13 Dangers Kids Totally Ignored in the 1970s

[@RecollectionRoad]

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[@TheZXKUQYB]

Sidenote: I don't believe you lost 10lbs per month over the summer. Ha.

[@nomadsland5078]

That's why our generation is rich in common sense... We weeded out the idiots through the invention of the Darwin awards 😅😂

[@maggykuhn3387]

That's John Travolta what a singer.😂

[@DisinterestedParty]

Kids today are over protected, over pampered, over parented pansies. Too many uneducated Karen's were treated seriously over the years. Big mistake.

[@cryptoran7777]

Those that grew up in the 60-80's grew up in the sweet spot in history. Very grateful I was one of them it was a blast!!

[@DarkSister.]

I couldn't agree more ❤

[@julenepegher6999]

💥It was a Blast!!

[@sherw7635]

Same here!! Survival of the fittest!😂🎉❤

[@ronsontag6841]

make that the 50's too

[@cryptoran7777]

@@ronsontag6841 wasn't born till 61 but I believe you.

[@coqui1550]

I didn't realize how tough we were in the 70s until I saw videos like this. All of this is true. How I miss those days. 😣

[@starmnsixty1209]

"Tough" hardly begins to describe it, right? But yeah, I miss those days so badly...

[@JAMessinaJr]

Riding in the back of pickup trucks with no fear at all. We were invincible.

[@russoley8995]

Yes think I did all those things. My mother didn't even know where I was most of the time, and all was fine as long as I was not late for dinner. kids are wimps now a days

[@my3dviews]

@@russoley8995 Wimps, exactly. And they don't even know what gender they are now.

[@rodneycaupp5962]

I plead guilty... lol.

[@bridgetmccracken1381]

Growing up in the 60s and 70s was a great time!! We were always outside and having fun!!!

[@DavidDykes-dm9lc]

We made up our own fun OUTSIDE!!! 😄😄

[@BABYGREY-I_will_probe_U]

And 80s 90s it went to crap

[@Ted-K4C]

, @DavidDykes-dm9lc Even if it meant getting q 😂

[@katiejohn2311]

So glad I got to experience childhood before the internet, social media, streaming apps.

[@rodneycaupp5962]

This internet is still Hot blooded, but it is bad for kids that need to be Out There, not inside playing video games for years and years. Boy wasn't "Pong" ever so innocent though, as it starched our brains stiff, one day at a time. Now its beer and coffee to get us by a post 1984 life style.

[@shellyweiers121]

6ou and me both katie

[@dad4ever-c90]

Based on today's safety standards, it's a wonder any of us SURVIVED growing up in the 1960's and 70's. We shot each other with BB guns, climbed dangerously high playground equipment, and played full-contact sports, never wearing any protective gear. All our parents knew was that we were "out somewhere." Even with our parents, we never wore seat belts in the car. And who do you think bought us firecrackers, etc? Yet here we still are, probably stronger and wiser for it all!

[@concerned1144]

Those were truly the “good old days!”

[@astrinymris9953]

Well, the ones of us who survived unscathed, of course. There were a few tragic fatalities and life-changing accidents; which were devastating for those affected. Still, the push for passing laws and changing attitudes to "protect" kids went far overboard, with the unintended consequence of making playgrounds too expensive for poorer neighborhoods to construct. Not that it mattered, because the moral panic over stranger abductions (a very rare occurrence) resulted in kids being kept inside, parked in front of electronics of various vintages, and gorging on an array of snack foods. Now, the childhood obesity epidemic had multiple causes, but the curtailing of free outdoor play certainly did not help.

[@JoanCouncil]

I don't know how kids survive life the way spend it now

[@robkocol5664]

Playing "Crack the Whip" with a bunch of your friends with the guy on the end that literally goes flying!! Good times, lots of laughs but very hardcore considering today's standards. 😮😮😅

[@keithwilson6060]

We engages in bottle rocket wars.

[@garywagner2466]

Did it all except skateboarding. Was never a thing where I grew up. Taught us our physical limitations. Yeah, we all had cuts, bruises and road rash. But we came home filthy, exhausted, famished and ready for supper. We ate everything put in front of us, but every kid was skinny. No vegans, gluten free weirdos, or diabetics in my peer group. No helicopter parents, play dates, or daycare, either. No SPF 90, sunbrellas, or bug jackets. If you got sunburned, and we all did, it was Noxema from the fridge. Burn and peel. Kids were pretty tough, physically fit, adventurous, and generally happy. A great era to grow up in.

[@nonenonnenopenonenomorefor5556]

Good ole noxema

[@danielc1978]

you nailed everything...especially no "daycare", and diabetics-didn't think about that; yeah, there weren't "supersize" everything back then.... Funny how today's parents would probably see the things in this video as dangerous, when in actuality, today's world is more dangerous, for the things you mentioned, and others....

[@susancorvalan6765]

You jogged my memory of making a wood scooter with a split metal roller skate nailed to the bottom of a board with a crate or board with a handle on top. What fun times!

[@fratzogmopars]

You are right, there weren’t many fat kids back then. In grade school, there were two fat kids in my grade, out of 150 kids. We were constantly playing sports, or riding bikes, or playing games like hide and seek and the like. Nobody was a home-body back then, the house was where you ate, slept, and did your homework, couldn’t wait to get outside.

[@sherw7635]

@@garywagner2466 I second that!!

[@user-dc2ed2dm8d]

We explored all over town, went to the pool in the summer, slept out on friend's porches and bought penny candy. We always felt safe. There were kids all over the neighborhood to hang out with. Honestly, it was the best time.

[@samanthab1923]

Loved sleeping out in neighbors back yards. Also laying on lounges for Movie Night at the swim club.

[@JohnCappel-bt9mx]

These kids now don't enjoy life like we did no way everything is fake now

[@neslock]

I am so happy that I grew up in the 70's with no internet or cell phones. Even TV time was pretty restricted for me.

[@vintentgreene6959]

Had TV but no electric or gas 🎉👁️

[@aaronlopez492]

(1) Playing tackle football without safety gear at the park. (2) Throwing lit fireworks at each other. (3) Riding in the back of my uncle's pick up !! Man it was so much fun!!

[@JoanSmith-t7k]

As a kid, I never threw lit fireworks at anyone. Our fireworks were supervised every year, but soon, the fireworks in the South Bay area were banned anyway … ( no, I don’t miss them ) …

[@jhonsiders6077]

Loved riding in the back of a pick up !

[@jimnora1705]

Little league sports had cuts.

[@fabianmckenna8197]

Putting a squib/banger inside a glass bottle before putting a stopper and running away while waiting for it to blow up. One of them failed so I was the brave/stupid one who grabbed the bottle and opened it. Boom......a glass splinters all over my face and eyes but luckily not blinded!

[@jagmarc]

I the housing estate abroad where I holiday the kids there still do all this and more. The west has gone soft. In other parts of the world they catch stun fish float to the surface with if I mention more or where letter G comment dissappears.

[@pamelamays4186]

Going Trick-or-treating in unfamiliar neighborhoods without adult supervision.

[@tinaw.4025]

At nighttime, too!!!

[@diannelavoie5385]

We'd fill up one pillowcase, bring it home to empty out, then go to another neighborhood to get more.

[@tinaw.4025]

@@diannelavoie5385 YES!!! 😂 The pillowcase!! Oh, the memories 😊

[@fratzogmopars]

@@diannelavoie5385 Right after school we would hurry home make up a costume, always home made like a hobo or a 20’s gangster, grab a pillow case and mom wouldnt see us until dinner time when we emptied out the pillowcase, ate and went right back out for a few more hours. The candy would last us until about Christmas time.

[@sherw7635]

@pamelamays4186 Yes!!!! And out pretty late too!

[@scot-vz8pt]

Wouldn't trade those times for anything.

[@laurenml1222]

Oh how I wish I could go back to the 70s…!!!!!!!

[@rickwz]

@@laurenml1222 Got that right, best time ever!

[@ronw59]

@@laurenml1222 The 50's & 60's for me and I'd love to go back, but for most things, not all.

[@tommcdonough6086]

Born in 68, I'll àllways cherish the memories of my youth, this video is so accurate, literally everything. Us that were young in this era were truly lucky. POLAR OPPOSITE of todays world. Peace....

[@327DD]

I’m glad I grew up back then and had the experiences that I had. It was definitely better times.

[@user-vm5ud4xw6n]

It wasn’t that anyone had a high tolerance for danger it’s that there weren’t nosy people calling the cops to complain about child abuse or neglect. We’ve become so afraid of every little thing our kids do we’ve created a generation that is afraid to take risks in anything.

[@genghispecan]

You're right. Go back and study the actuaries and it's clear the rate of death and serious injury is vastly overstated - yes kids had more minor injuries, broken bones, etc but the trade-off was they learned independence and acquired skills to get them through life...BUT somewhere along the way we became a risk-adverse society obsessed with liability and worst case scenarios...an age of freedom given way to an age of helicopter parents, participation trophies and increasingly coddled and bubble-wrapped children.

[@zerofox1551]

@@genghispecan And personal injury lawyers didn't exist.

[@richardbeckenbaugh1805]

At five years old in 1969, I became a shepherd. 22 caliber chipmunk rifle and 11 dogs. I did that until I turned 12, at which point I added cowboy, stablehand and maintenance man. I got a full size rifle at the same time, a .30 caliber lever action. I finally called it quits to that life when I was twenty. I joined the army.

[@jmodified]

@@zerofox1551 I think that's what started the safety culture. Every week some kid in my grade school would get stitches from falling on the (asphalt) playground or something, and it was no big deal. Then a few people realized they could cash in by suing for things like that, or a few lawyers convinced them of it, and it snowballed. The schools and businesses became overprotective first as a defense against lawsuits, and after a decade of that the parents adopted the same safety expectations. I started high school in 1984 and kids were openly doing drugs and having stealth sex in the hallways at lunch time with minor consequences, if any, if they were caught. The following year they started "zero tolerance" and you would get a three day suspension for kissing or having an unauthorized aspirin.

[@nicoradv3923]

@@jmodified playground i was at had asphalt.. Yes we got scraped up. Funny thing, i didn't get my first broken bone till i was 32 in about 1982 playing football with the kids in the front yard.

[@allenmiller6198]

This is how we grew up it was a time no one will ever know again. I surely treasure those times.

[@starrtraveler3496]

Grew up in the 60’s and 70’s. Best time ever. Snow days were unheard of unless it was going to be a blizzard. Our full sized bus got tricked out with tire chains and school started on time….

[@danielc1978]

That's right-every time there's a cloud in the sky now, they close school...sad...

[@fratzogmopars]

@@danielc1978 The chicken-littles even name the snowstorms now, how did we become so wimpy?

[@pamelapederson8665]

My sister and brother and I always went outside to "survive" a blizzard. Up to our waist in blowing snow hee hee. I was born in 1953

[@mariekatherine5238]

Same here when we lived in upper Michigan. The only time school got cancelled was when it was literally impossible to get there. If the teacher and a few kids showed up, there was school. Those who couldn’t make it, just made up the work later or skipped it if just review or practice. Nobody got left back on account of it, nobody turned out illiterate or unable to pursue adult goals. The school year was 160 days, school times from 9:00-3:00 or 8:00-2:00. That included an hour for lunch/recess and two 10 or 15 minute breaks. About half the kids finished high school. Age 15 or completion of grade 8 and age 14 were school leaving requirements. Kids who left “early” didn’t do so to become bums living in mama’s basement playing video games. Those kids left for work in the real world to help support their families. Girls often left to get married and not because they were pregnant. Guys often went into the service. A few girls I knew entered a religious convent to finish their education and become nuns. Sleeping around wasn’t a thing. The few who did were looked down upon and parents made sure they didn’t have any influence on you. Premarital sex was considered immoral by everyone without regard to one’s religious affiliation or lack thereof. Of course, it DID happen, but was something you went out of the way to conceal it. You got married, ASAP, went to “visit a sick relative.” The baby got adopted out. Abortions were illegal and diy abortions dangerous,

[@samanthab1923]

Too bad. Grew up in NJ. Guaranteed snow days every winter. ❄️ My brother would be up early to call the police to see if we had school!

[@shannonnewman3091]

Being a kid in the 70 was So much Fun !!

[@iroh1048]

I was 10 in 1970. Lived that life, so much fun.

[@Ames2pleaze1]

I’m 61 & recall these activities & mindsets. As adolescent boys, we would attach lawnmower engines to anything making our own version of a mini bike or go-cart and any injuries encountered was just a part of it all. Our moms would patch us up as well as our clothes to endure us for our next adventure, which was just around the corner. Cheers!

[@momma3204]

😊😊😊Your videos are the fastest 10 minutes because they are so enjoyable! I was a child in the 1960s and a teenager in the mid to late 1970s. Your videos capture everything we did as kids as if you were video recording our neighborhood! Man those were great times! In the summer after breakfast our mother would open the porch door about 9:00AM and we were off and running! Over to the train tracks, next we went to the lake, then the playground. And in our neighborhood all of the mothers were “housewives” we were dirt poor but if you needed a sandwich, a glass of milk or a band aid someone’s mother was always home to help you. Never any adults hovering over us. I feel like we can handle situations as adults because as kids we had to work things out with friends on our own, no parents to tell us what to do or say. It’s sad that type of childhood will never happen again, too much evil in the world now. What a sweet time to grow up! Thank you!

[@astrinymris9953]

Re: "Too much evil in the world now"- No, it's just that we're way, way more aware of it now. We know about tragedies all over the globe, incidents that used to only make the local news can go viral in seconds. This gives us a perception of a far more dangerous world today.

[@danielc1978]

@@astrinymris9953 And how do we know that now? Because of SCREENS...everywhere....

[@kidavis3386]

⁠Wrong… evil has grown greater and bolder and has become more pervasive.

[@riverwalker6315]

The 70's was the last, best time to be a kid. I did most of all these things. Good times!

[@jeanhansel5805]

I grew up in the mid-40's - 50's. I am still amazed when I remember how kids would roam the neighborhood parks, playing games and pretending to be a to be in frontier days, but always sure to be home by the time the streetlights turned on. All the play structures in my grammar school playground were metal, and those swings could go really fast and high, feeling sometimes as though the swing would go over the top bar of the structure. I had so many skinned knees from falling down while rollerskating on those skates that would lock onto the front of shoes with a "key". There were no goggles, no helmets, no soft landings, no knee or elbow pads. We never were warned about the dangers of playing with toys and objects so small we could choke on them. Our safety lesson for rollerskating was to lean forward a little when skating to avoid falling. Going way back in the way back machine, I remember the "ice man" delivering blocks of ice for our ice box and picking up pieces of ice that had fallen on the ground and sucking on them to stay cool in the summer. I had lots and lots of mosquito bites when I was a child in the midwest. My mother would make up a paste from baking soda and water and put in on the bites to stop the itching. It was such a different world from today,

[@brian70Cuda]

No sissys!!!

[@johnnycash5721]

So right

[@sashasue00]

I just had to laugh out loud at that iceman story!!! Thx for that!

[@ronw59]

I grew up in that same time frame. My parents didn't have a lot of money, so I was lucky to get a nice Birthday gift & maybe a couple at Christmas. But we looked after whatever we got and made the other things we needed. Lots of friends, lots of laughs and also bumps & scrapes. No padded dashes, collapsing steering columns, no radial cord tires, no seat belts and all travel was done on 2 lane highways! How did we ever make it?! The world today totally sucks!

[@Freedom-777-LM]

@jeanhansel5805 Omgoodness yes! Those really tall slides would burn the backside & legs and when you reached the bottom there was gravel to land in. I remember riding my bike with my little brother riding on the handlebars and we were flying… until I hit a bunch of gravel that had spilled on the road. We both went flying! A neighbor picked us up out of the street, took us to her house, laid us on her couch (towels were spread out first) so we wouldn’t ruin her couch and one of her kids ran to our house to get our mom / dad. We were bloody from head to toe! My brother and I were reminiscing a few months ago about that very day. We laughed… I apologized… again!

[@whiskeytango9769]

"Kids were outside constantly". That is so true, I was born in 1962 and the '70's were my teen years. Loved it. So much freedom.

[@leesashriber5097]

Tether Ball, lawn darts, sipping honey suckle, no seat belts except for the front seat. I'd gladly go back. Thank you my friend 😊

[@nonenonnenopenonenomorefor5556]

Jarts

[@danielc1978]

@@nonenonnenopenonenomorefor5556 yes, you're right, they were called "Jarts"! Funny, I forgot!

[@user-hx7mi7ml8u]

A lot of people died from not wearing seat belts back then, that’s why they eventually passed laws enforcing them to be worn. People can get thrown from the back seat and die too. Just because people didn’t wear them, doesn’t mean it was a smart or safe thing to do.

[@redtra236]

Most people didn't even wear them in the front seats

[@albinklein7680]

​@@redtra236I still don't...

[@northmaineguy5896]

Born in 1955, I did most of those things. When I got home from school, I would do my homework, and then go out and play until I got called home for the night. Cuts, scrapes and bruises, WERE a badge of honor. I think, next to my father, who was of the Greatest Generation, I lived in one of the best times in this country. I truly feel sorry for those who missed out...

[@redflamearrow7113]

But only if you were a white kid like me

[@stevegibson743]

@@redflamearrow7113 Untrue. Several of my friends, true friends that I trusted were black, white or Cuban. I grew up in St. Petersburg, Florida. Busing and desegregation was still a thing. I knew and got along with their families. All our parents knew each other. What they didn't know, or even care about was where their kids were at. The only thing that would start a minor "turf war" had nothing at all to do with your race, but rather, what school you went too. Compared to now, those were the times to grow up it.

[@cadence9055]

Wow! When kids got to be kids! Great reminder! Thanks 😊

[@jdon4447]

Playing outside all day no matter how hot and drinking a drink from the water hose and staying out until the porch light came on. Those were good times.

[@themagus5906]

We used to drink from a local creek where a spring fed moss over the water. Never got ill. We used to see lots of crayfish and minnows though. For most people those days are long gone now, though.

[@StarFleet_Tech1701]

I miss the fun I had outside in the 1970’s.

[@MartyBecker]

So many familiar things! Somehow we also survived playing/throwing Jarts (Lawn Darts).

[@fratzogmopars]

Ha, we would set up the ring in tha backyard, then go to the front of the house and launch the jart over our 2 story house to see how close we could get to the ring. Good times….

[@davidmaxey3401]

Loved Jarts😂

[@waffles1ca]

We weren’t looking at our phones when the Jart was coming!😂

[@KevinWiley8]

Natural selection has it's merits. 😄

[@pamelamays4186]

Making go carts from random pieces of wood, lawnmower motors and tires.

[@trucker175]

direct belt drive and a Kill Switch !

[@jiml8594]

Don't forget drinking from a water hose!

[@cbass2755]

Just took a swig the other day from my hose…

[@Oldschoolrules123]

I would still do that if I had well water,but I don't even drink the city water out of the sink.😂

[@mandovapehater6988]

I can't believe that's a concern now. Screw em. I still do it...

[@fabienneroure9995]

Oh my goodness yes! As a kid, I drank so many times from the water hose! Growing-up in the 70's was amazing!❤

[@mandovapehater6988]

@@cbass2755 I wonder if the bastards have started putting something in the hoses to kill our generation out.... Wouldn't surprise me.

[@petebrown3715]

Finally a mention of skitching. Hanging on the back bumper in the winter and getting snow down your coat. Good times.

[@cryptoran7777]

@@petebrown3715 that's what we called it too..

[@bender7565]

Where are you from? Never heard it, it was just bumper sliding in Indiana, even the cops called it that when they told you not to do it. Used to be the worst thing you could do, now folks get shot.

[@petebrown3715]

@@bender7565 from Chicago.

[@kathiecrocker1118]

Where I'm from, we called it pogying (sp)

[@cryptoran7777]

@@bender7565 I lived just across the border in Illinois and we called it skitching. I live in Indiana now but they don't call it anything cuz kids don't play outside anymore.

[@tonycollazorappo]

I read that gym is not even a thing anymore for kids in school today. Wow, how sad is that.

[@danielc1978]

I remember having to do trampoline exercises in gym back then...they would never allow that today...

[@davidreed3165]

That’s one reason why they’re so fat.

[@adorabledeplorable5105]

Indoctrination replaced it .😢

[@mariekatherine5238]

Remember the wooden scooters you sat on and propelled yourself sideways like a crab? Those things got going crazy fast on the gym floor and it was fun to smash into the wall to stop! Remember the ropes, trapezes, “tumbling” stunts on rather hard leather and wool mats? Our school had uneven parallel bars and we’d be doing all kinds of hazardous tricks in them with only another kid for a “spotter.” Floor hockey and keep away were normal p.e. games. Getting bruises, sprains, sore muscles, various abrasions, torn p.e. uniforms of non-stretchable cotton were considered normal. These days, there’d be lawsuits!

[@adorabledeplorable5105]

@@mariekatherine5238 Awe ….yes . Those were the days .

[@cruisecrazy7066]

I did ALL of those things as a kid in the 1950s. I never got hurt, and I learned a LOT. It made me a better person.

[@jimdennis2451]

Hell, I had to stop the video and look at that last kid on the right to make sure it wasn't me.

[@ronw59]

We got hurt from time to time, but that just made you a stronger person. No stupid peanut allergies then either!

[@hellskitchen10036]

I was a kid in the 50's, my mom would ask (sometimes) where are you going ? .OUT , that's it. I came home when I was hungry. If she only knew what I was up to, lol.

[@jraoul711]

A lot of this can apply to the 80s too. I wasn't the most daring kid, but l never wore a helmet or put a seat belt on until like 95 or so. I remember building forts, exploring abandoned places, building those ramps. Lighting up bottle rockets. Fun times.

[@roywhitman7109]

Born in 1955. What a special time to be a kid! B&W tv, no computers, no cell phones, laptops, or tablets!! We'd get home from school, do our homework, eat dinner, then be gone till dusk! Baseball & football on concrete & asphalt! Blood, bruises, broken bones! What an awesome childhood!!

[@jimh.8138]

It was the 50’s, not the 70’s, but our favorite game was piling two or three of us into an empty grocery cart and riding it down a steep unpaved street in the neighborhood. And yes, the DDT fogger thing too.

[@jimdennis2451]

I forgot completely about The Fogger! That and lead in gas explains A LOT.

[@keithwilson6060]

We were ALL OVER the station wagon during highway road trips. No seat belts except the front seat.

[@sherw7635]

And it was FUN!!

[@jasonrodgers9063]

Front seat either!!

[@peggyl2849]

There was a back seat, but we always wanted to be in the "way-back."

[@glennso47]

Pickup trucks also especially if you lived in a rural area.

[@davidmihevc3990]

Dont forget breathing second hand smoke from smoking parents.

[@jerrymail]

I'm a kid of the 70s and teenager of the 80s. We did so many dangerous things without thinking about it, and even without hurting ourselves. Now, it's amazing to see people ... riding bikes with helmets. They're afraid of everything.

[@awrinkleintimeyesterday6067]

I still have my metal band aid tin from the 1970s. I have been refilling it from cardboard boxes for decades. Not a day doesn't go by that I don't find some reason to be grateful I was born in the period I was (1960s). We indeed had the best years for our childhood and young adult years.

[@samanthab1923]

Same here. Cracks me up when I see them in Antique stores 😂 Had neighbors that worked for J&J so got tons of free stuff.

[@richardbarry4663]

I remember doing a lot of those things and some things that were not mentioned on this video. I hung out with a bunch of trouble makers and we did that a lot!

[@samanthab1923]

@@richardbarry4663 You’ll get a kick out of this then. I’m listening to the radio & they ask have you ever run from the cops? I laugh to myself. Even though we lived in a pretty upscale town, we were always on the lookout. They had nothing better to do than break up teen keg parties. Meanwhile my teenage son is hanging with his friend that is a DJ on the Princeton station 😂

[@velocity5918]

IF I WAS TOLD I COULD BE BORN TODAY OR EXCEPT MY BIRTH IN 1953 i'll TAKE MY CHILD HOOD 50'S 60'S LIFE BEFORE THIS SICK ZHIT THEY CALL THE 'FUTURE' I LIVE IN NOW, I FEEL SORRY FOR THE YOUNG TODAY, ..BUMPER SLEDING WAS FUN, B B GUNS WERE ENTÈRTAINING, JUMPIN OFF THE BARN ROOF BEFORE SUNRISE WITH MY PARACHUT MADE FROM MY BED SHEET AND 4 LENGTHS OF BAILING TWINE WAS UP THERE WITH THE BEST OF MY CRAZY 60's CHILDHOOD STUNTS. I WOULD HATE BEING A KID TODAY !!

[@loreneharrell2716]

I’m now 60, and watching this I immediately became 10yo again! I did all of these things and I know I grew up in the best era ever!! Thank you for posting!

[@jelenedressler]

Yes, me too! I'm 60 as well! Loved those clackers when we were like 8 or 9!!! Bonnie Bell lip smackers? Ahhhhh, we did grow up in the best era!!! : )

[@loreneharrell2716]

@@jelenedresslerwe absolutely did!!

[@ronw59]

At 80 I still think young, but some old codger stole my body & left me his! So now I'm just happy wrinkles don't hurt.

[@mysterbear]

Let’s not forget the glory of the magnifying glass 🔍 +☀️=🔥😂

[@orno8906]

poor bugs lol

[@stewball1125]

Lighting firecrackers with the magnifying glass was a favorite

[@crosswordpuzzle2952]

Intertube on the lake fixed with hotpatches when they sprung a leak and for school basketballs.. Find a hotpatch now. It's probably illegal.

[@kirkbenefiel8920]

Hi! Fellow piro!

[@markstrouse3101]

Awe, the good old days. Broke my nose playing street hockey, broke both legs jumping my bike pretending to be Evel Knievel, broke my arm in three places jumping off of swing. Those were the days

[@Iconoclasher]

Kids today can't even survive an interruption to the internet.

[@adorabledeplorable5105]

@@Iconoclasher. Exactly . Can you imagine how the next generation will survive ?

[@Iconoclasher]

@@adorabledeplorable5105 I imagine they won't. 🤔

[@adorabledeplorable5105]

@@Iconoclasher I think you are correct .

[@direwolf6234]

with no thought to having health insurance ...

[@RENRAW111]

Good times, I remember them well. Broken wrist and all.From jumping jumps made from bricks and scrap wood. Like the Dukes of Hazard and Knight rider with a bicycle.Helmets, padding, what’s that? So much fun!😂 Thank you so much for this great video! And for all your efforts in making it. From Los Angeles.

[@RickHenkle]

Born in 58', did All of this, plus much more.. We were Always outside, no supervision, but we had parents who, if you did do something wrong, would not hesitate to whip your ass!!! We learned how to get along with others better than any school could have taught!! Miss those days!! Truly miss those days!!

[@rohanlady4]

We went camping in the mountains. As soon as we pulled off the main road to head up the mountain, dad let down the tailgate and my two brothers and I sat on it for the trip up, the youngest between us. No seatbelts, feet dangling off the back and sometimes scraping the plants on the edge of the road and threatening to push the youngest off the tailgate. Ah, golden memories!

[@ProfessionalMusicPartners]

🥹

[@cryptoran7777]

That was a young John Travolta in the bandaid commercial.

[@laurieschnurer7614]

Thank you. I came to the comments to see if anyone else realized this. :)

[@joeheid2776]

Not to mention Barry Manilow wrote the jingle.

[@Iconoclasher]

That was back when we had no issues showering naked with classmates and friends. It wasn't uncommon in TV commercials for body care products at the time.

[@cj20080]

Wow, good catch! A good 20 years before he went to work for Marcellus Wallace

[@rsnow-f3n]

Vinnie Barbarino

[@garyovermyer1050]

Where are the Chemistry Sets?????

[@michaeltreadwell777]

Oh wow, yes ! Even had Spirit Burners in them to boil up chemicals in test tubes. Life couldn't be more different these days !

[@peggyl2849]

And we had wood burning sets too!

[@jhonsiders6077]

Built radios from kits with a soldering iron !

[@davidreed3165]

Most of the really dangerous ones were banned by the 70’s.

[@stevieg2755]

Oh gosh I ruined my parents carpet and caught hell over that one

[@scratchdog2216]

Born '65 and for all those years of danger growing up I'm still here which is amazing because I'm single, no kids, and never married so the party just kind of never stopped.

[@JoeR203]

Nowadays, kids go running to mommy if they get hit in the head with a balloon. And before you know it, mommy is on the phone with a lawyer.

[@johnmcjunkin4613]

Hey, we're still alive to this day, even after all of the dangers, all these many years later, baby! My wife and I laugh at all these young people anymore, who run crying to their parents, over skinned knees, unable to go to school or work, due to the stress of finding out that Starbucks didn't have their favorite frappechino flavor that morning, or finding out, that they have to actually start showing up at their office, instead of workjng from home in their pajamas. Nothing but flakes.😅😂🤣

[@Oldschoolrules123]

Or working for 8 hours without their cellphones.

[@johnmcjunkin4613]

@@Oldschoolrules123: Exactly! Heck even being in class in grade school, high school, or college, and having to be told to put away their devices, and hearing or seeing them throw freaking tantrums about it.

[@Oldschoolrules123]

@@johnmcjunkin4613 I'm 64 and I'm retired now and I'm so glad because the cellphone holders were starting to really enter the work force and I started getting tired of working hard while they were playing on their cellphone or had to go vape .

[@itiswhatitis7639]

OMG!!! I made it through the 70’s. And here to tell about it!! Even though I live all that was mentioned.

[@thebackrooms7511]

We did have the best park & playground equipment! The 5 tier rocket, the huge metal slides, the thing we spun around and kids went flying off. We had fun! It's sad that no other generations will get to experience that much fun & freedom. I hope things change.

[@kathiecrocker1118]

Does anyone else feel the gazillion degree metal slide just looking at a picture?

[@kimberlybush2219]

Those were the days! So much freedom!

[@michaeltreadwell777]

I grew up in the early 60s in England and things were very similar to what you showed here. Absolutely no health and safety involved, and any 'damage' was all part of the growing up process. I remember racing down the fields on my bike, with friends. I managed to go straight into a ditch, over the handlebars. I was more concerned about my bike than the fact that I had broken my wrist ! A trip to A&E with my Dad, after I'd ridden home, and a plaster cast was my 'trophy' for that Saturday afternoons fun. My Dad wasn't amused ! Great fun - happy days. Thanks for showing these videos - oh how different it all was then 🙂

[@BeastCake1349]

Don’t forget those metal lawn darts we used to throw around the yard.

[@waffles1ca]

Jarts!

[@eddiecarter2784]

Forget about seat belts. I once rode from Florida to Tennessee in the back dashboard of my grandfather’s Buick. Especially at night, watching the starts as you fell asleep was so nice!

[@williamhild1793]

I was a kid in the early 1970s. After watching this video, by all rights, I should be dead.

[@Oldschoolrules123]

Me too

[@Iconoclasher]

Nothing is more dangerous than NOT being exposed to danger. We learned what natural laws were all about, including gravity and physics. If we ignored the "be careful" from the adults we learned the hard way.

[@Calibeachgtl1024]

Back when kids weren't scardy cats

[@kathyparkhurst7005]

i work with so many 18, to 22 yr olds, that say i would be too scared to confront someone, scared of wat??, they can never say wat,

[@ronw59]

@@kathyparkhurst7005 Most of them are speaking about themselves!

[@waffles1ca]

We didn’t have helicopter parents…

[@chilionastick]

#1 - As a railroader, I can assure you that this behaviour is still going strong with both children AND adults as I see it almost everyday while at work!

[@ChewieBabyTW]

The one that got us into trouble most was darts and Yard darts. Man those things were brutal at least when you throw them as high as you can then run. I think humans in general were tougher in the olden days. Imagine how they were in the 1800's. Probably played with snakes.

[@ronw59]

Now we just have them in the government!

[@waffles1ca]

Jarts! Loved those things, some of the flights had hold from the other darts landing on them. Must say I wouldn’t want to get hit in the head with a horse shoe

[@leftyjcw7173]

I was born in 1960. Ten years old in ‘70. 19 in ‘79. This video is satisfying.

[@jamesorth6460]

Born in 68, boy do I remember the 70s, did most of what you talked about in the video

[@Dorthy-wx9fq]

Going down the Emergency hill on my bike or roller skates that didn't have toe stops. It was behind of the place where I lived in Yorba Linda and all of my friends and did that. I loved growing up in the 70's.

[@sherw7635]

I did that too! Also played with BB guns.

[@samiam619]

Yeah, WE got to ride our bikes to the beach from Torrance two miles to Redondo Beach!

[@davidhudson5452]

Safety, we dont need no stinky safety

[@Nunofurdambiznez]

Took MANY a wild ride in the back of our '70 Ford station wagon - had no carpeting and we'd roll from one side to the other when Mom would go around corners kinda fast LOL!!!

[@Makhpiyaluta2]

Asked my mom when she was in her eighties, "Mom, when I was young and always away from home playing with friends, did you ever wonder where I was?". She answerd "No but I knew you would get home when you were hungry." I was born in 57.

[@kirkbenefiel8920]

😮 yeah 57.

[@AndrewEvrard-oc8ig]

Mark, age 14, started the bobcat on a Saturday afternoon. When he ran out of gas, he had driven it through 6 new construction framed houses in this NorVa housing development….$160k in 1970.

[@mercurysunlight5689]

Born in 1956. Great memories of growing up in a neighborhood packed with kids. Building camps in the woods out of fallen branches after wind storms. I can still smell the pitch. Raft building contests at the beach. Made from driftwood and scrap lumber. Then trying to sink each other as the tide came in over the warm sand. And the absolutely insane rope swings we used to make.

[@fratzogmopars]

We made forts in the prairie on the railroad track property. Dug a hole and placed a heavy 4’ by 8’ piece of plywood over the hole then put the dirt on top of the plywood, and stuck some weeds on top so nobody would notice. Don’t know how we didn’t die in a collapse.

[@pamelapederson8665]

My neighbor kid built an airplane so we could "fly to North Dakota". Ha! Big imagination.

[@jonb4763]

Man this brought back some great memories, thanks. Mom never really knew where we were but "outside playing." We roamed wherever our bikes would take us and knew to be home when the streetlights came on. BB gun fights, skateboards, bottle rockets, fire crackers, paper routes, all steel playgrounds, street football, etc, etc. I remember in our non station wagon days laying up on the rear shelf in the back window and watching the cars behind us as we went down the road. Yeah, we sometimes got injured when we played. The common phrase was "just rub some dirt on it" and away we'd go. We learned so much about assessing risk and taking chances. How to settle disputes, compromise, making friends by actually talking to someone. I truly miss those days now. Everything is bubble wrapped now and the kids are fat because all they do is watch tv, play stupid video games and scroll on their phones.

[@johnp139]

You LEARNED that YOU were RESPONSIBLE for YOUR OWN SAFETY!!!! NOT EVERYONE ELSE, including manufacturers of devices that could injure you.

[@r.tomrobison8307]

I'm 75 now, we didn't know it was that dangerous. I feel sorry for the kids of today hardly going outside.

[@russ6502]

What about drinking out of a garden hose. The most dangerous thing known to mankind.😂 I’m 62 years old and still standing, god the 60s and 70s were great.

[@samanthab1923]

I’m 65 now & don’t remember being that thirsty back then.

[@russoley8995]

Wait I still drink from the hose :)

[@davidroman1654]

@@samanthab1923 You never played for hours out side in the 100+ heat of West Texas then.

[@samanthab1923]

@@davidroman1654 Yikes! NJ kid. I did go to basketball camp in the summer in PA. Kids were dropping like flies one week so they gave us salt tablets with our meals!

[@BbyRider]

You couldn’t have picked a better time in all of human history to be a kid. What a blast we had!

[@davidreed3165]

Remember the glow of our old street lights? The ones that were actual incandescent 300 watt light bulbs. Nothing can duplicate that now.

[@drshelkie4153]

In the part about the playgrounds, you missed the "maypole"! A pole with chains that you grabbed onto the handle and ran as fast as you could while jumping/springing up whenever you hit the ground! Brilliant!

[@CliveStaplesElvis]

If the car was a sedan, you could stretch out in the rear window behind the back seat.

[@rickcalkins1215]

Good place for a nap

[@kirkbenefiel8920]

And sleep like a baby in the sun

[@Glamoroustrauma]

Pretty much did all of this growing up! Best days ever!

[@jennifer7330]

I want those tube socks! 😂❤

[@danielc1978]

THOSE were dangerous...fashion wise, anyway....

[@jennifer7330]

@@danielc1978 😂😂😂😂

[@artillerest43rdva7]

brings back memories, but for the DDT spraying that was usually down south.

[@chopper680]

one of the things we who grew up in this era can be thankful for is we are the lasdt gengerations without all the cameras

[@j_p_jr.487]

I almost shot my eye out, but I learned about the physics of a ricochet.

[@exrep0182]

Thanks. That was fun!

[@dkwoodsy2082]

Of all the vids I’ve seen on this channel, this one hits closest to home for me! I was involved in every one of these things!

[@tracyjones4346]

We played with Lawn Darts and bows and arrows. No bicycle helmets, knee pads, elbow pads. Those scars are badges of honor to this day.

[@ant-1382]

Those DDT trucks wow!! My mom would keep us indoors when they were out. We could only watch from the window as the other kids played in the fog. We were so hard done by because we weren't having any fun. Thanks mom!! You had a for-site that most didn't. And now that I'm in my 60's I'm glad you did.

[@kenchristie9214]

Be thankful your mother had sense. DDT was the forerunner to Ester 2,4,5T, better known as Agent Orange. I can guarantee most of those who "played in the fog" developed respiratory and heart diseases, which would have been further exacerbated if they were idiots who smoked.

[@richisixx]

Born in 64. Used plenty of Dirt Band-Aids, and Walk it Off first Aid. Oh and dont forget "let the dog lick it". 😂😂 tha good ole days huh?

[@Susan-j9z]

Oh my God! Let the dog lick it! I had totally forgotten that one. And we got banged up so much our dog Butch" had a full time job!

[@NealB123]

I once made a battleship out of a huge cardboard box and a lot of duck tape. Sailed it in a nearby pond. For about a minute. Then it turned into the Titanic. 🤣

[@marlenegreyling8620]

It's so sad to see little kids and youngsters of today sitting indoors with their cellphones and tablets. They do not know how to play as we did. Longing for those long gone days of innocense.

[@mmg8823]

Fundraisers like Girl Scout cookies. Ten year olds went door to door alone, being out for hours unsupervised.

[@BettyR-qd2zr]

When we were in the 5&6th grade we had to sell an egg door to door to make money for our class. I'm from a very small town.

[@kidavis3386]

OMG! Yes! I was 12 when I went door to door collecting for March of Dimes, going right into the homes of strangers if they asked me to step in because it was pouring rain. Same year, selling donuts (Krispy Kreme originals, 69-cents a dozen!) door-to-door as a school fundraiser.

[@StarFleet_Tech1701]

Kids were made of tougher material before 1987 than the weaklings kids from the 1990 to today!

[@PaulNelson392]

A lot of the blame for that would go to the parents of the kids born after 1990. And those parents would be the same kids that grew up in the 60’s 70’s and 80’s. Maybe some of that is an overcompensation for the lack of parental supervision we had when we were growing up.

[@gregggoss2210]

I experienced most of these things growing up in the 60's and 70's. I wouldn't trade any of these experiences for anything.

[@susancorvalan6765]

Dear RR man, thanks for another stroll down that old memory lane. We made wooden scooters out of wood scraps, crates, metal skates. Yes, the skates that required a key to fit over my leather oxfords. A few nails and the claw hammer from dad’s work bench gave us days of fun!

[@Rocker5005]

Hello there, 62 years old here, and I remember those good ol 70's when we took chances and had more fun back then. 1. making bike ramps with plywood and cinder blocks. 2, riding on open tailgates down dusty country roads. 3. swimming in creeks, not knowing what was in the water. 4. getting pulled by a pickup on snowy roads while riding on an old car hood. Doing these things today could get the parents arrested for child endangerment!

[@wolfpacva]

And almost everyone survived. Today they shoot each other with real guns and kill each other.

[@Nanooky]

exactly. fights were just a good old dust up of throwing hands. Those watching were entertained, and everyone went their way when it was over. No knives or guns.

[@LtJackboot]

Greed and pride mixed with drugs and money. Our folks beat most of that stupidity out of us and when that didn't work there was always a BUTTLOAD of chorin to do.

[@Ferd414]

Odd you should mention that - Back when I turned 10, I was thrilled to death to join the "Has a real rifle" club - It and a pocket full of ammo went to school with me regularly, just like 10-15 other kids in my homeroom, and got parked in the coat-room. Then on the walk home, I'd pick off bunnies and squirrels that dad would clean, and mom would throw in the freezer until there were enough to make a "worth the effort" batch of stew. In all the time I was in that school district, the only "gun related" injury was Eric Mallenfant running for the bus and fumbling his rifle - Came down butt-first on his big toe, made a properly gruesome blood-blister under the nail, and made it fall off, then grow back all croggled - he showed it off to the girls for the "Ewwwwww!" factor for almost 2 years before it finally grew back completely normal.

[@davidthebest3443]

Stfu people definitely shot each other in the 80s for the love god most 90s raps are about shooting

[@rhymereason3449]

You don't know what you're talking about... child deaths and severe injury from accidents was much higher back then...

[@carlchapman4053]

Catapult fights with acorns or conkers as ammunition, that was our rule "No Stones, only plant based ammo" It really made gooseberry season fun! Born in 74 and never had a broken bone in my life, a sh!t ton of minor injuries yes, but no broken bones.

[@monkeygraborange]

I’ve watched this twice already, and will be sending it off to my friends with one small caveat… this was our experience growing up in the 60’s! By 1970 I was starting high school so maybe stopped paying attention.

[@kidavis3386]

There’s a suster video fir the 60s.

[@GuitarLessonsBobbyCrispy]

When I was about four years old in the early 1970's, I was sliding down a metal slide in a park. The distance from the end of the slide to the ground was about 12 inches. I slid off and landed straight on my tailbone! I sat there and cried and cried, and to this day I still think of the pain whenever I see a slide in a park. But I survived, lol.

[@sherw7635]

" The freedom to roam"..😂 Ahhh yes!

[@sennystumpf2325]

hell yeah

[@diannelavoie5385]

All over the neighborhood and then some. Have bike, will travel.