 3 F'ing wheelers. Bicycles on cocaine and roids. Once we got these, our city limits became county limits. Honda 200S and best friend had a 200M. Starting at age 12, we literally rode these miles away from home, down back roads, county roads, dirt roads, pig trails, to the lake, figuring out how to get up on skis, and always going to get our stashed fishing rods and tackle box with rattle traps, trying to catch some largemouth before dark. Because the streetlight rule still applied, even when you were four miles away at Lake Tyler East lol.
This post was edited on 7/15/21 at 6:13 am
Posted on 7/15/21 at 6:39 am to DemonKA3268
This so much bull shite with this article.. Another whiner blaming their parents for their miserable lives...
People are helicopter parents today because there’s so many assholes out there that don’t give a frick about anyone and anything around them. When I was a kid, I use to ride my bike to the playground which was about seven blocks from my house. While riding in the street, people would look out for kids on bikes and not run over us. People today drive like maniacs, and there’s about ten times the cars on the street than they did in the seventies.
People are helicopter parents today because there’s so many assholes out there that don’t give a frick about anyone and anything around them. When I was a kid, I use to ride my bike to the playground which was about seven blocks from my house. While riding in the street, people would look out for kids on bikes and not run over us. People today drive like maniacs, and there’s about ten times the cars on the street than they did in the seventies.
This post was edited on 7/15/21 at 6:52 am
Posted on 7/15/21 at 6:45 am to OldHickory
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The 80’s were freaking great. Bring em back.
Amen
Posted on 7/15/21 at 6:51 am to Nguyener
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To be fair, It was also rampant with abuse, predators, neglect, etc
Kind of like today huh....?
Unfortunately that kind of shite is timeless...
Posted on 7/15/21 at 7:55 am to Hangover Haven
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This so much bull shite with this article.. Another whiner blaming their parents for their miserable lives...
I didn't see it that way but I'm sure not whining. I loved growing up in the 80's.
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People are helicopter parents today because there’s so many assholes out there that don’t give a frick about anyone and anything around them. When I was a kid, I use to ride my bike to the playground which was about seven blocks from my house. While riding in the street, people would look out for kids on bikes and not run over us. People today drive like maniacs, and there’s about ten times the cars on the street than they did in the seventies.
I agree with this.
This post was edited on 7/15/21 at 7:59 am
Posted on 7/15/21 at 8:02 am to TutHillTiger
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Op: change the title. We weren’t neglected.
I left it as the writer had it. No, weren't neglected at all IMO.
quote:Bingo
We learned to take care of ourselves. Every “free range” kid (boys) could cook his own food, operate every machine in his house, take cere of younger siblings, change a tire on a car, probably change oil, filters and plugs too. Fix and or modify his bike. Fix tons of things. Tell a story, listen, fight at least a little, tell time on a watch, write in cursive. Get into serious trouble, get out of serious trouble. Keep his mouth shut to cover for a buddy. In the south, start put out a camp fire, fish and hunt, make camp, set up a tent, etc.
Posted on 7/15/21 at 8:44 am to DemonKA3268
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I didn't see it that way but I'm sure not whining. I loved growing up in the 80's.
Yes, growing up in the 80’s was awesome, as well as the 70’s. I was more of a kid of the 70’s and older teen, early 20’s in the 80’s… Graduated HS in ‘82
Sounds like the author is blaming their parents for them being a helicopter parent though.
This post was edited on 7/15/21 at 8:47 am
Posted on 7/15/21 at 9:03 am to DemonKA3268
Ergo, a decade of self-reliance
Posted on 7/15/21 at 9:29 am to Hangover Haven
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Sounds like the author is blaming their parents for them being a helicopter parent though.
Could be. I feel it is a product of trying to be like others. Keeping up with the Jones. People don't realize that most others do not care at all what you do or don't do.
Posted on 7/15/21 at 9:30 am to Penrod
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Children were not to be seen nor heard, and we were definitely not supposed to complain about any injuries sustained during the 15 hours a day we roamed the streets
This is bullshite.
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t's an exaggeration for comic effect, but it is accurate as far as I'm concerned
Agreed here. I was born in 1983 and lived in a neighborhood that frankly didn't have many kids my age to play with. My times of cutting loose were when I'd stay over at a friend's house and we'd tear the neighborhood up. Go explore canals, ride bikes, play ding dong ditch, etc.
Or at my grandmother's house with my cousins whose home was behind a huge park. We'd spend hours out there just doing anything we wanted.
The late 80s and early 90s were just a great time to be a kid. Plenty of fun toys but still had to use your imagination. Ninja Turtles, GI Joes, hell even toys for R rated franchises like Aliens and Terminator.
We had Nintendo and later a Sega/Super NES, but our time playing those were greatly monitored. For every hour on a game console, you better spend 4 outside.
We had a very large yard growing up and my parents had no issues sending us out there to play on our own. And if we came back in it was to get something to eat or drink, and right back outside we went.
I have thousands of memories and stories from the 80s and 90s. None involve my face shoved into a screen with me head down for hours on end. Kids today...I feel sorry for them.
I am happy with where I am in life, but my heart will ache at times when I think about the 80s and 90s.
Posted on 7/15/21 at 9:42 am to Smoke Ring
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Friends were in tiers -- you had your 1-3 best buddies, and you'd ride to their houses first or they'd ride to yours. If you couldn't link up with them, you'd ride by Tier 2 kids' houses and stop to see what they were up to. If it was especially slow, or summer and folks were on vacation, then it was a choice: go ride over to your family members' houses and 'visit' or end up playing with rando kids you barely knew but still having fun
Our tiers were based on the neighborhood. From my neighborhood, we could get to 3 other neighborhoods through trails in the woods. The big thing was going to the gravel pit to have dirt clod wars, and the teams were always by neighborhood. Lots of fist fights between the neighborhoods as well, but none of us messed with the kids from one neighborhood. They were straight up criminals. Shooting car windows out with BB guns, stealing mail and setting it on fire, swimming in people's pools while they weren't home, etc.
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House smells. I guess women have their act together these days with candles and plug-ins, because I can't tell you the last time I walked in a house that smelled weird. But in the '80s? shite, some kids' houses smelled like gorilla taint, but as the thread hammers home, that didn't matter because we played outside so much.
I don't remember this, but I do remember around 5 or 6 every afternoon the smells of dinner being cooked in every house. That usually set my stomach off and indicated it was time to head home for dinner.
Posted on 7/15/21 at 9:57 am to Nguyener
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This is very true and very depressing.
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Social media started the downward spiral from the 80’s and 90’s along with the internet and cell phones.
I think it's important to point out that it wasn't cameras that changed everything and made it sad, not the internet either, it was social media specifically.
Cameras have been around forever, the internet as well in some form. When Facebook and Twitter took over, and now everything you are doing can not only have pics and video taken, but in an instant sent all around the globe and exist forever, that's a huge suckfest for all future generations.
I was born in 1983, I had a great childhood/teenage era. It's crazy to think about how much better it was in the 80s and 90s than it is now, with all these technological advancements. I'd go back in a heartbeat.
This post was edited on 7/15/21 at 10:00 am
Posted on 7/15/21 at 10:00 am to musick
Facts all over this post……. I don’t do Twitter or Facebook… useless to me.
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