Giving kids a 90’s childhood

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Running around when my parents have no clue where I was, finding beer at the creek, being hit on by creepy men as I rode my bike, molested by my uncle while no adults paid attention to us. No thanks.

+1

[Anonymous]

I was a latch key kid in the 1990’s and came home alone most school days. In the summer I was allowed to bike to the pool so that was nice. When I did go to friends houses we just wanted to watch MTV and sometimes played goldeneye or nitendo. It wasn’t a golden age of no screens.

[Anonymous]

Mom was on point, dad traveled for work, wore helmets for bikes/boarding


Boyfriend abused me and I didn’t have the tools to tell him to GTFO. I know this has not changed 100% but the girls my boys are friends with put up with ZERO shit.

Oh and was allowed to bike with said helmet to the 7-11 in my bathing suit through an industrial park while wolf whistled. Good lord.

There was good and some bad. It’s not all or nothing but we’re not going back.


But hell yeah Donkey Kong

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:90s had tv and video games, sports and all that.

I was born in the 70s and I remember my nieces and nephews born in the 90s spending basically their entire teen years with their game console glued to their hand, or on their computer gaming. I remember being seriously worried about them but they are actually now all productive adults with spouses and kids and reasonable tech usage.

[Anonymous]

lol, in the 90’s, parents were trying to give the 70’s childhood.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:90s had tv and video games, sports and all that.

I was born in the 70s and I remember my nieces and nephews born in the 90s spending basically their entire teen years with their game console glued to their hand, or on their computer gaming. I remember being seriously worried about them but they are actually now all productive adults with spouses and kids and reasonable tech usage.

Yes, some kids were like that, but not all.

[Anonymous]

We were latch key kids. We watched a boatload of TV.

[Anonymous]

You are overthinking this and romantizing the 90s.

Get nostalgic watching Barney or Saved by the Bell reruns, but it won't translate to kids now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You are overthinking this and romantizing the 90s.

Get nostalgic watching Barney or Saved by the Bell reruns, but it won't translate to kids now.

I don't think op is romanticizing. Kids today are on screens way too much and are too busy in organized activities. They're missing out on so much, they get virtually no freedom and independence. Yes, some kids in the past had bad childhoods, but alot of us didnt. If could recreate a bit of my childhood for my kids, id do it in a heartbeat.

[Anonymous]

So what’s stopping you op? And how old your kids are? How do you envision 90’s childhood for your kids? No electronics? 1 hour per week? Outdoor time? Also, why 90s? Cause that when you were a child? Did you grow up in DC in the 1990s or somewhere else? Could it be that what you refer as childhood in 1990s could actually be childhood in a different location?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So what’s stopping you op? And how old your kids are? How do you envision 90’s childhood for your kids? No electronics? 1 hour per week? Outdoor time? Also, why 90s? Cause that when you were a child? Did you grow up in DC in the 1990s or somewhere else? Could it be that what you refer as childhood in 1990s could actually be childhood in a different location?

Not the op, but the 90s were the last time kids got to have more of a free childhood. Maybe into the very early 2000s, but after that fear and paranoia took over. Kids aren't allowed out unsupervised anymore or have free time. Screens are way more prevalent and so are organized activities. Yes, we had those things in the 90s, but imo, kids had a way better balance.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So what’s stopping you op? And how old your kids are? How do you envision 90’s childhood for your kids? No electronics? 1 hour per week? Outdoor time? Also, why 90s? Cause that when you were a child? Did you grow up in DC in the 1990s or somewhere else? Could it be that what you refer as childhood in 1990s could actually be childhood in a different location?

Not the op, but the 90s were the last time kids got to have more of a free childhood. Maybe into the very early 2000s, but after that fear and paranoia took over. Kids aren't allowed out unsupervised anymore or have free time. Screens are way more prevalent and so are organized activities. Yes, we had those things in the 90s, but imo, kids had a way better balance.

Into the early 2000s? Nope it ended in the mid 90s

[Anonymous]

I like it the ton of activities options we currently have.. Things of today like Flag Football, soccer starting for as young a preKers, Boy Scouts for girls, etc were unheard of in the 90s.

And screens are a way of entertainment now days. No different than hours of Mario, Double Dragon, or Madden of the 90s, but now can offer communication too.
My kids FT friends who moved away, nearby friends getting ready together for the HS football game, etc.

Do you not remember the 15ft phone cord on every kitchen phone? The cord was long enough to talk in "privacy" if it reached the hallway until your Dad yelled at you to get off b/c it tied up the internet.
Same concept. Different format.

[Anonymous]

You have to go back to the 70s to have that kind of childhood.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So what’s stopping you op? And how old your kids are? How do you envision 90’s childhood for your kids? No electronics? 1 hour per week? Outdoor time? Also, why 90s? Cause that when you were a child? Did you grow up in DC in the 1990s or somewhere else? Could it be that what you refer as childhood in 1990s could actually be childhood in a different location?

Not the op, but the 90s were the last time kids got to have more of a free childhood. Maybe into the very early 2000s, but after that fear and paranoia took over. Kids aren't allowed out unsupervised anymore or have free time. Screens are way more prevalent and so are organized activities. Yes, we had those things in the 90s, but imo, kids had a way better balance.

Into the early 2000s? Nope it ended in the mid 90s

Just my experience, where I grew up it seemed to last longer than the mid 90s, but I can see what youre saying.