Ah the Good Old Days ! 70's & 60's Actually

[jeff of pa]

I Remember All 10 Except the Curfew Part !
There were no Cerfews in my Life


10 Things 70s Parents Did That Would Be Illegal Today
Imagine a world with no car seats, kids buying cigarettes. Beer & Liquor for their parents, and zero supervision until the streetlights came on. By today’s standards, it looks like a crime scene but in the 70s, it was just a typical childhood.

Most of My Childhood was in the 60's
I turned 15 in 1970 Was Driving in '71

 

[djackson7348]

I Remember All 10 Except the Curfew Part !
There were no Cerfews in my Life


10 Things 70s Parents Did That Would Be Illegal Today
Imagine a world with no car seats, kids buying cigarettes. Beer & Liquor for their parents, and zero supervision until the streetlights came on. By today’s standards, it looks like a crime scene but in the 70s, it was just a typical childhood.

Most of My Childhood was in the 60's
I turned 15 in 1970 Was Driving in '71

Growing up this way made us who we are today! I have no complaints.

 

[newnan man]

When I was 12 years old I rode my bike 3 miles to a Woolco store. I bought a 20 Guage single shot shotgun, shells and a hunting vest. I rode home with it and still have it. That was 1967.

 

[unclemac]

We lived in a "high trust society" ... that kind of changed with the sucker punch of 9/11

 

[Puff the Tragic Wagon]

We lived in a "high trust society" ... that kind of changed with the sucker punch of 9/11

I agree, but I think it started well before 9/11.

In my opinion there are several things that changed in the early 80’s that resulted in a general loss of trust in society, by society, and cost children everywhere the same freedom we knew growing up.

It started with Reagan’s 1981 signing of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act, which repealed earlier legislation (the Mental Health Systems Act of 1980), cutting federal funding and shifting responsibility to states. This led to a sharp decrease in state hospital populations, with many patients transitioning to community care, though thousands ended up homeless or in prison.

With the loss of mental health care services came increased crime rates, higher drug use (self medicating) and a rising homeless population.

Add to that dramatic increases in cost of living that pushed both parents into the workplace and out of the home, and you have every parents nightmare. Your children are unsupervised and there’s unsavory characters afoot, what do you do? Naturally you start making borders. New rules. Check ins and Curfews, etc, etc, and so forth.

Sadly, the world has changed and so has childhood. Kids today will never get to experience the wonderful freedom we had growing up and it’s a damned shame

 

[jeff of pa]

LOL That Looked So Scary I Had to check
I'll Bet the last One got a gut Punch Looks like Chucky
May Be the Girls Dolls ?

 

[unclemac]

I agree, but I think it started well before 9/11.

In my opinion there are several things that changed in the early 80’s that resulted in a general loss of trust in society, by society, and cost children everywhere the same freedom we knew growing up.

It started with Reagan’s 1981 signing of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act, which repealed earlier legislation (the Mental Health Systems Act of 1980), cutting federal funding and shifting responsibility to states. This led to a sharp decrease in state hospital populations, with many patients transitioning to community care, though thousands ended up homeless or in prison.

With the loss of mental health care services came increased crime rates, higher drug use (self medicating) and a rising homeless population.

Add to that dramatic increases in cost of living that pushed both parents into the workplace and out of the home, and you have every parents nightmare. Your children are unsupervised and there’s unsavory characters afoot, what do you do? Naturally you start making borders. New rules. Check ins and Curfews, etc, etc, and so forth.

Sadly, the world has changed and so has childhood. Kids today will never get to experience the wonderful freedom we had growing up and it’s a damned shame

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true indeed, but I think 9/11 really puts a focus on it.

 

[AU Seeker]

LOL That Looked So Scary I Had to check
I'll Bet the last One got a gut Punch Looks like Chucky
May Be the Girls Dolls ?
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I LOVE how old grandpa is just sitting on the steps watching them trying to kill them shelves, not worried at all...LOL...the photo sure reminds me of times with my brothers!!

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

60s and 70s were an absolute blast, the "free love" era, no AIDS, best music, cars and clothes, 80s and 90s were good, after about 1999 it started going down as far as cars, music, clothes, prices, and politics.

 

[FreeBirdTim]

The rise of serial killers like Ted Bundy, John Wayne Gacy, Wayne Williams and Jeffrey Dahmer made parents rein in their kid's freedom. Putting missing children on milk cartons also gave parents a reality check that way too many kids were disappearing without a trace. Only takes a few nutcases to spoil it for everyone.

 

[jeff of pa]

60s and 70s were an absolute blast, the "free love" era, no AIDS, best music, cars and clothes, 80s and 90s were good, after about 1999 it started going down as far as cars, music, clothes, prices, and politics.

& The Police were Cooler Also.
Get Caught underage with Beer , They would Say 'Go up on the Coal Banks' or 'go down in the Valley with it'
Now The Police will Take Off Road Vehicles if Neccesary to Bust an underage Party

 

[Charlie P. (NY)]

I Remember All 10 Except the Curfew Part !
There were no Cerfews in my Life


10 Things 70s Parents Did That Would Be Illegal Today
Imagine a world with no car seats, kids buying cigarettes. Beer & Liquor for their parents, and zero supervision until the streetlights came on. By today’s standards, it looks like a crime scene but in the 70s, it was just a typical childhood.

Most of My Childhood was in the 60's
I turned 15 in 1970 Was Driving in '71

* Sigh *. In 1970 I was 11. We had one car - a station wagon - and during the week Dad had it at work. If I wanted to go somewhere it was walk or bicycle. I went out the station wagon tailgate once when I was three or four and learned about road rash early on. I sold vegetable seeds and Christmas Cards door-to-door to make spending money in neighboorhoods I'd be afraid to walk through today. We never had mercurochrome. We had tincture of Iodine with a skull and crossbones on the bottle and I envied kids who's folks had mercurochrome. And when I was bad, like a D on a report card, Dad had a square cross-section yardstick - 1" x 1" x 36" - and he would beat my ass raw with it. I'd be in child protective services in this day and age. Once he whipped me repeatebly in the back and arm with a coil of wire that left whelts and my Mother grabbed me and ran me to the neighbors, crying (me and her). I was about eight and had been making little men figures with Dad's hoard of wire odds and ends in the garage. Not a kind man, Dad was.

 

[jeff of pa]

I Remember Iodine ! Hurt Worse then the Wound

Believe it or Not, When I Got Older I Preferred the Sting of Iodine .

in My Mind it Meant it was Working

 

[Tesorodeoro]

We lived in a "high trust society" ... that kind of changed with the sucker punch of 9/11

It had changed long before 911 in my opinion.

 

[Tesorodeoro]

* Sigh *. In 1970 I was 11. We had one car - a station wagon - and during the week Dad had it at work. If I wanted to go somewhere it was walk or bicycle. I went out the station wagon tailgate once when I was three or four and learned about road rash early on. I sold vegetable seeds and Christmas Cards door-to-door to make spending money in neighboorhoods I'd be afraid to walk through today. We never had mercurochrome. We had tincture of Iodine with a skull and crossbones on the bottle and I envied kids whose folks had mercurochrome. And when I was bad, like a D on a report card, Dad had a square cross-section yardstick - 1" x 1" x 36" - and he would beat my ass raw with it. I'd be in child protective services in this day and age. Once he whipped me repeatebly in the back and arm with a coil of wire that left whelts and my Mother grabbed me and ran me to the neighbors, crying (me and her). I was about eight and had been making little men figures with Dad's hoard of wire odds and ends in the garage. Not a kind man, Dad was.

Charlie, your dad may have done his job like his dad and grandpa had taught him by example.

We have swung 180 degrees from that line of thought and look at what we have?! I’m not sure what the answer is, but I do know we are way off track.

 

[jeff of pa]

I purchased a Bottle for my First Aid Kit Off Ebay several Years ago.
I Was Surpried the Health Nazi's Didn't Ban it.

I Don't rememer if Merthiolate Burned
Maybe That's What I Want ! Answer :
Merthiolate was known to burn more than Mercurochrome when applied to an open wound, with some describing it as "the tincture of hellfire". Mercurochrome, on the other hand, was less painful and left a distinctive carmine red stain on the skin.

 

[Tesorodeoro]

60s and 70s were an absolute blast, the "free love" era, no AIDS, best music, cars and clothes, 80s and 90s were good, after about 1999 it started going down as far as cars, music, clothes, prices, and politics.

My grade school years were tarnished by the fear of AIDS. Really held me back if I’m being truthful.

 

[Tesorodeoro]

Pain reliever that hurt.

“Hold still! It will only sting for a little bit then it will feel better…get back here. Stop being a wimp!! Fine then, quit crying then!” Am I wrong?

 

[unclemac]

...for me it was "wash off the blood and let it dry out". I tried that bike trick once.... didn't end well....

 

[Puff the Tragic Wagon]

I LOVE how old grandpa is just sitting on the steps watching them trying to kill them shelves, not worried at all...LOL...the photo sure reminds me of times with my brothers!!

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I like the guy in the middle, hands behind his head, ankles crossed, cool as a cucumber. I think he’s even yawning. 🤣