Born in 66. My parents had no idea where I was from 1978 - 1984

@dougpool4730

18 күн бұрын

Don't lie. You came home long enough to eat and sleep most days. 🤣🤣🤣

@child_of_gaia1836

18 күн бұрын

Same here 66 weekends and holidays my parents did not have a clue we got into trouble and we ha to get out of trouble which teaches negotiation and compromise we fell out of friends for a hour then you were friends again we had no internet or mobile phones we went out after breakfast came back for 10 minutes for lunch then back out till evening, you did not not stay out later because you would get the strap or the slipper. I could go on more but hay I will shut up now.

@icanary64

18 күн бұрын

😂😂😂

@jonporter300

18 күн бұрын

born 67 likewise parents did know. The one rule was if mom said be home for dinner, you had better be home for dinner. pretty much everything in this video was my childhood.

@MBGolfer

18 күн бұрын

Outside until the street lights came on and the neighbor parents could discipline you...loved my childhood. I feel sorry for kids today.

I was born in '71. All I can say is I'm really missing the world I grew up in.

@TDG0824

18 күн бұрын

I'm 71 as well and I miss the 80's and 90's but time. I grew up in Southern California it was awesome until politics got involved.

@bayamonterenaud8683

17 күн бұрын

if you knew how much I understand you my friend how boring this period is I'm really glad I'm not 15 today and I had them in 86 . I don't know how we survived but we had a f... good time . from a middle-aged Frenchman 🐸

@scooby92571

17 күн бұрын

ABSOLUTELY RIGHT

@RivyGenX

17 күн бұрын

I'm 72 and hoping someone invents a time machine.

@nedrasellayah9314

17 күн бұрын

Amen! Born in th 60s.

he forgot to mention that other parents and neighbors was able to punish the kids to

@scooby92571

17 күн бұрын

Oh yes

@lauraporter6516

16 күн бұрын

Damn straight they could..it was encouraged. You messed up one time but ended up with numerous whoopings for it by the time it was over.

@elitet3359

15 күн бұрын

Sorry, neighbours were never allowed to punish someone else's chlldren - that was on the parents and by God you did get punished.

@lindaostrom570

14 күн бұрын

a mom from blocks away would phone your mom if you were up to stuff!!!

@lauraporter6516

14 күн бұрын

@@elitet3359 My parents gave the neighbors permission, lol. We had ALL eyes on us at all times.

I was 10 years old and my friend and I would ride our bikes 8 miles one way to the next town over. No helmets, no water bottles, no sunscreen, no phone or even ID. We’d be gone all day. Stopping to play in the woods, get a drink of water from the stream, playing with dogs along the way. I don’t think my Mom ever knew we’d gone so far, just so we were home by dark was the only rule. Nobody ever bothered us two little girls, and nobody questioned what we were doing out alone.

@katehack1677

17 күн бұрын

Same in Australia. Covered big distances by bike and literally only had to be home by dark even in Summer. Without phones obviously we could be anywhere. It's a freedom children sadly will never know again. Think of all the problems we had to solve ourselves!

@hikareti9503

16 күн бұрын

Same here in New Zealand, we used to get on our bikes at 8am and not go home until dinner, nobody had a clue where we were or what we were doing. I feel sorry for kids today, they’re not allowed to be free.

@22steve5150

2 күн бұрын

Same here. Our town had no movie theater, and a bigger town 10 miles away had like a 4 or 5 screen theater, so we'd ride 10 miles, get a cone of Thrifty's ice cream and sneak it into the theater, then after the movie we'd ride back home.

I was born 1960. Im a female and i had a pocket knife when i was six, had my own ax, chopped wood, always had matches, fishing pole. True tomboy and it was okay. Nobody ever said i was a lesbian, which i am not. But boys had the best toys and a lot more fun than the girls. We rode our schwin bikes from dawn to dusk. We had our chores to do then out the door. Lunch was stolen fruit and out of our parents gardens. We respected and honored our parents. And in return they knew that when we went out to play we respected others and nature. True wild childs. And i wouldnt trade it for nothing.

@christinecrapser5033

9 күн бұрын

I was born in 1960 as well, great times. I always liked going fishing with the guys, because if I took my girl friends, I was stuck putting the worm on the hook for them and taking any fish off if they caught any! I was the youngest of 4 and the only girl, 😊. Miss those days!

@lutherkilmer7193

9 күн бұрын

@@RuthMagouirk-mp2sv I had a friend named Shannon, who was a Tomboy.. she was really cool. We played with our star wars figures together and she always kicked my butt playing soccer.

@RuthMagouirk-mp2sv

9 күн бұрын

@@lutherkilmer7193 We didn't play soccer, but I played football, baseball and basketball. With street rules. Best times I ever had.

@douglaspage2398

8 күн бұрын

63. Owned a pocket knife at the age of 7, a rifle at the age of 10, a used dirt bike (motorcycle, not BMX) at the age of 13. I had a girlfriend that lived 18 miles away at the age of 15, I went to see her at least once a week on a Schwinn Varsity 10 speed until I was 16 and got my car and drivers licence. That free country is long gone. Gen z has no idea what it means to live in a free country, or to have the self discipline, values, or grasp of responsibility that goes along with it. Want to know why there is so much crime and so many mass shootings? Because risk, consequences, responsibility, and character, are things that today's youth are banned from experiencing.

@FabricPaperAndBeads

8 күн бұрын

I was also born in 1960 and my favorite things to do was climb trees, ride bikes and skateboards, and that was when skateboards were small! I was always called a tomboy too! Nowadays, if a girl acts like a tomboy, someone would try to convince her that she was born in the wrong body!🤦‍♀️ I miss the 70’s, that was the best decade!!!❤

I was a 70's teenager.... today my parents would probably be in jail. We survived childhood in style - had friends who broke bones, had to have air gun pellets dug out them, even once a lad had a spear gun spear through his foot. We respected authority - because we knew we would get a slap if we did not. Great life.

@vir9002

19 күн бұрын

Man, your worse fear was always getting into a situation so bad that, you had to bother your parents and ruin the rest of your day if not week plus, they would call your friends parents and they would get busted out as well and the entire neighborhood would know that you f'up and even if the other parents wouldn't come at you about it, they sure give you that "look" of knowing and it would make you very embarrassed about your actions. With that, chances are you would never be making that mistake again. haha. Yes, Grownups were a different species, you respected them and did as told without backtalking, we never knew what they were up to and that was fine with us because, they gave us freedom to do what we wanted (as long as you did not cause trouble in the neighborhood).

@lindajane8962

19 күн бұрын

One of my friends got a lawn dart in his foot...good times! 😊

@islandiron

19 күн бұрын

I agree. I wore my dad’s belt more than he did.

@Sho81

18 күн бұрын

@@lindajane8962 I still have a BB in my ass cheek from the 80's. Gotta agree great times.

@alitheweepingangel1742

18 күн бұрын

So true 🤣. The air gun pellet comment brought back memories.

I am a boomer. We played out everyday after school. The rule was street lights on everyone home. We didn't have seat belts, knee pads, helmets etc. Yeah we got hurt but we survived. We had a blast but we respected our parents and authority figures, including school, police etc. We didn't have technology which I see now was a blessing. We actually talked in person to our friends and neighbors. Nobody texted or posted anything to social media. When did society become fragile marshmallows who need to be validated every moment by some unknown person in their phone.

@johnjenkins7497

17 күн бұрын

….street lights? In the summer….when the street lights came on, it was time for hide and seek…or kick the can……the night was still young…..when our mom’s yelled for us to come in we usually claimed we didn’t hear her the first two times she yelled….

@just_peachy77

15 күн бұрын

Yep, I can still hear my mom yelling my name, as I was down the hill playing stick ball in the middle of the street with all of my friends. ​@johnjenkins7497

@ghorloch2014

15 күн бұрын

@@johnjenkins7497 Yes, we just had to be in your yard when the street lights came on ...

@johnjenkins7497

14 күн бұрын

@@ghorloch2014 …remember “ launching” the lightest kids into the air….or taking a large sheet of wax paper to sit on when going down the large slide….man, you could get up some speed….

@sickittyljs7160

10 күн бұрын

When we got hurt we would show it off , and then on to our next adventure,

Man, I never would have thought growing up in the 70's and 80's would have been the pinacle of childhood.

@lutherkilmer7193

17 күн бұрын

@@5thhorseman559 it was god damned awesome!

@jeanine6328

16 күн бұрын

The AIDS scare of the 80’s, he’s talking about AIDS or HIV. It hit in the 80’s and it was an absolute death sentence. As kids, we were nearly feral. But we had a lot of self discipline kids today don’t seem to. We balanced an extraordinary amount of freedom and recklessness with rules/boundaries and fear of consequences. There were times we injured ourselves pretty good but managed to hide it from our parents until it was healing decently. We learned our lesson, no need to tell mom you got hurt so she can tell you you’re not allowed to do it again.

@jeanine6328

16 күн бұрын

The AIDS scare of the 80’s, he’s talking about AIDS or HIV. It hit in the 80’s and it was an absolute death sentence. As kids, we were nearly feral. But we had a lot of self discipline kids today don’t seem to. We balanced an extraordinary amount of freedom and recklessness with rules/boundaries and fear of consequences. There were times we injured ourselves pretty good but managed to hide it from our parents until it was healing decently. We learned our lesson, no need to tell mom you got hurt so she can tell you you’re not allowed to do it again. At 10 I was riding around the fields going miles from home on 3-wheelers which have since been outlawed because they were too dangerous. They were replaced with 4-where’s, also known as quads.

@lindaostrom570

14 күн бұрын

you missed out.

@5thhorseman559

14 күн бұрын

@@lindaostrom570 nope, I lived it 😃

I'm sixty one years old. So yeah. I remember all of these experiences. It was such a great time to be a kid.

@mawbast1

18 күн бұрын

Sure was

@watchmanonthewall14

18 күн бұрын

Tons of friends in the neighborhood to play with. You name it, we did it. To this very day, I love riding my bike, although I no longer have my Stingray with a banana seat.

No seat belts, piled up in the back of a station wagon. No bike helmets -only dweebs wore protective gear. I would call my mom at work and tell her I was going out biking through town and she’d say “ok but be back home before I get there.” No barriers on trampolines.

@michellejalbert-deen1329

18 күн бұрын

And the car was blue with cigarette smoke and ashes in the back window!

@Sho81

18 күн бұрын

I wish we had a barrier on our trampoline though. Playing knockoff where we shoved each other in air to see who is left on the trampoline and I end up straddling a spring. They didn't stop jumping so things of mine got rather damaged.

@hardytaylor9560

18 күн бұрын

Was fun back then. Ride in back of a pick up no worries

@Raittway

17 күн бұрын

My grandfather had a station wagon. He would drop door the back and we sat on it, legs dangling. Loved riding to the beach like that.

@shirleybishop5871

17 күн бұрын

We traveled from North Carolina to New Jersey with 8 children in the back seat. We fell asleep on the floor of the car.

We did grow up freer than children now it’s sad. We did everything we could to avoid our parents noticing us during the day so we kept our scrapes to ourselves. You only went home if you couldn’t stop the bleeding. I think we have kind of destroyed our children’s youth. Of course they are anxious, but let’s be real adults did this too the kids . Children didn’t change parents did

@indiatastic

17 күн бұрын

Lol my sister hid her broken collarbone for 2 days because she was doing something she was specifically told not to 😂

@thaismatsumoto

5 күн бұрын

And if you did go home to stop the bleeding,they patched you up,and sent you out again.

The 70's was the best fun of my life!! Sleep overs, summer camps, town swimming pools, stayed outside all day. All kids parents kept an eye out on all of us. We learned to be a team, comprise, share, support and loyalty meant. I'm so glad I experienced it!

YEP!! All Facts.. I was born in 1958 I LOVED the 70's Those were the days My Friend

@0urSYNCHRONICITY

16 күн бұрын

me too n yep ! peace

@timbillings6884

15 күн бұрын

Me 58 Had a blast the good old days...

@sunisbest1234

15 күн бұрын

" I thought they'd never end." 😊

@Dixie65

13 күн бұрын

@@sunisbest1234 We'd sing and dance forever and a day 😄

We didn't think "danger was a thing" - we never considered that "playing" was dangerous - it was just fun! lol

Born in 63. The 60’s 70’s and 80’s were great and the music was amazing. Real musicians, songwriters and artists. Concerts were affordable. We bought albums and would go to each other’s homes to listen to them. We had family dinner every night during the week and went to church on Sunday. We had chores to do every day. In my home, there was no fast food or even soft drinks. It was milk, sweet tea or water…maybe Koolaid. It was a real treat to eat out. We would get our allowance on Saturday and we’d walk or ride bike to a nearby store (1-2 miles) and get a soft drink and something sweet. We knew some short cuts through some yards and the families were usually cool with it. We didn’t cause any trouble or vandalize anything. We were all taught to respect others…parents, friends parents, teachers, principals and any authority figure or officer. Family vacation was always the same week every year and we’d go to Myrtle Beach. We were free to do whatever we wanted as long as we were at the cafeteria for meal times and before it got dark. We still did things together as a family, but mostly my brother and I were out making new friends and mom and dad got to have some alone time. 😉😉 We didn’t need instant gratification and we didn’t need to be entertained. When we went on long trips, we talked, enjoyed the scenery, made up games or sang songs. The same type of trips where kids all need iPhones, iPads and dvd players to entertain them. I’ve been in those cars during that time and the adults would want their kids to look at something out the window and the kids would miss it or NOT be impressed. It’s ridiculous and young people are missing out on so much going on around them and real connections with other people. Living in a virtual world may have some benefits, but it shouldn’t occupy so much of a young person’s life.

I was born in 1957 and was a kid in the 60s. It was the same stuff in the 60s. I was a teen in the 70s, but life was still slower paced and chill.

@watchmanonthewall14

18 күн бұрын

Same, and I concur with your assessment.

Pocket knife at 10 because we were usually in scouting and you needed one to make things like tent stakes, cut up rope or twine to make a lean-to, trim wicks for lanterns, cut cloth for bandages. Long rides had road games like who saw the most Volkswagen bugs first, or vehicles with one headlight out, who could go from a to z first by road signs. Usually had the radio on, took comic books, coloring books, if we went to another state my dad stopped at the first rest stop and picked up brochures about the state and different things in the state. Cracker jacks actually had toys in them, tiny cars,trolls,rings,planes. Now you get a joke and maybe a sticker.

@vir9002

19 күн бұрын

Heh, mine was to cut the twine on hay bails. Became my job, neighbor was an elderly woman who had lost her husband but, owned a small farm, like two cows, a pig, some chickens and a horse. Hey, I got paid a quarter a day and that was plenty to snag candy at the small gas station (was a few miles away but, just a daily trek for us on bike or horse back). Nice job for a 9yrl, going over and doing the twine cutting and "heavy lifting" like hauling buckets of feed and breaking open the hay bales into flakes for the cows and horse, collecting the eggs. lol. 9yr old though, my sister helped to sometimes because, she wanted a quarter too.

@hipgnotist777

17 күн бұрын

Ha! "Be careful, don't cut yourself," said Dad as he handed me my first Cub Scout knife. Ten minutes later I was hiking through the woods, waiting for my finger to stop bleeding.

@solomonkane6442

17 күн бұрын

We used to spell out words from car registration plates when I was a kid in 80s Park benches gut rot cider and hash in 90s 😅

@mikeeckel2807

17 күн бұрын

Getting a b>cycle gave you freedom. On car rides we had contests see who would get the most out-of-state license plates...or if we could get semi drivers to blow their horns.

@timbillings6884

15 күн бұрын

Yup and I keep my knives razor sharp, nothing more dangerous than a dull knife...😅

There were no phones to carry. No computers we were on our own. And had alot of fun. Nobody locked there doors.

@watchmanonthewall14

18 күн бұрын

Where I grew up in the 60s, we did not lock our doors.

@davidmonroe2378

12 күн бұрын

​@@watchmanonthewall14😂😂

I was born in 1966, my childhood was so much fun, so carefree. Us neighborhood kids would all be together, playing outside for hours, we knew as the sun started going down, we'd better get our butts home.

@rosieohdonald1364

16 күн бұрын

Be home by dusk

I was a teenager in the 70s...best era ever...(happy to keep them best era memories ever,,) I was lucky being young in the best era ever....the 70s

Dad’s arm reaching back didn’t scare me because he was driving. Mom turning around meant someone was getting a leg hit. If that happened twice dad pulled over and you got a spanking.

@oneeyecat6886

19 күн бұрын

OMG!!! Dad tried to smack us (back seat) while he was driving, but he couldn't do it, because he was using the mirror which was opposite from reality.....but trying to keep the laughter inside us was impossible......

@Eniral441

19 күн бұрын

It was usually my dad, too. I often heard, "Don't make me pull this car over." And we all knew what that meant (spanking). Sometimes he'd said, when we got older, "if I have to pull over, you're walking home. "

@bakedjesus1177

18 күн бұрын

Speak for your self my mouth got the back of his hand few times

@Ontheroxxwithsalt

18 күн бұрын

In my house it was when mom said "Get in the bath" and you mouthed off and she wet her hand in the running water and slapped your backside. CRACK!!!!

@oneeyecat6886

18 күн бұрын

@@bakedjesus1177 Your Dad got skills!!!

As someone who was born in 1970 and grew up in this era, all I can say is IT WAS AWESOME!!!!! This is the main reason why most Gen X are tough as nails, don't get butt hurt, and laugh at your lame insults coming from younger generations of today. My best time was the 80's. I got to experience the birth of thrash metal, hard core rap (N.W.A., Public Enemy etc etc etc) as well as being part of that rebellious teenage attitude back then. Much has definitely changed since then and today's society is just nothing but a sorry excuse of a clown show world wide. Now that we are older, these same Gen X are more pissed off with what we are being forced to accept due to cry babies that should still be in diapers believing they are entitled........ yeah entitled to major ass whooping like we used to get as kids, in front of our friends, by our mother's!!!!! Good times!!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤘😎🤘🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

@TDG0824

18 күн бұрын

You're exactly right it was awesome and if we didn't perform our parents said well you didn't work hard enough and if you didn't like how that felt they said Change It and stop whining

@TDG0824

18 күн бұрын

I had a Rambo knife at 8 years old. It had a compass, fishing string and hook, matches and we also had ninja throwing stars and pellet guns as well. We never got arrested or shot anyone because we were raised with COMMON SENSE AND LOGIC

@karengoodman1678

11 күн бұрын

Exactly, WE GEN XERS ARE THE LAST OF GREAT AMERICANS.

@kimberlydavis4772

9 күн бұрын

We aren’t easily offended and our sense of humor is dark and hilarious!

It was all about the freedom. We weren’t micromanaged or coddled. I’m grateful I got to live through it.

@mothermcready4417

15 күн бұрын

You described it perfectly!

Those were such fun days. Camping ,swimming. We had to walk 4 miles to play with other kids. We didn't worry about stranger danger while walking to the neighbors house.

@watchmanonthewall14

18 күн бұрын

Actually, there was stranger danger even in those days, but it was much more rare than it is now.

I miss the 70s great times with friends no internet

Best fun back then and best music!

European gen-x here born 1973 ..By the time i was 25 yr I had already traveled all over the world with my backpack Asia Europe and even Australia, done mandatory 13 months military service worked loads of shitty low payed jobs for experience saved some money studied at university and started looking for that dream job i studied for and dreamed of..i did it all by myself. Growing up in the 70ties and 80ties made us independent and strong in will and full of life experience and fighting spirit. Compare that to with a 25 year old today who seems to have wasted most of their precious youth time with gaming internet socialmedia and youtube and seems to lack all life experience and drive in life

On council estates in England, the time to go in was when the street lights came on. That applied to everyone of school age.

@AP-gb3eh

20 күн бұрын

Same in the states

@davidyeo8731

19 күн бұрын

Yup was the same here in the u.s.

@user-rf1tk8eq3b

19 күн бұрын

Or when your dad came out on the porch and did his whistle! Oops time to get home.

@Ontheroxxwithsalt

18 күн бұрын

My mom would just come out to the sliding glass door and yell my name and then "Get your ass in the house or you're getting a size 7 up your backside!" Ahhh, the good old days.

@AP-gb3eh

18 күн бұрын

@@Ontheroxxwithsalt no need for threats we just knew brothers and sisters would eat your dinner if you took to long . If we complained we got well you will know better next time not to be late 😅 same with complaints about what was served, she would just offer it to the others and you had to scrap to get it back.

I'm 57 now. I had a chopper bike, a pair of purple corduroys and the Bunty magazine. I was happy girl. My mother wouldn't allow us chewing gum, so we'd scrape it off the road with a lolly ice stick and pick out the grit. Love the video.

@TheCaptaininsaino

16 күн бұрын

My sister and I raced towards a wad of gum we spotted on the sidewalk. I beat her to it and gloated as I popped it in my mouth. It was pretty fresh, lots of good chews left in it! I felt sorry for her and let her have it when I was done with it.

The only time anyone got an award for just showing up to school was the person who showed up every single day. It was called "Perfect Attendance." That kid didn't miss a single day of school. They weren't out sick, or go to a doctor's appointment in the middle of the day, nothing. They showed up for school EVERY SINGLE DAY that school was in session.

1966 here all 100% true. It was wonderful. Greetings from Belgium

And when you went to the grocery store. Everything was in glass. There was no plastic or very little. When you pushed the cart, you just hoped nothing broke.

@Eniral441

19 күн бұрын

Milk was often in a cardboard carton. When the 80s came around, they put the names and faces of missing children on them. We also used to get milk delivered to the house instead of getting it at the grocery store.

@zuzax1656

18 күн бұрын

Yep, those 32 oz Coke bottles were HEAVY! An empty one was almost as heavy as a 1 liter is today. We had a little insulated metal box on our porch for the milk deliveries. We kids had to get the milk out and bring it in before school to put on our cereal. Edit to add: we had realistic looking (if you didn't look too close) toy cap guns, too.

He’s not calling y’all soft. He’s stating facts. You get in trouble out of the home you got a good beating when you got home.

I couldn't knock on a friend's door until after 9. Parents wouldn't let me because I could wake someone up. Peeking in a window in the TV room if the light's on to see if a friend is up then tapping on the glass if he is... completely fine. Kids could be anywhere at any time, even in the 80s.

The idea of staying inside the house on a summer day was ludicrous. Back in the 70's we went outside to play on rainy days. Probably because most of us didn't have air conditioning in the house and there was nothing on TV to watch until about 5pm. There was no internet. No video games. We went outside and used our imaginations to make each summer day an awesome summer day.

@watchmanonthewall14

18 күн бұрын

Yes, we were outside most of the day, playing with friends and riding bikes.

@BobbiTopacio

9 күн бұрын

played in our creeks was in mud all day om would call us for Dinner but not worry about us till it got dark but being scared of the dark we were always home at dusk

I was born in the 80's, grew up in the 90's and very early 2000's in London. Trust me, things were just different. We met at the park, got on our bikes, rode around, went climbing trees or making campsites in the woods, came home well after dark and everything was fine. And if it wasn't fine, we found a payphone and called our parents because we had our home numbers memorized and let them know we were staying out and where we were. There was just less danger, we were not worried about people. Life was different, it was easier, less things to worry about. Man, I miss it. Todays world really does seem like a step backwards.

We've had a bunch of kids move into our neighborhood. They play outside until dark. The hit plastic balls in the neighborhood. They go to each other's houses. It's good to see and hear. I go sit on my truck tailgate watching them play ball. Makeshift bases and they have fun. They have a chance in life In my opinoin.

I was born in 1965 and we had so much fun. If we got in trouble at school the principal would paddle you, we played dodge ball in gym( the ball was frigging hard), we played in the dirt collecting insects, worms, etc., rode our bikes with friends on the handlebars, rode in the back of trucks, sat on the armrest in the front seat, answered the door without looking outside, answered the phone without knowing who was calling, had to go outside and pick our own switch if we got in trouble, played on metal, not plastic playground equipment, stayed out til the streetlights came on, never played inside, never wanted to, if we wanted to know something, we went to the library, prayer in schools, pledge of allegiance in schools. It was just better all the way around.

Me at age 16 and a 14 year old friend went from Belgium to London without an adult with us to buy Dungeons and Dragons rule books. All it took was telling the tour bus driver our parents said it was oke. We called it "The Quest for Rule Books"

When the media began reporting on the news A.I.D.S. virus, HIV, the AIDS scare. The idea of a new, untreatable deadly disease from having sex was horrifying.

I was born in 1956, you have NO IDEA!!!

@watchmanonthewall14

18 күн бұрын

Born in '57. Likely some similar memories.

@rodmoore1577

13 күн бұрын

​@@watchmanonthewall141957 also.

0:45 - Notice below that circular swing.... that's a concrete pad. And yes, we would often land on that. We didn't have anything soft to land on, it was either concrete or bare Earth. Either way, it would smart a bit when you bounced off of it. We didn't go running to parents unless we were bleeding. If that happened, the wound was wiped off, some liquid mercury (Mercurochrome) spread on it (which hurt worse than the initial cuts did), maybe a band aid if you were lucky, and sent right back out to do it again. 2:30 - This picture happened a LOT. A few cinderblocks, a wooden board (often with nails sticking out of it) used to make a ramp, a few brave kids laid down in front of it, and we'd see how many we could jump. Notice the man sitting on the porch smoking a cigarette. 3:35 - Yeah, that was another thing... if someone got injured but not badly, whomever saw it happen would laugh like crazy. No one got mad about it. 4:55 - Can confirm that "corporal punishment" was a thing! You get whacked a couple of times, and you learned to settle your ass down. Oh, another thing about schools, well, in this case High Schools.... they all had designated smoking sections outside where students and teachers could grab a smoke between classes or at lunch time. 7:05 - These two photos are from a movie called "The Bad News Bears" that came out in 1976. If you REALLY want to see what it was like to be a kid in the 1970s, watch that movie. There has been at least one remake of it, but the remake is shit compared to the original. I was the age of those kids in 1976 (9 years old), so I can attest to that being what it was like. 9:35 - I got my first pocket knife at 8 years old in 1975, along with a compass. I was taught how to use both (the knife, safely). 10:20 - If you want some nightmare fuel that we grew up with, look up "Sid and Marty Krofft" and check out some of their children's television shows from the early 1970s. Realize that we were less than 6 years old watching these, and to us, it was perfectly normal. 15:00 - Look closely, yes that is a beer can in that child's hand. This was not uncommon, but usually we didn't drink much of it. 15:05 - THIS thing was a death trap... but it was fun as Hell! We'd see how fast we could get it to spin before someone flew off of it. Also, I watch that channel and another like it, because it takes me down memory lane. I was born in 1967, so this was my childhood. Those channels touch on things you won't believe, but they are ALL true. Kids going into a store with money and a note were able to buy beer and cigarettes for their parents, without one being present. Our only real rule was "be home when the street lights came on". We had a key to the house because no one would be home when we got home from school. We were pretty feral back then. There was next to no supervision by adults, except at school.

I grew up in the 70s and it was truly a wonderful experience. From my first big boy bike (a three speed), baseball. Then going after school to McDonald's and buying a Big Mac, fries and soda for $1.39. Those where great times.

I was a teen in the 1970’s. I would take my battery powered record player to a woody part of the park and play Vietnam War music as loud as possible, sing along , and pray for Peace.

Ahh the 70s. I was 13 in 1970. I had a purple glitter stingray bike. Banana seat and cool handle bars. The front tire got stuck in a RR track. Fell, out my hand down to break my fall, I broke my arm. My younger sister and I were always out of the house. The best part of the 70s.. Music, music, music.

@kirbysmith882

17 күн бұрын

I had the same model and color bike.

@Raittway

16 күн бұрын

@@kirbysmith882 To say I loved that bike was an understatememnt. I got a 10 speed Peugeot in my teens.

@kirbysmith882

16 күн бұрын

@@Raittway my brother made fun of me because it was purple. I just told him that I'm a Vikings fan.

@Raittway

16 күн бұрын

@@kirbysmith882 my Dad took me to pick it out. Small town, only 1 place to buy them. He laughed and said "are you sure?" He knew purple was my fav color but it was a boys bike lol

Child of the 70’s here 🖐 Such great memories 🥰 How I wish I could take my kids back in time to when life was s care free & kids could be kids 😊

I’m a boomer and I got lots of chuckles from your reactions about things I just took for granted.

I did this with my kids in the 2000s - I sent them outside together on Saturdays. They had to be able to hear me when I called them. They loved it

@moni2606

14 күн бұрын

I grew up in the 90s, that was my childhood too. Ive moved to a nice neighborhood now where my 8 year old can go play with the neighborhood kids. Recently we had them come and ring the bell to ask for him, it brought tears to my eyes honestly. I WAS SO HAPPY to see this happen. Parents like me are trying to bring this life back for them, all the parents on the block are in a group on facebook so we can communicate with each other in case the kids all end up in one of our backyards and we cant see them on the street.

As somebody that grew up through the 80s and 90s, we were always outside. We were never end.

No seat belts Everyone smoked indoors even in closed cars with kids present All our toys were toxic We were sent outside as soon as we had eaten, only came back for food No adult supervision at all My first time drinking alcohol was before i was 6 months old parent gave it to infants to make them sleep when we were sick. First time being drunk at 2 years old, the adults left the dining room after a party, so we kids drank all leftovers. I was at the emergency room all the time, no one kept you from climbing trees and/or riding your bike not using your hands

@dukey19941

20 күн бұрын

I got so many ashes in my eyes lol.

@watchmanonthewall14

18 күн бұрын

My mom smoked when pregnant with me. Growing up, I second-hand smoked two packs a day. I never did smoke on my own. Too nasty.

@andrew-vc1gd

Күн бұрын

MY sisters and i were in the ER so often that the ER nurses greeted my dad by name when we walked in.

Imagine in the late 60's early 70's traveling in a Volkswagen station wagon 7 kids 4 parents driving from NY to FL for 18 hours to go to Disney, no seat belts, no cell phones, videos, tv's - We entertained ourselves. Was an awesome time to grow up. This video was 100% accurate for the times, but we did so much more.

Cruising the main drag as a teenager with the music on the radio or cassettes is what we did in the 70’s. It was awesome!!! The guys drove their beautiful cars up and down the main drag street and so did the girls in their cars. Many guys were lined up along the main drag street waving girls to pull over and talk to them. I could get a new date every week on Friday and Saturday nights.

I was a 70s kid. Riding bikes and roller skating all day. Playing with friends and staying out until dark or when the street lights came on.

Born in 60. Had the best childhood! I wouldn't trade it for anything!!! 😂❤❤❤

@watchmanonthewall14

18 күн бұрын

I'm a few older than you. Probably similar experiences.

@MAYNARD927

16 күн бұрын

I was born at the end of '61, and seeing how things are now I wouldn't trade my childhood for anything.

Born 68 70 80s teen Loved it Cherished it Made me who I am in today...

A little story from the 60's. On PE day we, as a class of under 11yr olds, would be marched through the streets of London to a local playing field, wearing nothing but our knickers and vests (pants for boys, of course) - even in the freezing cold. Our limbs would literally turn purple, and being the days when teachers could hit you, if you misbehaved you got a slap on your legs, leaving a massive white hand mark. Didn't deter us from misbehaving though! 😅😅😅😅. Oh, and btw, if you got in trouble at school your parents wouldn't confront the teacher. It was you that got an extra telling off from mum or dad!

Broke my arm in the 70s jumping ramps on my bike while my parents were out of town. My great uncle, who landed at Normandy in WW2, set my broke arm at the kitchen table. My parents didn't find out for 3 days when they came home and found me using a belt for a sling and took me and had a cast put on. We also used to jump off the roof trying to use umbrellas and trash bags as parachutes. Yeah they don't work lol.

I grew up in the 70s and 80s... I'd love to be a kid again back then. Still have some nice scars to remind me of how great it was! We got dirty, bruised, and sometimes things got broken or bloody, but we had a blast doing it!

Evel Knievel was my first real childhood hero. That kid flying his bike off a ramp was definitely me. I’m 61 now and still amazed that I *never* broke any bones…

The only electronics we had to play with, was when we went to the arcade.

As Australian kids in the 70s during summer would make grass fort in long dry grass never thought of snakes. The other fun was my father and our cousins lived next door and our homes backed on to forest and we spent every weekend rushing through the tracks on the back of a ute (traytop) no rego no seatbelts not road worthy

Every word is true.. it was glorious!

I was born in 1973 and growing up was a lot of fun and we got away with a lot of stuff

@bastet197

20 күн бұрын

True... 😆🤣

I was born in 1969 and grew up in a very small community where it seems half the town was related to us somehow. Our parents always were told when someone saw us doing something we shouldn't have been. Lots of memories, but for me, it's the scent memories that are strongest. The smell of old homes, fresh picked garden vegetables, my grandma always eating raw green bell peppers. I can't smell them without thinking of her. And the way the grocery store smelled. That old dusty type smell along with the smell of the butchering going on the back because meat was cut into steaks or ground in the store. Also fun was our trampoline. My dad dug a hole in the ground, so ours was a bit safer, but he didn't think about the fact that it was under a pear tree. I used to climb up in that tree and bomb my siblings with hard green pears when they were on the trampoline. There were so many games we played outside, using our imagination. Those long road trips weren't bad. We had a station wagon, put the seats down and put blankets on the floor where we all sat. We played games like I Spy, tried to see car tags from other states, read books and if we were good my mom would hand back a piece of candy for each of us from time to time.

Si ce i was a toddler, my pocket knife has been an every day carry. Even at school back then. No one was using their pocket knife to hurt people. We used them to make slingshots to hut people

1972 for me i still cant belive how far away it seems like. I loved growing up in a time when people were so much more geniune.

Born in '77 in Canada and most of that was accurate for here too. I remember my brother, sister and I getting the brilliant idea one day to go visit one of our aunts who lived an hours walk away from us. None of us thought about calling ahead to see if anybody was home. We walked there, knocked at the door and realized nobody was home. We hadn't told our mom where we were going, but we just turned around and walked back home. For car rides, if you grew up without tablets and cell phones, you would have been used to that for car rides. We'd bring books to read, snacks to eat, or some kind of game we could safely play in the car. For the most part we also loved looking at the sights around us. Watching to see if we'll spot a deer or a moose etc..

LOL, I always tell people I grew up before child safety was invented.

It’s actually the 50’s, and 60’s…nothing really changed! Even the 80’s were much the same!

I was born in 1954 and while growing up, no one locked their doods, even at night. There was literally no crime in the suburbs and very little in downtown areas, until the mid to late 1960's.

I never got mecurachrome. My mom was a Vermont dairy farmers' daughter. We got Bag Balm ointment on everything. If it works on the cows, it'll work on you. Also I was 5 or 6 when dad gave me and my brother one of those camping pocket knives that had the spoon and fork. Within the first few days I cut my finger. Squeeze hard enough long enough and the bleeding stops. No bandaide needed. Kept my finger out of sight til it healed. No one was taking my precious knife away. 0:45 we called that thing "the giant stride" it was at my kindergarten to third grade school. The kindergarteners and first graders weren't supposed to use it. Hahaha! I loved that thing it was so much fun.

Roller skating in the street....no helmets no pads 💯 Just you, skates and the hard roadway 🤓

@rainncorbin8291

12 күн бұрын

I skated down a hill and hit the car at the bottom of the hill. My chin hit the bumper and i went under the car. My dad was laughing his ass off and i had my first stitches, aged 7.

@TinaFieldHoweCreative

9 күн бұрын

Yes, roller skating! I still have the scars to prove it. Our street had slate sidewalks and if you don't think that made for a fast skate...

The participation trophy started with Xennials and were going strong with Millenials. A lot of parents at that time only saw the bad side of competition and thought all competition was bad for kids. Gen Z inherited the participationtrophy thing, but most of the GenZ I know largely ignore it like you explained. They made things competitive even when officials didn’t. They understood the point of competition and recognized good sportsmanship. You got the best of both worlds.

I was a child of the 70s born in 68 and didn't realize how great we had it 😢😊 There were a few times i went to my friends two blocks over without telling anyone and my grandpa showed up there looking for me 😂

We had to make up our own entertainment & creativity was key. I was kicked off the school bus & had to walk back to town. I was 5 miles from town - 5 miles from home, so I had to start walking.

Born in 1971. This is how it was even in the 80's... all of my childhood was between 71 and 89...

I was a kid in the 60's. As far as life as a kid as described in this video, the 70's were basically the same as the 60's. Any differences were just externals like music, tv shows, clothes, etc. But I was the quiet type, and I spent a lot of my free time reading books. My favorite outing was when my mom could take me to the library so I could select books to read. But now, finding kids, much less teenagers, who read because they want to? The odds are prettly low, even with all the options available.

@watchmanonthewall14

18 күн бұрын

Ah, yes, the TV shows. Andy Griffith, Get Smart, The Munsters, Outer Limits, Twilight Zone, Bonanza, Star Trek, Beverly Hillbillies, etc. Heck, I used to wake up on Saturday mornings at 6 am just to watch Jack LaLanne. To this very day, I am hooked on calisthenics.

I was a Gen X kid(78)and I can relate to all of these. I more grew up in the 80s and a bit of the 90s but much of the 70s stuff stuck around up here in Maine well into the 80s so it was like living a mix of both as a kid.

When we were kids during the summer in the 70's, we would throw a canteen over our shoulder and head out across the desert on our bicycles until sundown. One time, this whimpy kid Robbie crashed his bicycle down into a wash, crying that he hurt his shoulder. We all called him a wuss. We found out later, he broke his collar bone. We all laughed so hard, that our stomachs were hurting. 🤣

I'll take the 70's everytime ! Kids and early teenagers are really missing out on life. I tried to give my 2 boys in the 1990s some of the 1970s life... We were outside a lot... at the beach running our RC trucks or roaming around the harbor but always outside. Kids today live inside... back in the day, we got out of school tossed the books in the house and played outside till diner, then back outside till the street lights came on or later as se got older. Todays kids can't grab any tee'shirt for school because the P.C police might not agree with the saying on the front ! Yes..... give me the 1970's every single time. ✌️🙂 I'm gonna jump on my Schwinn Grey Ghost or Orange Krate Stingray bike. .and a few years later, my Raleigh 10 speed chopper ( stingray ) My last year of Jr. High I got Schwinn 10spd road bike... road that thing everywhere..... 40 miles to the beach up the coast info Maine. Toss those laptop's and video game systems away kids.... go outside, ride a bike ... well first buy a bike then ride it, go swimming, have fun & get some fresh air at the same time, turn on some rock-n-roll, and enjoy the day in the 1970's ✌️🙂

All true! We did stuff that was fun, dangerous, challenging which jus allowed us to be kids! Guess what? We survived and are so much better off for it!

We played in the chemical fog from the mosquitoe man's truck. We played in ditches with standing water. My brothers tied a rope to a board and pulled each other around in the stagnant water. We walked to grade school and every neighbor kept and eye out and reported to your mom if you did something wrong. I miss those days

I was born in 1963 and grew up in Middle America in Denver Colorado. There was not one thing in this video that I did not live in reality! This video could have been three or four times as long there was so much else not shown. I'm not one of those that looks down my nose and says how much better our generation was or is. I am just thankful for the experiences and memories that I have from growing up in the 70s. Every generation gets nostalgic and wishes the world would go back to simpler times. My parents did it too! The only thing I would say is kids today need to realize how easy they have it! But also we as adults need to understand that they face issues and problems that we did not have to back then. Thank you for the trip back in time!

Just before graduating from 8th grade I was called to the principal's office. The principal said I had gone through school without getting in to trouble so I must have gotten away with a lot. He hadvme grab my ankles and whacked me with the paddle with holes that hung above his desk. It was hilarious because he was right.

I wanted to add that we didn't have water in a bottle . You either used the garden hose or if you came inside you used your Tupperware cup . You better not get one of mom's glasses dirty .

When we would travel by plane in the 70s, my big treat was a new coloring book and a fresh pack of 8 Crayola crayons! 😮

OMG. This was my child life EXACTLY! Learned to be strong and independent. Figured out things for ourselves. Went outside after breakfast and didn't come back in the house until the street lights came on. Great memories.

No kid from the 70th without scares on the ellbows and knees!

I loved being a kid in the 70's. We walked and biked everywhere. We were more afraid of stay animals coming at us, then people wanting to kidnap us. My daughter had alot more things than I had, but I definitely had more freedoms.

@watchmanonthewall14

18 күн бұрын

Once I began riding bicycles, I never stopped. To this day, cycling is the most enjoyable exercise I do. I may be about a decade older than you.

I was born in 68. I can say this is accutate. I was 11 and jumping off the 2 story roof top of our school after a winter storm. 😂❤ .... plus all the other things except for the trampoline. We had slip and slides coated in soap.😅😅

The 1st time I broke my thumb about 10 years old (I believe). He had set up a ramp with a soccer ball after it. We'd ride a Huffy bike down to hills to jump & clear the ball. Then, one kid would lay down, then the soccer ball. As we kept clearing the jump, we'd add another kid to the challenge. I was at the stage of jumping 4 kids & the soccer ball. I cleared all but the soccer ball, flew over the handle bars & landed on my thumb. It was exhilarating. Hurt like all heck, but I was proud of myself. Of course I must add this generational disclaimer "kids don't try this at home", but do get outside & play. Some of my best memories ever.

Chain guards on bicycles? HAYELL, no! Seriously, some of the stuff I did when I was a kid could have killed me.

Sadly you hear more about food poisoning now than you did back then.

I was born in 59 turning 65 next month, wouldn't trade that time for nothing they have now!! We lived life like children should do. I'm the oldest of seven children that had two sets of twins, we had our own parade when we went biking!! Lol We had a yard full of bikes when our friends came over, to jump trash cans and each other on our bikes. Because Evel Knievel was our hero. When we wasn't on our bikes, we were in the woods playing. Our grade school had the merry-go-round mounted to our parking lot asphalt. Our county park had a twenty-foot slide, don't see that happening in these times, our kids are weak as water now days!! Lol Had my first knife at eight, when I became a cub scout, joined the US Army in 1977 at the age of 17 with parents permission. Our parents acted like parents, they didn't act like our best friends, you know if you spare the rod, you spoil the child. We had no school shootings back then, now you can see why.

Born in 1968. I remember most of this, but my dad was a cop so I didn’t experience a few of these things. He was harsh but seldom home, and my mother just ignored me. I did a lot of reckless things but never saw it as “freedom” that no one cared where I was. I raised a Millennial and though I cared about her emotional wellbeing, I didn’t reward her for just doing the things she should be doing anyway, and I didn’t coddle her. I can acknowledge which changes have gone too far but I also believe there were some things that really needed to change.

Born in 62 and the 70's was the best times ever.

All is true. It builds character and strength, survival, increased people skills, they learned co operation and it made you TOUGH. I remember playing on the money bars…..over concrete! It improved balance and area awareness, all you had to do..is fall once. Never again…move over Tarzan.

Born in 1970, we played outside as much as possible, climbing trees, swimming, skating, riding bikes, playing with fire and getting dirty. I only watched on TV Saturday morning for the cartoons. I broke my arm falling off my bike when I was 7, and my parents wouldn't believe me. It took them hours before they finally brought me to the ER, by then it was so swollen the doctor had to put my arm in traction for 11 days, and I couldn't get out of bed the whole time. I couldn't even walk when they finally let me get up. Good times!

I was born in 1960, so I was a preteen and teenager during the 70’s. Now I am 64 and I can tell you that the 1970’s was the best decade to grow up in!!! I miss those days!❤

don't make me stop this car!

@louispeddle9593

6 күн бұрын

the worse one was wait till your father gets home him usually busting his arse all day to be told you had been naughty, god help you when the belt came off.