I was born in 1950 and i can say without hesitation those were the best years. Doors were left unlocked, no worries about being shot in your classroom, free speech was protected. Wish i could go back and relive those days. Proud to be a boomer.
@polskigirl8547
6 ай бұрын
Me tooo…..
@polskigirl8547
5 ай бұрын
@@CloudWatcher500 😂😂😂
@billhuber2964
5 ай бұрын
Born in '54 . Know what you mean. .
@marknewton6984
5 ай бұрын
We had the Best Times!
@frederickking1660
5 ай бұрын
We swam in the Susquehanna river and rode back on the trunk lid of the old neighbor lady's convertible. Man those were the days. Hot dogs and Mac and cheese.
@sallymiller1359
7 ай бұрын
We were fit, no overweight kids, go out and play was a refrain in all seasons, climbing trees, fishing, swinging, rollerskating, ice skating, anything and everything til you were called home for dinner. No one sat in front of the idiot box all day, not even Sat mornings, too much to see, too much to do. We were creative in our play. And we didn't have to worry about getting abducted or worse. Society was much safer and laws still mattered.
@samanthab1923
7 ай бұрын
You’re right. We take it for granted that we all knew how to ice skate, ski, swim, ride bikes, etc. Played basketball year round. Always someone to hang out with. Lots of kids in our neighborhood of 25 houses.
@tonycollazorappo
7 ай бұрын
Outdoors was our gym, LOL.
@sallymiller1359
7 ай бұрын
you got that right, Tony!@@tonycollazorappo
@julenepegher6999
7 ай бұрын
@@samanthab1923 and each house had no less than five kids. We played kickball every day, boys and girls each team had at least ten kids. It was a blast 💥
@rickyfitness252
7 ай бұрын
You guys are selfish and ruin the planet
@willhorting5317
7 ай бұрын
I'm a Boomer. The one thing that I personally know was better when I was a kid... compared to many kids today...was that we knew what imagination was, and how to use it. I grew up on a farm. The closest kid was about six miles away. So, unless I was at school (which was ten miles from our farm), I had no one else to play with except for myself. I learned early how to play outside and use my imagination. The other day, my grandkids were complaining about "having nothing to do" after they had their tablets taken away for misbehaving. I suggested that they go outside and enjoy the nice warm day. To which, they asked me what they were supposed to do outside. "Use your imaginations.", I said. And they looked at me as if I had suddenly sprouted wings. Actually asked me what "imagination" was! Now, keep in mind, these kids are between 6-10 years old....the perfect age for using their imagination.
@marilyntaylor9577
7 ай бұрын
My cousins had a dairy farm. My favorite thing was to visit them. My mom would freak when she saw my tennis shoes when I came home. Well, you couldn’t tell if the patties were hard or soft!
@sandybruce9092
7 ай бұрын
Imagination!!!! A word that has seemed to have been dropped from kids’ vocabulary today! Because Phoenix was so hot we played indoors - lots of cars games, monopoly, etc. I got to watch ma y of the most wonderful old movies (mom worked!) plus reruns of tv shows from when I was younger! I’m guessing kids who live out there now all have home pools - didn’t know anyone who did! That was for rich people!!!😄😄
@thurayya8905
7 ай бұрын
Should have told them they each had an imagination outside; they just needed to go out and find it. I think they were pulling your leg.
@matrox
7 ай бұрын
True but depending on where your grandkids live today, going outside could mean getting shot.
@willhorting5317
7 ай бұрын
@@thurayya8905 unfortunately they were not pulling my leg.
@magdamoe9299
7 ай бұрын
I don't even have to watch the video. The answer is unequivocally yes.
@dad4ever-c90
7 ай бұрын
In the 1960's, kid play was face-to-face interaction and generally PHYSICAL. Playgrounds featured monkey bars and high sliding boards. Even gym class involved climbing ropes of 12 feet or more and vaulting over pommel horses. As an uncoordinated kid, I had my share of sprains, cuts, and blood blisters. Safety standards were admittedly lax. But it forced us to get out of our comfort zone and grow. Even with the injuries, it was better than a childhood spent in the house thinking electronics were toys or friends.
@susandean5622
7 ай бұрын
It recently occurred to me, that I haven't seen a leg or arm cast wearing kid in a decade or more.
@angeldesigns1385
7 ай бұрын
@@susandean5622yes ma’am I’m an 80’s kid and I wore an arm cast proudly. Not to mention, the holey jeans I had from busting up my knees were first on my list to wear when we went out as a family. It’s amazing what we used to consider a badge of honor back then.
@samanthab1923
7 ай бұрын
Do you know they can’t call them Monkey Bars or a Jungle Gym anymore
@angeldesigns1385
7 ай бұрын
@@samanthab1923 I could be wrong, but I’ve heard that you can’t call a “manhole” a manhole anymore a certain state? as rarely as that term is brought up, I’m surprised that’s even a thing.. but then again, that state may be populated with more manholes than any other state.
@notsosilentbob
6 ай бұрын
It is truly sad that many words get "flagged" because some people can potentially misinterpret them in a way that could make them seem sexist, racist, or otherwise inappropriate. Doesn't leave us with a very large working vocabulary.@@angeldesigns1385
@ericarachel55
7 ай бұрын
as a boomer, we had freedom to learn and grow, there were very few helicopter parents. We had fights, disputes and mostly settled those by ourselves we did for ourselves in other words we learned how to be an adult one day at a time, with all the triumphs and failures and we came out stronger people
@samuelschick8813
7 ай бұрын
And when you got in a fight with another boy, after the fist fighting was over, win or lose you became friends with each other.
@patcurrie9888
5 ай бұрын
@@samuelschick8813 earned respect, heck yeah!
@toastnjam7384
7 ай бұрын
I feel blessed being born in 1951.The perfect age for the next three decades. A kid in the 50's, teen in the 60's and a young adult in the 70's. Wish life had a reset button.
@Phyllida-r7n
5 ай бұрын
You ARE blessed being born in the US in the ‘fifties’. This video is incomprehensible to Europeans. America is and was, not the ONLY nation in existence at that time…..
@roberthurley6860
5 ай бұрын
Very well said....I feel exactly the same.
@Phyllida-r7n
5 ай бұрын
@@roberthurley6860 Thank you, Robert.
@richarderickson8840
7 ай бұрын
I am 72 now and you just put my childhood in a video. Thanks.
@sweetmarie2979
7 ай бұрын
I am 70 and I definitely agree with you!😄
@Donna-zc9ii
7 ай бұрын
@@sweetmarie297971 here, exactly , Thanks
@thelittlegreenball6813
7 ай бұрын
I was born in 1968 and 55 now. So much of this I remember! Best times ever! Truly happy to be born at this time. No texting. Playing with my friends, home when street lights came on, play outside all day! So blessed!❤
@matrox
7 ай бұрын
@@thelittlegreenball6813 But you missed being a Baby Boomer by at least 4 years.
@sandrawarrington7874
7 ай бұрын
I’m 65 and the 60’s were great! My dad was a teacher my mom a stay at home mom. It was safe and quiet in our neighborhood. All the kids played in the street some played dodgeball, some played baseball, so me played basketball. No fighting or arguing we had a great time. I miss it.
@gtlfb
7 ай бұрын
So cliche, but true - we were chased outside and left to ourselves til we got hungry, hurt, or the street lights came on. So much creative, unsupervised play. Now I never see kids playing outside. I guess it's all organized sports or video games.
@steveurbach3093
7 ай бұрын
We learned that everything was not 'safe' and also not someones elses fault.
@gustavsorensen9301
7 ай бұрын
Exactly, today people blame immigrants, and minorities for all their problems
@samanthab1923
7 ай бұрын
But we also had parents, neighbors & extended family who watched out for us. I was never left with an adult male who wasn’t my dad. They might not have talked about stuff but they knew there were baddies out there.
@samuelschick8813
7 ай бұрын
We also know/knew what was between our legs.
@delles1548
7 ай бұрын
I so miss those days with neighbors and friends from school. No computers, cell phones, computer games, etc, so we used or imaginations and gathered with friends to play baseball, football, lawn darts, fishing, hunting, tree houses, etc, etc. As someone who grew up in the 60's and early 70's, Friday and Saturday night cruising with friends, drive in movies an local dairy bars were a great way to spend the evening, and since we lived in the country and small town America, camping out at the lake or someones farm lake, cooking hotdogs and marshmellows over a nighttime camp fire with several friends was a great way to relieve the week long stress on school or farm work.
@ronaddis2526
7 ай бұрын
Born 1956..the only fun thing at school was recess, and Friday lunches(sloppy joe or fish sticks). But we obeyed and respected our teachers. We learned to read, write, and spell in grade 1. We learned cursive in grade 2. We read books and did book reports. We did our own homework, every night. There was only ONE winner trophy. If we misbehaved we got our behind paddled. We became hardworking, responsible adult citizens! The only really scary part of the sixties was the war, and the nuclear attack drills of Oct-1962 Alarm sounds and we 6 y/o get under our desk. 2nd alarm we move into the hallway and pull our head down between our knees, back against the wall. The all clear signal was such a relief! Made fire drills seem so insignificant.
@jack-1955
7 ай бұрын
Yup, remember every one of those and more.
@marknewton6984
5 ай бұрын
And girls were cuter!😮
@jimandersen3003
5 ай бұрын
@@marknewton6984 Girls were girls and boys were boys.
@Crymeariver227
2 ай бұрын
@@jimandersen3003more importantly, we knew the difference…and there were two.
@Luvpig
7 ай бұрын
When everyone had a role and didnt mind! Respect is the most important thing missing in todays society.
@gustavsorensen9301
7 ай бұрын
Yes, if you were a black person trying to move into a white neighborhood, you were given plenty of respect😂😂😂😂
@wildwaning9427
7 ай бұрын
Yes! Couldn't wait til after school, drop off your books/papers and ran outside w/your friends until you were called in...and *still* didn't want to come inside. Flying off the Merry-Go-Round was guaranteed a scratch or two but if the bleeding wasn't too bad, you found the nearest water fountain, splashed some water on it and kept it moving.
@jasonwomack4064
7 ай бұрын
I'm glad I was a kid in the 80's. We got to enjoy most of the highlights from the boomer era, and also had the early years of computing and video games. Seeing the overlap, I can't stand the current times. Glued to technology in a safety obsessed world is ruining society in many ways.
@sandybruce9092
7 ай бұрын
Our son was born in 1980 and when video games came out we got him a Nintendo (still haven’t saved the Princess). And he had a different game set as they changed - but he was not ever addicted to them! He played sports in grade and high school and a little co-Ed flag football in college (I think it was because it was co-ed!!!). He has a wide and family and still doesn’t use technology except for his job and a few auto racing games online - Christmas of 2022 we boxed up every single one of his games and took it to him! (Lives in Colorado) and he had forgotten what all he had!!! His two children are 4-1/2 and 16 months and they are not allowed to even watch TV or have an electronic anything! Makes me very happy!
@srice6231
7 ай бұрын
Do you remember the smell of a new Christmas catalog? It was nothing special but I remember it well and it added to the excitement.
@doubledrats235
5 ай бұрын
I still have my 1964 Sears wish book in the basement (born in 1960). It has a few of the toys that I had or played with at friend’s houses and a lot more that I wished I could have had.
@duelenigma7732
7 ай бұрын
'52 here . Every day I'm thankful for the years when I was young and especially the good parents who never showed bad behavior in front of any of their 4 children . Being a teenie bopper for the Beatles and surf era . A teen in the mid sixties and seeing many of my musical heroes for about 5 dollars . Endless bicycle riding and time outside with friends . Yes I'd sure redo 0-20 years old in a heartbeat .
@JohnHendley-fx1gw
6 ай бұрын
You're not a boomer, you're to young you're a gen x
I was also born in 1952. Just turned 12 when the Beatles appeared on Ed Sullivan. My great love for music began, and it has never ended!
@C.M.30337
5 ай бұрын
@@JohnHendley-fx1gw- boomers are from 1946 to 1964. I know, I'm one from '57.
@patricialee4233
7 ай бұрын
The best time in the world today kids will never know
@marknewton6984
5 ай бұрын
Drive-in movies!
@leslieschott754
5 ай бұрын
So sad that today’s young people have no clue what a happy childhood is, & never will! 😢
@marknewton6984
5 ай бұрын
And no cell phones...
@davidhibbs6989
7 ай бұрын
I loved my baby boomer era growing up much more than my times now! More freedom and everybody in the neighborhood knew each other! The playground was not for sissy kids back in the 60's and 70's when I was growing up and probably considered illegal in today's world! We knew the milkman, mailman and breadman by name! Always a smile and friendly greeting. Being a paper boy was hard work just to find a job because of the competition! We'd sell candy ice cream and anything to make anything from a quarter to a few dollars! No seat belt era for us. We had them but didn't even think about using them. All of the kids had bike's back then. The bicycle shops made a fortune. The Christmas Sears book was called the "wish book" because most of the time you wished you could afford to have it but couldn't afford it! I was #6 of the 7 Boomer kids in our house born from 46' thru 63' we had a wide range of ages in our house and only 1 bathroom and no air conditioning 😂. Ye ol' GE electric fan in the living room. Drive ins were common from movie theaters to places to eat. Our little town was big on cruising the boro every night during the spring and summer and many by now standards Old muscle cars. Such as my 68' barracuda. It all felt like normal everyday living to us. Looking back on it now we as family and area kids spent a lot of time with each other and I wouldn't trade my memories for anything! Fantastic video thank you ❤.
@caroldragon7545
7 ай бұрын
I don't know if I qualify as a boomer because I was born in 1940, but I remember all those good times, - carefree, active, no worries. Went everywhere in the city on my bike, - the matinee on Saturday, the 5 & 10 to spend my hard earned spare job money, and seeing my friends. In our neighborhood I knew everyone, - store keepers, service people, neighbors. When I was little I loved to lie down on the area under the back window of the car when my mom or dad was driving, and sometimes fell asleep there. We played with lawn darts, made creepy crawlies, and did a lot of "dangerous" things. We learned to be careful. At the age of 14, My family moved to a rural area, and I learned to drive on a tractor. There were farm kids who drove tractors on the road doing farm chores like pulling the hay wagon, and they were just youngsters, but everyone accepted that. One of our neighbors had a pickup truck and would come around and offer us rides. My friends and I all ended up in the open bed of the truck, laughing and enjoying the bumpy ride. I wanted to smoke in high school, so my dad gave me a stale lit cigarette and told me to breathe it in. I never wanted to smoke after that smoking lesson. When I got my license at age 16, I drove everywhere in the 1941 Plymouth that had been my granddad's car. My favorite spots were those drive-in movies and restaurants, and a "nightclub" for teenagers where we could be like grownups, ordering food and non-alcoholic drinks, and dancing until they closed for the night. Then we would drive to one of our homes and watch TV together. Modern kids have great technology, but they don't have the freedom we had, and common sense isn't very common, because they are glued to their phones, and live with so many restrictions. I feel sorry for them.
@cynsi7604
7 ай бұрын
Nope, you’re not a “Boomer”. My parents were born in ‘41 & ‘43, those were considered the “Silent Generation”. With them being born on the cusp they were more of “Boomers”. I was born in ‘63 & it’s considered as the “Boomer Generation” but also being on the cusp we are also called “Generation Jones”. We relate more with Gen X than Boomers. 😎 ✌🏻
@caroldragon7545
7 ай бұрын
I actually don't "identify" with any generation in particular. I'm just me. LOL@@cynsi7604
@C.M.30337
5 ай бұрын
1940 is still part of the greatest generation as you were coming off the great depression, but still feeling the horrible effects and doing without a lot, then going into WWII with the loss of parents, family, neighbors, friends going to war and having to ration everything and live poor for the war effort. Had to do more with a lot less and do without. Especially, if you lived in Europe and practically lived in bomb shelters - really tough. In the 40s, 50s, 60s we had to know where the nearest bomb shelter or fall out shelter was at all times, no matter where you went, just in case - from right after Pearl Harbor till the mid 70s, especially with the cold war with Russia. We had air raid drills through most of our school days. It was tough times for anyone living through the great depression and WWII, like my parents did. My Dad was in WWII, my Uncle was a POW in Korea for 4 years, I had cousins in Vietnam and my husband was in Vietnam and the Gulf War. Truly the generation that had it the hardest was the greatest generation that lived through the great depression and WWII. So much sacrifice and hardship. My parents, especially my Mom had it really tough and rough as every day was a huge struggle. What she told me made me cry for how hard it all was for her and the other families. Some days they only got one meal. She had one maroon skirt and white blouse that ahe wore every day to school in Jr high and high school. She hand washed it every night and hung it up over the furnace to dry over night. After school, she worked at the silk mill making parachutes for the troops overseas. Almost all kids had to work after school to bring in $ for the family. Everything was rationed and my Grandparents with the kids moved in with other relatives to consolidate resources and $. It was cheaper to heat one house and pay for one stove on to cook a meal and one electric bill, etc. They never had a car, so they sold the gas ration stamps they got or traded them for something needed like flour, soap, canned goods, coal, clothes. Everybody had a vegetable garden and fruit trees in your yard. The barter system was used just as often or more than cash, especially towards the end of the month when everybody ran out of ration stamps and cash. You kept the heat on low in the low 50s and wore your coat and sweater inside. The one thing my Mom really like to do was go ice skating in the park and then they needed the stainless steel blades to make bullits, so a big truck came around and collected everybody's skates and anything made of stainless steel or brass. So much for having fun skating. For Christmas, each kid got an orange, which was a luxury, especially in the Winter in NY. That was it for Christmas. You sewed the holes you got in any clithes, especially socks. My Grandfather was a blacksmith and mason, but still was short on work, especially during the great depression. Thankfully, the WPA started to slowly get most people working full time at an OK pay again. A lot of tough times and doing without.
@mark-xx1lt
7 ай бұрын
Thanks so much for this video. It was a great time to be a kid.
@1975KyleDavid
7 ай бұрын
My parents were baby boomers, but my childhood was a reflection of what they did in their youth. My small town had playground equipment from the 50s and 60s at our park and elementary school playground up until the 90s. My legs sizzled, going down those shiny steel slides in the 80s.
@miketaylor3311
7 ай бұрын
I would never change growing up in the 60s. We did not have much but enjoyed everything we had. Outside all the time
@robmatlock7675
7 ай бұрын
Summers lasted FOREVER, we would get up, wolf back Super Sugar Crisp while watching Captain Kangaroo, jump on our bikes, mom would tell us to be back a noon for a PB&J and some Kool-Aid, we would wait till after lunch to go swimming in the creek, come back when the streetlights came on. The only rule was not to get caught playing a fool, like the time we were playing tag at Marty's house and broke a lamp, Marty's mom whooped us and sent us home, then mom after receiving a phone call from Marty's mom, would whoop us again for "Embarrassing her in front of the Neighbors. That mom network kept us out of too much trouble. I was free, I had few concerns and little responsibilities, we would pick up bottles for candy and sodas, always longing to grow up, that's the thing about life, you have to be careful and enjoy today, not wait till it becomes tomorrow's "Good Old Days".
@tonycollazorappo
7 ай бұрын
I still enjoy PB&J for lunch at 63, lol 👍🏻
@lisasharf1442
7 ай бұрын
You just described my entire childhood.
@robmatlock7675
7 ай бұрын
@@tonycollazorappo Me too, when my blood sugar levels are good, lol, the price of getting old
@footballlvnlady
7 ай бұрын
Penny candy, riding down a slide on hot metal. Piling kids in the car. The only time I stayed in the house was if I was sick. I was outside all day. The drive in movie was a big part of my teenage years.
@sammyday3341
7 ай бұрын
Coincidentally, I dreamt about my childhood friends from the 1970s last night. We used to gather at one home because it had a basement with a pool table and a stereo. When the weather was good, we were outside hiking through the fields and woods. I’m not saying electronics are bad, as I really enjoy them, but it was a different time when the outdoors and being together meant so much. I’m thankful to have been a kid then.
@samanthab1923
7 ай бұрын
I’ve heard of people having neighborhood reunions with kids they grew up with. Would love that ❤️
@quantanglement
6 ай бұрын
We used to spend a lot of times outdoors - playing street hockey, shooting baskets, riding bikes. But, the time I did like to spend indoors was sat. morning. That was cartoon time. Get a big bowl of cereal and watch Bugs, Johnny Quest.... loved it!
@skiphayes1795
7 ай бұрын
I grew up in the 50s and 60s and you are right. It was FUN!
@mikeywid4954
7 ай бұрын
Thank you Recollection Road for this video that's right down my alley. You sure hit a lot of nails right on the head with this one. Born in '49 I wouldn't trade the 50s & 60s for any other era. We were indeed the luckiest of them all.
@MichaelLeBlanc-p4f
7 ай бұрын
That's cause we (another '49er) had 'Davey Crockett' coon-skin on and knew what a proper hat should look like up in the tree fort armed with perfect Mattel Flintlocks rifles and pistols.
@Joe-zt7ef
7 ай бұрын
Ohhhhh I so miss those care free days!!! I had tears watching this one, I miss it so much, I am thankful I grew up in those beautiful wonderful days, thankyou mom and dad :)
@pjesf
7 ай бұрын
I miss when airline travel was a dressy event (even though it was a little before my time) and I miss the social events that restaurants, clubs, and just about everything else was before cell phones took over. That said, I sure don’t miss the days when information wasn’t available at my literal fingertips - from world news to song lyrics.
@xScooterAZx
7 ай бұрын
Having info at your fingertips is what is wrong with this world. We never ask questions anymore and believe all we read on the internet,whether it 's true or not. I love me gaming PC,but would gladly wake up tomorrow back in the early 60's,or the 70's.
@pjesf
7 ай бұрын
@@xScooterAZxWhile what you say is true, I don’t miss the narrow scope of information available in encyclopedias or having to wait until the following morning for yesterday’s news from Europe.
@xScooterAZx
7 ай бұрын
@@pjesf Well,..waiting till morning for the news isnt a problem. That's just a bit of modern impatience. lol I do like the internetr a lot,but I'd be fine without it.
@daleolson3506
7 ай бұрын
Kids now don’t know how to say hello or goodbye or count change,tell time, work, say thank you.
@rustynailmendlesohn8710
7 ай бұрын
it isn't their fault. Contact their parents, grandparents or caregivers. Basic things like being a responsible adult aren't learned on their own. Role models they need while growing up which many children unfortunately do not have now.
@monkeygraborange
7 ай бұрын
…or tie their shoes, or make a sandwich, or read a book.
@saminaneen
7 ай бұрын
@@rustynailmendlesohn8710 Another thing YOU missed, is that BOOMERS, knew EXACTLY what GENDER, we were, YOU either had an innie or an outie, Boy's were REALLY Boy's and Girl's were REALLY Girl's and there was no confusion, or MENTAL ISSUES, about this. Also, young BOOMER kids, KNEW EXACTLY, which PUBLIC BATHROOM, to use.
@denisefarmer366
7 ай бұрын
They respect no one for who they are. Barely respect themselves.
@SK-nd7db
7 ай бұрын
No manners!
@blossom1643
7 ай бұрын
More fun? Absolutely!! The world wasn’t a Perfect Place but at Least it Made Sense.✌️
@coolwindinmyhair...5094
3 ай бұрын
Getting into my teens in the 60s was by far the greatest times, music, well, everything ever. I'm 71 and classic rock is still my go to. Oh the memories. Sad for today's youth and their parents. But i will never forget my youth! 🎉😅❤
@vlrissolo
7 ай бұрын
So grateful I am a boomer! A wonderful childhood, and young adult life I wouldn't change a thing... some of these days are simply hard to reconcile.
@mrsbluesky8415
5 ай бұрын
I’m a girl and even I stayed outside all day, climbing trees, walking on railroad tracks, taking the train etc. We had a blast.
@eddieraffs5909
5 ай бұрын
Growing up in the early 1950s had lots of advantages. Our B&W 12 inch TV could get 4 channels that only operated during the day. At 6 PM we got 15 minutes of local news, 15 minutes of national and 3 minutes of weather and about 2 minutes of commercials every 30 minutes. on weekends and holidays I was ordered, not asked to vacate the house after breakfast, return briefly for lunch and appear at 6 PM for dinner. We rode our bikes wherever we wanted, made friends, , shot off fireworks, put pennies on the local train tracks, played football, baseball, basketball. We got into minor trouble, got scrapes, bruises and burns. But here i am at 81 still killing it.
@marathonfortruth4768
7 ай бұрын
Each time I see an old TV show or movie where the characters dial a rotary phone, it brings that era back so strongly. And I love the classic ringtone of those phones. Ahhh the good ole days!
@jenniferhansen3622
7 ай бұрын
Yes, my family had a rotary phone until 1991. 😊
@terrydrums
7 ай бұрын
Yep, this is what life was like before everything turned to shit.
@andregarceau5567
7 ай бұрын
I'm 64 y.o. and I found myself still envying that guy in the astronaut suit!!! It may simply be nostalgia but, yes, it seems that this better times to be a kid. I really enjoy your postings.
@thomasallen3818
7 ай бұрын
I grew up in the 1950’s, and wish I could go back! I knew every family in a five block radius, mainly because my parents owned a chain of grocery stores. We didn’t have to worry about kids getting kidnapped or killed. People had respect for one another and looked after their neighbors and kids. We still were allowed to pray in school, and said the Pledge of Allegiance every morning and said the Texas pledge along with singing Texas Our Texas. People took pride in what they had, no matter their status. It was a different world we lived in, and I sure do miss it. One of my grandsons recently was looking through some old photo albums of mine from when I was a kid and said that it he was given one wish, it would be to live in the 1950’s like I had. I told him that he could still try and make his world better if he really wanted, but if he lived in the 50’s, he wouldn’t be able to be my grandson. He shot back at me, “Grandpa, I could have been your best friend!” I told him he already was!
@mayorb3366
6 ай бұрын
"Some of life's most important lessons are learned on the playground". I think there was a lot of truth to that. Kids learned social skills and how to resolve things amongst themselves. Scrapes, bumps and bruises were common, with an occasional broken bone when playing. These were excellent lessons in risk assessment. We were disciplined when we misbehaved, and given responsibilities around the house. We knew what consequences were. Sadly, many younger people were never exposed to any of that, and it's no wonder so many are having difficulty adapting into the real world.
@dabuya
7 ай бұрын
I’m of ‘61 vintage, so while at the end of the boomer generation, I was blessed to experience life before the insanity of our current nanny state era. Our best days are behind us. I think of visiting Disneyland in ‘68 and marveling at GE’s presentation of a future dominated by electronics and now regret how those things ruined our social fabric.
@charlespeters3069
7 ай бұрын
What I remember about those days was everyone was still obsessed with TV. Only 3 networks and a few indi stations, but everyone was watching when Walter Cronkite told us "That's the way it is". I remember our TV went out on 1/20/61 and my grandmother was furious at my father , who repaired TV's. "You can fix everyone else's TV but not your own?" He hooked up one of his recently repaired sets and we watched the Inauguration. I think my grandmother was more worried about not being able to see her 'stories' the next day. As kids we were more interested in being outside and exploring our corner of the world. We'd come home from school and change out of our "School clothes" and explore until the sun went down. In the summer we'd be out there all day. There was always an Aunt or family friend who gave us all a Bologna or P+J sandwich for lunch, and we were off again. We were sort of low maintenance but full of energy in those days, but we made our own fun by having a good imagination. We never had a worry about safety, and were usually polite and unafraid toward strangers. A sort of life I'd like to give to kids today. They need it more now than we did.
@granddad-mv5ef
7 ай бұрын
Born January 1951, I agree life was more fun for me. And I lived in an area that managed to avoid the problems at least until after my freshman year of college. Of course it could not last and didn't. Viet Nam, inflation, recession, Watergate, pot, marches, demonstrations and assassinations all made their mark on everyday life. Many, many times I have thought that if we could have just skipped Nov, 22,1963, things would have been better. We will never know.
@serenitypeaceandcomfort3669
7 ай бұрын
No, it really was awesome compared to today because we had more freedom, our communities were safer. Mailmen wore proper uniforms. Teachers dressed properly to be role models. School libraries didn't have porn in them. The music was great. Everybody knew their gender. Children weren't being trafficked. Nobody played victim. Everybody spoke English. Everybody was proud to be American.
@sweetmarie2979
7 ай бұрын
We were taught patriotism at home and in grade school. Too bad patriotism of our wonderful country has been abolished in the schools today.
@marknewton6984
5 ай бұрын
We had the best of everything! 😎
@theresestoulil8500
5 ай бұрын
What a wackadoodle
@wayhunglow1961
5 ай бұрын
lol you must be on the trump train and brain washed by fox news
@TheYorkshirelady
6 ай бұрын
I grew up in Australia and it was the same for me, our young lives were filled with adventure and wonder. We learned life lessons that this generation will never have to experience, some good some bad, mostly, we interacted with each other in a fashion that is no longer possible as communication is a whole different ballgame, I’m 82 years old now and I thank heaven I grew up in the 40s, 50s, and 60s. Don’t get me wrong, progress is a wonderful thing, like medicine, etc. but my memories of my childhood are wondrous. Thanks for taking me back. ♥️🌟♥️🌟
@nancysrios
6 ай бұрын
I agree! I’m a baby boomer and we played hard. It was safe and there weren’t stupid rules!
@WalterHildahl
5 ай бұрын
Totally!! I blew up tons of stuff. Completely unsupervised. And I fell out of many trees!!!
@timacoata7456
5 ай бұрын
😂so true !! My buddies and I ,at 9 or 10, were always messing with the chemistry set to figure how we could combine the little bottle components to mix the best 💥 ! lol amazing we never lost a finger or hand !
@thurayya8905
7 ай бұрын
One thing I don't miss is smoking. Both my parents smoked and, if I complained, I was told "Tough". Later on, in the seventies, I watched them both struggle to quit. I almost forgot the prevalence of ashtrays in the sixties. We had one that was a huge ceramic rectangle that was for adult get togethers and parties. Also, back then, it was customary for party hosts to put out boxes or bowls of cigarettes for their friends, along with matches and lighters. Glad those days are gone!
@bruce8808
6 ай бұрын
So am I. Thank God when the living room had a T. V. at the other end of the house. When I was a kid I was caught up in Mom and Dad's second hand smoke. Dad had a ashtray stand next to his recliner with a huge ashtray. Our family doctor we had 50 years ago would get on my Dad to stop smoking and he never did. I smoked from 1976 to when I finally stopped at the end of 1998 after numerous attempts in the earlier 90s. I don't miss it either. I stopped after I turned 40 I'm 65 now. The friends I have these days are Non smokers and I'm thankful for that.
@tedquaker954
7 ай бұрын
Thanks again, I always enjoy your videos. It was slower, but absolutely a much safer/ better time for children!!
@devinramos6317
5 ай бұрын
Born in 1983 and I had a very 1950s childhood myself unbelievable changes in such a short period of time is a little traumatic grateful for the the wonderful childhood before the digital era destroyed it😢
@debrakildau9288
7 ай бұрын
Thank you again for the great video ❤❤ good memory's 🧡🩷
@RedSiegfried
3 ай бұрын
When you can admit to yourself the reasons why some things have changed for the worse, you'll be on your way to making things better again. Even if you can't figure it out, wanting things to improve is the first step on the path.
@JamesHenry-o8m
Ай бұрын
These were the best of times-I'm 67 now looking back, it was a great era to grow up in 😊😊😊😊
@nancysrios
6 ай бұрын
In the summer, we played all day long and played hide and seek after dark. Staying inside was sacrilege.
@sherw7635
7 ай бұрын
Im a 70 yr old boomer...70's and 80's were a gas...early childhood was survival of the fittest as illustrated by this clip.😂
@jeepwagoneer
3 ай бұрын
The best playgrounds which were actually fun. Riding in the back of pickups. Outside playing any chance we got. Drive in movies. Real lawn darts. Best childhood ever!
@reallymadnomad7330
7 ай бұрын
When I was 12, at a family gathering, an uncle sent me down the street to buy him a pack if cigarettes, which the store owner would have happily sold me.
@jgboys1
5 ай бұрын
The 60’s, 70’d and 80’s were the best days of my life. I was so lucky to have been raised during this time!
@MarkSmith-js2pu
6 ай бұрын
The only time mom and dad let us eat dinner while in the living room was once a year when The Wizard of Oz made its once a year showing. When we finally got a color TV, we couldn’t wait till the picture went from black and white to color
@SteveL-KY
7 ай бұрын
Being a free range child back in the day, without helicopter parents was definitely a favorite memory. As for the drive in movie, it was anticipated the delicious intermission where the promise of great pizza was welcomed.
@TheOnlyOneStanding8079
7 ай бұрын
Boomers and Generation X had the most fun in a life time⚾️🥎🏀🏐🏈🏉⚽️🎳🏏🏑🏒🥍🏓🥋🥊🏸⛸⛳🍺🍹🍸🍷🍾🥃🥂🍻💃🕺
@cdfreester
7 ай бұрын
I am a border Baby-Boomer/Gen-Xer and I remember a lot of those kid activities. The great outdoors was a huge playground that you could use your imagination to do and be whatever you wanted. Too much digital today.
@mickeyray3793
5 ай бұрын
Bast boomer here. Now youve gone and made me cry. O, what we have lost!😢
@44WillysMB
7 ай бұрын
Didn't need to watch to say, Yup !
@dawndubsky4641
5 ай бұрын
Born in '48. The 50s were so much fun, so "normal." And we got to experience the 60s as well, with its historical musical impact. And just plain "dating." I feel so special and lucky to have experienced this loving time bubble as a kid.
@mikestubbs356
5 ай бұрын
This brings back so many great times from growing up in the 50’s and 60’s. It was the best of times!
@jerrenpentance
4 ай бұрын
We're the ones who had glass click clacks. Two glass balls on a string. They banned them after an unfortunate accident . Back then, we used to have a saying, "sticks and stones may break our bones, but names can't hurt me. Great time to be a kid!
@iquitos46
5 ай бұрын
This was a fine flashback and gave me a smile. The only thing I would like to see added is the different kind of things country kids did. Lots of us learned to hunt and of course, fish. It was a great feeling when mom fixed a meal with something we brought home ourselves. Barns were great playgrounds and offered privacy for various kinds of exploration. Almost all of us knew of a good skinny-dipping pond, creek or river. Hide-outs or "forts" were necessities too. It would be fun to revisit some scenes from country life in the 50's and 60's.
@joycejackson9315
5 ай бұрын
Creepy crawlers were so fun to make. And the burnt plastic smell I will never forget. Yes, it was a very good time to be growing up. Thanks for this video.
@johnmilner7603
5 ай бұрын
Born in 53, we had fun and still do. Remember street racing. I still own my Z/28 4 speed. Todays kids are protected like they are made of glass. It’s unbelievable.😂 And the 60’s 70’s music still rock.
@richardcogbill6791
5 ай бұрын
Born in 1957, I was a kid in the 60s, a teen in the 70s and young adult working and attending college in the early 80s. Yes there were problems in the U.S. and world during those decades, but we got through it and there was always hope in the future.
@bonniesims2229
5 ай бұрын
0MG everything was metal that was hardly any plastic I'm turning 62 this year so I remember all of this stuff is such a joy to see this and brings back so many memories remember when you used to confined popsicle sticks through the neighborhood along the streets because the ice cream man was very popular back then and coming through neighborhoods
@bonwatcher
7 ай бұрын
I was in the last group of the Boomers and grew up mostly in the 1970's. Boomers had to grow up doing Darwin tests from playing on dangerous playground equipment to using kid chemistry sets with cyanide, uranium and iodine in them. 😵🤣 Definitely more freedom to roam and be a kid back then. Today it's all about an electronic item being your best friend.
@harleydavidson6851
4 ай бұрын
Roller hockey on the Street! Yamaha mini bikes! Stayed out Alll day till supper time! Walked to School ALONE ..NO FEARS! Great Music, Food,Etc.. Was a MUCH NICER Time Indeed! Fond Memories 4 ever! How Sad our world Is today! God Bless..😊
@formwiz7096
7 ай бұрын
You fell down and you got up. No helicopter parents, no Congressional mandates. It's called freedom.
@JimErvin-d2i
5 ай бұрын
Being born in '47, I can certainly relate on a general level to a lot of things from that era, especially the music, the cars and the toys. On a personal level though, I wasn't able to enjoy much of it with a father who was distant and remote at best. No matter what era you were born in, parental involvement and encouragement is always important.
@DavidLS1
7 ай бұрын
I was only 14 in 1969, too young to attend Woodstock, but living just thirty miles away, I experienced the same torrential rain storm.
@contention100
5 ай бұрын
I grew up in a small one light town. Worked hard, played hard. Life was so much simpler.
@blockcl
7 ай бұрын
What constitutes "fun" is a pretty subjective and personal thing. As a child of the 60s, who is now the grandfather of seven, ranging in age from 3 to 17, I do think their lives are more scheduled and supervised than mine was, which saddens me. That being said, I'll never know what my grandchildren tell their grandchildren about their childhood. My gut feeling is that they'll recall it with fondness, and mourn their grandchildren's upbringing. And so it goes.
@joycejean-baptiste4355
4 ай бұрын
Yeah, we did some dangerous stuff. We survived it. I got a few scrapes and bumps and bruises. We Saw the milk man, the begg man and the newspaper boy. The soda bottle was worth a nickel, a super way to recycle. Thanks for the memories.
@robertchristie9434
5 ай бұрын
Born in '47, southwest side of Detroit. Loved growing up than with all different ethnic groups, never felt threatened or out of place. Had a paper route starting in '59 & would collect as much as $80 cash on the weekend from customers & delivered Sunday papers at 5 am with no issues. Had a hood full of kids to play sports, board games or just pal around. Of course, great Motown & other music on the radio. Never bored, always something to do, had a ball.
@stargirlzx
7 ай бұрын
Anyone born after 1969 could never understand it all . No regulations or lawsuits for every little thing. We learned how to take care of ourselves at very early age. Get hurt ? Dont do that again. And yet somehow MOST of us made it ok .
@n.gineer8102
4 ай бұрын
Did I miss the a segment about the community swimming pool? I spent almost every day of summer there until I was a teenager. Swim team was a big deal. Then helping my dad work on our cars too. They were so simple most everyone could do some basic work on them.
@ghill628
5 ай бұрын
Growing up in Reno, cruising the strip on Saturday night during the summer with a car full of your buddies looking for friends, girls & parties.
@da_mask
3 ай бұрын
Guy missed part of the drive-in restaurant fun, cruising around (in our case Shoneys) just to see who is there.
@grantbradley5084
2 ай бұрын
Born in 1957, I had a heck of a childhood. Throwing Molotov cocktails make from Christmas ornaments in front of cars on the freeway. Driving around with a bucket of ice filled with beer in the backseat. ( The drive to work was a two beer drive). It’s amazing I survived the 70’s. Had a lot of fun though! My two brain cells I have left are telling me.
@jeaniemcdonald1301
7 ай бұрын
Born in '57, in the late 60's Drum Corps were pretty big. There we were taught patriotism, discipline, music, marching and had a great time doing it.
@jameslittle7855
5 ай бұрын
Everything that you were saying was spot on, except picking up cans ! We may have kicked cans but we picked up bottles.
@Paul-lm5gv
5 ай бұрын
*Born in '47. Our parents grew up amid the depravity of the Great Depression and the crucible of war that was WWII. They were truly the Greatest Generation although they never thought of themselves in that way. They just did what had to be done. And they spoiled us wanting us to have better than they did! Thank you Mom and Dad and all the moms and dads of us Boomers!*
@carolzak3826
5 ай бұрын
I was blessed to be born in 1945! I’m one of the few left of the Silent Majority. Growing up our moms would yell ,” Be back by dinner!” We didn’t have play dates we just went outside to play. In high school we all had grown up together, so we hung out together. We dated, some drank beer, some even smoked. But I bet no one but us went snipe hunting or went to see the grunions run. Parking on 25 hill was the thing to do after the games. Cruising Center was so much fun. At my 60 th class reunion only thirty seven of us were left. Viet Nam took some of our best. We all missed them. And to the generations to come, I say stop and have fun. Love your family and friends, and don’t ever think you know it all. I’m 78 and I still don’t know it all. But I’m finding life is growing shorter and I don’t wish I had said something to get back at someone, I just wish I had loved more and forgiven earlier.
@williamzee7748
5 ай бұрын
Best of times, best of people, best of life and love. God how I miss those days.
@rebelheir252
7 ай бұрын
Disclaimer: being white helped
@saminaneen
7 ай бұрын
@rebelheir252, YOU are a very sick, demented SUPER RACIST, White people would WORK, while the pavement apes, or as YOU call them, POC, Pieces Of Crap, were too lazy to work.
@saminaneen
7 ай бұрын
@rebelheir252,,"Why would people, like YOU join HATE groups like that? It usually involves them finding no other socially acceptable and meaningful ways to fulfill important needs - the need for identity; the need for a feeling of effectiveness; the need for a feeling of connection," Staub said. "Often, these are people who don't feel like they've succeeded or had a chance to succeed across normal channels of success in society. They may come from families that are problematic or families where they're exposed to this kind of extreme views of white superiority and nationalism. If you don't feel you have much influence and power in the world, you get a sense of power from being part of a community and especially a rather militant community."
@saminaneen
7 ай бұрын
@rebelheir252,, She/he/them/those/it grew up watching these movies as a young trans with dad. He/she/them/those/it was a massive fan of the porn movies. It was also your quality time together which he/she/them/those/it loved. This is where your hate of America developed.
@kurtwise7356
7 ай бұрын
I'm a boomer and those were great times! Kids today wouldn't have survived for sure!
@robertbeermanjr.2158
5 ай бұрын
When I was 12 we used to ride the public bus up the street to the park. I remember that we used to crawl under that heavy steel merry go round. The girls rode on the top and us boys were under the thing keeping our head low and trying not to get knocked out. 😂
@TodaysDante
7 ай бұрын
LOL - I totally forgot about the penny candy stores!!!!
@Dadsezso
7 ай бұрын
We used to support our penny candy habit with redeeming deposits on soda bottles. We had a 2 cent deposit on them in our state so it was a never ending search for empties people carelessly left about. Also, no coin was safe between furniture cushions because nearly daily we would nearly dismantle the furniture looking for them. Sodas were 10 cents so finding a quarter was a sugary goldmine.
@ezemack8662
5 ай бұрын
I made it in the last year of the baby boom 1964. I had a ball as a kid growing up in the 70s on the upper west side of Manhattan, NY
@iancurtis1152
5 ай бұрын
Yes we did! On the other hand we got hurt more often. One time i was riding my bike (probably at around 8 years old) with bare feet, my foot slid off the pedal and I munched my toes in the front wheel spokes.
@rykemerrill1164
4 ай бұрын
Sometime in 1970, '71 i was at a funeral for my mother's grandma. This brought my mom'ss cousin Patsy and her family in from Denver. Patsy and Al had a gorgeous daughter named Faith. I can still see her tall skinny figure in her long black dress, and her dress sleeves were see through! Oh my..... so beautiful! Well we were just hanging out, when my Vietnam Veteran uncle Harvey flipped out his still lit Marlborough cig. Faith dared me to take a drag on it! Now both my parents smoked, but mom was stopped sometime around this, but i knew how to do it. So i picked it up and took a drag. Got a kiss from Faith too! So the choking was well worth it! I mean Faith was 2 years older than me, so this was a Big deal! Uncle Harvey saw the whole thing, and gave me a chuckle and a thumbs up! Then a year or so later, while camping at a wonderful lake called Tenkiller. Dad stopped at the lake market store and bought a pouch of "Beechnut" chewing tobacco. My mom who had stopped smoking, she being a Christian, my dad too, and i was too. Mom threw the biggest fit ever when dad asked for that chew. Then even a bigger fit when sitting around the camp fire that night dad gave me and my two brothers a pinch of Beechnut! Boy we were so proud! We had become men that night! Now I went to a Christian school. But all of we boys either chewed or dipped! But I had a sweetheart of a beautiful girlfriend! I asked her, do you mind if I chew? She said, "no, but you won't be getting kissed by me"! I told her, i rather kiss her Sweet lips than ever chew! I dated her for five years, and I never ever chewed again! "Whipped"? You dang skippy, I liked her kisses!😘 So yeah, being a baby boomer, teaching you gen xers a thing or two, was the best time ever! I wouldn't trade my child hood for anything!
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