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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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!

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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!!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤘😎🤘🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

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

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

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.

I miss the 70s great times with friends no internet

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.

Best fun back then and best music!

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.

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

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.

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.

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"

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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!

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.

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

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.

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

Every word is true.. it was glorious!

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

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!

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

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

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

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..

im a 1973 Aussie kid, you went out to play, be home by dark. Mum didnt care where we were. If you got hurt , walk it off. School trips, 1 or 2 adults for 30 kids. Outside and thirtsy? Drink from the hose. The dishwashing liquid not only went on the trampoline, but also the slide, the Merry go rounds and anything else we wanted to see how fast you could go, or if you could hold on. We rode our bikes on the road with the cars, no pads, helmets and sometimes no brakes. Ahhh I miss it lol

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.

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 😂

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!

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

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!

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!❤

GEN-X 1968. There's a reason they called us "the last of the feral children". Oh, and the reason we drank from the water hose is because our parents told us to "stay inside or outside". If you kept running inside to get water your Mom would make you stay inside! There were only 3 reasons you stayed inside the house; 2)You were sick. 2)You were being punished. 3)The weather was too bad to be outside. Seriously, that's the only reasons, GEN-X, where y'all at?✊🏾

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 .

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.

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.

I was born in 72 in the UK. We rode bikes, had fights with kids that walked on our snow. Made snowman and had snowball fights. Played British Bulldogs and Red Rover in the carparks. We made toboggans to fly down snow hills and got in fights and made friends again the next day 😂 the roundabout and massive swings were carnage.

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

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

I was born in 1969. So this brings me back. I dont think we realized we would be the last generation to have it so good.

I was born in 68, so as a 70s and early 80s child you knew how to entertain yourself. With friends we would play various interactive games like Freeze Tag, Hide N Go Seek, Red Light, green light 123, Duck Duck Goose, etc. Bike riding with friend on the front handle bars, listening to music on radio or reel to reel or record player. Remembering peoples phone numbers back then was a thing, you would repeat the number 100s of times until you find a pencil and paper to write it down.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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! 😮

Whenever we'd fight on the bus, the driver (Mr. Hurst, who was a full time farmer), would go 'hands on' and plant us in the seats...hard. 😂😂😂

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 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 1963. Growing up in the 70's was tough! But I'll tell you what - I am glad I grew up then!!!

Born in '68, youngest of 4. Be home when street lights come on. Played in creeks and ponds. Evel Kneivel was our idol. Built ramps by stacking masonry blocks usually 3-4 ft high wit a 2×6 for the ramp. Used to climb up the Ideal Ready Mix conveyor belt and jump down into the sand pile. Stayed out in the snow and cold until fingers and toes were numb only to go in long enough to thaw out and head back outside. We had REAL metal yard darts. We used play a game where we would take our pocket knives and see ho close we could stick it in the ground the closest to each others foot. No seat belts. Used to stand in the middle of the front seat or lay up in the back window while going down the road. No knee pads, glove or helmets. After getting my license, it was if you cant make it home, call and either stay where your at or we'll come and get you. If you end up in jail, your there until they let you out. Ive had stitches in 4 places on my body before i was 16. Broke my right wrist when i was 12. Many scars but mostly on my shins from those damn metal bike pedals. Life was fun.

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

I was a 70's (free range) kid, would not have had it any other way. Sure, we nearly died a lot, but it's the price you pay LOL..

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.

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.

As long as you stayed out of trouble, our parents didn't care nor ask!!!!!