[BigRedChief]

Originally Posted by Graystoke

I am biased, but I loved growing up in the 70's and 80's.
Such a simple time.
I'm going to list the top ten things about being a kid from that generation.

1. Parents didn't care what you did. As long as you weren't near the house, and the cops or neighbors didn't complain, it was all good. I don't think my folks ever came to one baseball game of mine and neither did the other parents. I am sure now they were home enjoying time away from us kids. Helicopter parents did not exist.
2. We played real games. We didn't have computer war simulators. Problem solved, lets play war outside. We climbed dangerous shit, made forts and often ****ed around and found out. Lessons learned everyday.
3. We fixed our own shit. If our bike got busted we went to Western Auto with our own paper route money, got the parts and fixed that shit. We did not fear tinkering with things.
4. Feelings??? WTF. The last thing I would ever do is talk to my parents about feelings. This is the correct way.
5. Everybody smoked! Including us! If we couldn't get the real cigs we substituted with candy cigs.
6. Our toys were dangerous as ****. Lawn Darts, Clackers and Shrinky Dinks. Our Toys were deadly.
7. They never cancelled school for weather. And that just meant the walk to school and the walk home would be an epic adventure. Snowballs, Hookie-bobbin..sweet Jesus it was fun.
8. Adults were allowed, and encouraged, to beat the shit out of you. Man you had to watch you P&Q's as there was an enforcer around every corner. I had more neighborhood Moms and Dads kick my ass then I care to remember.
9. Porn was printed and if you searched for it you could find it. Show that shit to your friends and the talk about touching boobs was simply exquisite.
10. Candy was real. It was big, it was tasty and it was cheap.

Same