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re: What experiences from your past would you bring back for today's kids if you could?
Posted on 4/17/24 at 4:51 pm to fallguy_1978
Posted on 4/17/24 at 4:51 pm to fallguy_1978
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Agreed. I think it would be unthinkable for many parents today to have your 10-11 year old gone all day on a bike and you didn't know where he was or have any way to get in touch with him. That was my childhood.
Exactly. But there were levels of trust and self-management I am not sure kids could pull off today.
Plus, neighborhoods had stability, not a lot of transitional people. Everyone watched out for the kids.
They sure knew how to call my mom when I wasnt acting right.
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Posted on 4/17/24 at 4:51 pm to upgrayedd
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Playboys stashed in the woods
There was a storm/bomb shelter in a field, thats where all the good stuff was hidden by teens, which we would find.
Posted on 4/17/24 at 4:52 pm to Smoke Ring
Wow! This thread is amazing and sad.
Everything has been listed.
My family had a motorhome and we went so many places in that thing.
California to good Ole Mississippi. A lot of camp grounds. We would go to one in Picayune, Ms the most. We had some sort of membership. It had a huge water slide. Swimming all day and riding bikes.
I notice kids driving golf carts instead of riding bikes these days.
Everything has been listed.
My family had a motorhome and we went so many places in that thing.
California to good Ole Mississippi. A lot of camp grounds. We would go to one in Picayune, Ms the most. We had some sort of membership. It had a huge water slide. Swimming all day and riding bikes.
I notice kids driving golf carts instead of riding bikes these days.
This post was edited on 4/17/24 at 4:59 pm
Posted on 4/17/24 at 4:58 pm to RogerTheShrubber
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Plus, neighborhoods had stability, not a lot of transitional people. Everyone watched out for the kids.
Yep. It was unusual when one of our buddies moved away. Most people raised their kids in the neighborhood their entire childhood and we all knew each other because we were always outside.
I grew up in a suburban, middle class neighborhood with about 250 houses or so. Probably half of the neighborhood was young families with kids and we had woods, creeks, ball fields all a short bike ride away.
Posted on 4/17/24 at 5:03 pm to Smoke Ring
Go kart tracks and the mini racing leagues a kid could do for cheap.
Posted on 4/17/24 at 5:19 pm to stuckintexas
Damn. That's terrible. But makes me feel better about my kids so I'll take it.
And feel icky.
And feel icky.
Posted on 4/17/24 at 5:27 pm to Smoke Ring
Yard darts - the OG version
Posted on 4/17/24 at 5:29 pm to Red Stick 55
Pine cone wars with green pine cones as eligible round of choice.
Posted on 4/17/24 at 5:31 pm to Smoke Ring
Arcades in malls that are actually safe
Play places and N64 stations at McDonald’s
Play places and N64 stations at McDonald’s
Posted on 4/17/24 at 5:31 pm to Smoke Ring
Bullies
Work
azzwhippings
instead they now see whom can be the most bizarre for likes on social media
Work
azzwhippings
instead they now see whom can be the most bizarre for likes on social media
Posted on 4/17/24 at 5:33 pm to Smoke Ring
- Saturday Morning Cartoons
-Late night on the Cinemax channel
-Having to call a girl’s house and feeling nervous to ask to speak to her when her Dad or Mom answers.
- Riding a bike or skate board or just walking to your friends house instead of a damn golf cart.
- Bottle rocket wars
- Having to use a pay phone.
- When there were actual toys in kids cereals.
- not having the Spanish version under the English version on products in the stores, signs, etc
-Late night on the Cinemax channel
-Having to call a girl’s house and feeling nervous to ask to speak to her when her Dad or Mom answers.
- Riding a bike or skate board or just walking to your friends house instead of a damn golf cart.
- Bottle rocket wars
- Having to use a pay phone.
- When there were actual toys in kids cereals.
- not having the Spanish version under the English version on products in the stores, signs, etc
This post was edited on 4/17/24 at 5:37 pm
Posted on 4/17/24 at 5:34 pm to Smoke Ring
Belt or switch from tree
Posted on 4/17/24 at 5:40 pm to Smoke Ring
Mom and dad being married and living together.
Posted on 4/17/24 at 5:42 pm to stuckintexas
Did something bad happen to the boy to make the dad over-protective?
It might explain your friend's parenting behavior.
It might explain your friend's parenting behavior.
Posted on 4/17/24 at 5:50 pm to BobLeeDagger
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Proliferation of air soft battles and creating your own bunkers and forts in your wooded backyard.
Nothing like some old pieces of wood, hammer and nails to make forts and bottle rockets with a piece of pipe as a launcher
Posted on 4/17/24 at 5:53 pm to JackDempsey
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The freedom that no cell phones brings
Or the ability to cope socially especially on the dating scene. Now they all use dating apps and can track each others every move.
You learn necessary skills by having to approach a woman and ask her out. Both how to do it and also how to handle rejection. You also had to learn trust without cell phones, you set a time and date to be somewhere and trusted the other person to be there. Once you left the house you had to no way to contact to ensure they were on the way or still coming.
Posted on 4/17/24 at 5:56 pm to deltaland
The euphoria you got when a porn you’ve been waiting for 2 hours finally downloads the 11 minute clip on Napster.
Posted on 4/17/24 at 5:57 pm to Smoke Ring
Man that sounds so cool I’d even bake some damn apple pies to serve there, and I’ve never baked an apple pie in my life.
This post was edited on 4/17/24 at 5:58 pm
Posted on 4/17/24 at 6:13 pm to Smoke Ring
arse beatings!
Posted on 4/17/24 at 6:22 pm to Walt OReilly
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Paintballing
This might still be a thing.
Saw pictures of kids at my high school in my 1981 yearbook playing paintball.
shite has been around awhile.
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