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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I was born in 1975 and while I played outside with friends a lot, my parents absolutely played with me (and my siblings). Board games, dolls (mom), sports (dad).  My dad helped me with math homework. I don’t think my friends parents were appreciably different. [/quote]

Same here.  They might not have played with Barbies with me, but we definitely played board games and card games together, watched a movie together, taught me to cook and bake and work with power tools, played catch in the backyard, etc.  We were also expected to entertain ourselves a fair amount, which honestly, I think was a good thing.  It felt like a nice balance -- it was clear they enjoyed doing stuff with us, and there was a lot of affection, but we also had a reasonable amount of independence.  I was allowed to ride my bike a couple of miles to my grandmother's house or to the nearest convenience store by myself, for example, which seems like a thing that would get me referred to CPS today if I let my kid do it.   [/quote]

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