GEN Z KID Reacts To DANGERS KIDS IN THE 60S IGNORED! (You’re JOKING!)

[@Reba-123]

Born in the 50s safety was NOT ignored ..we actually were taught about dangers and had common sense’.. and guess what me and my friends are still going strong in our 70s

[@CheekieCharlie]

Sounds like you were the lucky ones. How many died from lead, asbestos, baby powder, oil in the water, being left out alone for predators to snatch....just remember that you just didn't know about things as much back then, newspaper and radio were very local, so you just had no way of knowing how many kids went missing, especially the undesireables

[@Sithdog-z3t]

I was born in the fifties and wouldn't change a thing about my childhood. Many of the things you showed were totally normal. We had recess on concrete playgrounds with monkey bars, metal slides, and swings that flew high. A broken arm or leg was a mark of honor and everyone signed the cast. We played outside till our Moms made us come in for dinner. We were happier than the kids seem to be today. True, there were accidents and tragedies but we grew up strong and confident. I'm 72 now and still able to do day hikes and continue living my life, including risks.@@CheekieCharlie

[@user-Danswife]

​​​@@CheekieCharlie😮what are you talking about? More kids are in danger and disappear or get hurt or die because of the internet and no discipline.

[@adelaidemarie]

@@Reba-123 @CheekieCharlie most were lucky. There is more danger now than there ever was back then

[@blessed7404]

Our gun safety was getting our butt's whopped if we pointed our guns at each other. I'm not talking about play guns either. We had .22 pistols and .22 rifles. We couldn't play with shotguns. They were dangerous. Lol.

[@moonglow630]

Now you know why we call young people snowflakes. We’re tough!!

[@MD-zd5so]

The sixties might have been dangerous , but it was the best time to grow up . The freedom we had will never be understood by any other generation .

[@HybridCultureDave]

We had more freedom as kids than most adults in the US have today.

[@chuck4153]

We played outside all day. You just had to be home when the street lights came on. You ate dinner as fast as you could so you could get back outside to play. Whoever was ahead when it got dark, won. Dogs had no leashes, they just ran around with the rest of the kids. Survive? We thrived!

[@LawrenceGrant-b6p]

I grew up in the country. My dad worked nights so we had to either be very quiet or go outside. We were mostly outside roaming through the woods. Mom never knew where we were. She had to use a cow bell to call home for supper.

[@lesliesylvan]

I had forgotten about the dog packs. Scooted up a tree more than once!

[@lindalou6105]

We weren't stupid. We knew we couldn't fly...don't know who these kids were. And strictness in Catholic schools was good...glad I had 8 yrs of it. I don't know anyone that played with Mercury.

[@nancykaminski8600]

Me, too. In the summer I was out of the house on my bike at 9 am. You went home at noon for lunch (the town blew a noon siren) and went out until dinner at 6 (one of the neighbor moms rang a big bell for her kids, but we all went in to our dinners). Then outside again until curfew at 9:30. I could ride my bike anywhere and no adults cared. It was wonderful!

[@LawrenceGrant-b6p]

Where I lived we did not even have street lights. Mom called us home for dinner with a cowbell for dinner.

[@anitamiller2695]

I just asked Google how many babies were born (in the USA) between 1955 and 1970. The answer is 41 million. Then I asked what is the US population of people aged 55 to 70. The answer 47million. Granted some of those are people who have immigrated but overall, not that many of us (I am 74) died due to that "dangerous " time period. It wasn't that dangerous. People today are just wusses. We were tougher and proud of it.

[@MJM1309]

We were not afraid of anything and would try anything.. Believe it or not It was a great time to be a kid. We were given freedoms that you would never get today.

[@evabilinski1630]

Fact 💯 😂😂

[@holland9199]

Yes

[@73cidalia]

And because of it, a lot of kids died or were maimed. It's the reason why kids have less freedom today.

[@MJM1309]

@@73cidalia You missed the point. Sure in hindsight you can say that but at the time things were different. It may be because of this helmets and all that came into existence. Even if they at the time said hey wear that helmet while riding your bike. We would as soon as we got around the corner take it off. We smoked in planes and restaurantes movie theaters. We never wore seatbelts. We hung on the back of cars so we could go faster on our roller skates. We would sled down hills without helmets and knee pads, IT WAS FUN. But as an adult now i wouldn't let the kids do any of the stuff We did. Most kids would not jump off of their roofs to see if they could fly. Fear for one thing standing on the edge of the roof looking down. Common sense would be another. If a kid thought like that I would get him or her some help now a days.

[@Here4TheHeckOfIt]

It was ignorance, not freedom. People back then just didn't know better until many deaths took place

[@adelaidemarie]

The vast majority of us are still here.

[@lesliesylvan]

Very few met a Darwin effect.

[@SFCBecky]

Yes. Also our cars weren’t made out of plastic so didn’t fall apart at the least little bump either.

[@ruthgentry-r3u]

67 years and still going!! My Mom was my seat belt. She would throw her arm across my body, to protect me. There were other things I did that my parents had no idea. I'm lucky to be alive!! I wouldn't give up my memories for anything. ❤🎉😊

[@73cidalia]

In a high-velocity crash, a mother's arm isn't strong enough. Many found out the hard way.

[@garytrew2766]

Hey 65 and right there with you ❤😂

I think every mother in America during that time had that right arm barrier flung out over their kid in the passenger seat on autopilot! 😆

[@SandraMarkham-mq7hs]

I’m 70 and I hear you. I would love to go back to the innocent days. Could take cookies, pop corn balls etc while trick or treat. Played outdoors till porch lights flickered on and off. Slide down canyons on cardboards. When have you seen o marbles and jacks; hopscotch, hide and seek. I miss it so much‼️❤️

[@user-Danswife]

@@73cidalia ..really? How many? You realize don't you that speed limits were slower and interstates were not the usual mode of travel. Instead it was beautiful roads like route66 that took us through beautiful rural America. Its where the phrase "out for a Sunday drive" came. Wonderful times with family in the back of a station wagon or the back window ledge of a Ford.

[@cherrypickerguitars]

I went from toddler to teenager in that decade! Did everything in this video! Even had a mercury thermometer break in my mouth! Still going strong at 68!

[@CheekieCharlie]

Wow! You're so lucky! Good to know you survived

[@misslora3896]

I was born in 1969. All of this was pretty much the same for those of us who were children during the 70s. The majority of us were fast learners though. If we got burned or injured doing something, it usually only happened once. Our parents knew that too, so rather than a lecture us about safety, they'd typically just respond with, "Well, you won't do that again, will you? " often as they were cleaning and bandaging our wounds. Kids need to be allowed to play independently and get hurt sometimes, it's a crucial part of their development... things like reasoning, independence, self confidence, and self-reliance. 💛

[@CheekieCharlie]

This still happens now. Just less lead and...lawn darts.

[@Here4TheHeckOfIt]

Isn't that sweet! Of course if your kid dies you can't have such a sweet exchange can you?

[@misslora3896]

@Here4TheHeckOfIt Well, let's see... My kids are 36 and 31. So, clearly they survived being raised the same way I was... I didn't lose a single childhood friend growing up and have never known anyone who did. We tend to be proud and show off our physical scars from childhood because there's so much we learned while earning them. Something you clearly will never understand.

[@Here4TheHeckOfIt]

@@misslora3896 You don't believe in helicopter parenting. I understand now. Things often get misinterpreted online! I get it - I was raised the same way - biking for hours even two or three cities over, doing dumb stunts here and there just to see if it can be pulled off. Yeah, kids are highly regimented these days. And the electronics don't help. Even tech leaders won't allow their kids to have phones all of the time. Kids really aren't exploring as much these days. The amount of psychos out there is one of the reasons this is the case. I live in a large metro area and attempted kidnappings are a thing. Just kids walking home and some pervo comes along... Luckily most attempted kidnappings are unsuccessful. There were vigilant citizens around. And a year ago, there was a school shooting one city away. Thank God no injuries/no deaths. Again, people were vigilant and put a stop to it before things got ugly. I wish the kids today could have what we had. Spending time outdoors until sundown in the summer, exploring and such without a care in the world. Drive-in movies. Being with friends, being innocent kids. No social media. It was a great time looking back now. It was a carefree childhood.

[@Here4TheHeckOfIt]

@ You don't believe in helicopter parenting. I understand now. Things often get misinterpreted online! I get it - I was raised the same way - biking for hours even two or three cities over, doing dumb stunts here and there just to see if it can be pulled off. Yeah, kids are highly regimented these days. And the electronics don't help. Even tech leaders won't allow their kids to have phones all of the time. Kids really aren't exploring as much these days. The amount of psychos out there is one of the reasons this is the case. I live in a large metro area and attempted kidnappings are a thing. Just kids walking home and some pervo comes along... Luckily most attempted kidnappings are unsuccessful. There were vigilant citizens around. And a year ago, there was a school shooting one city away. Thank God no injuries/no deaths. Again, people were vigilant and put a stop to it before things got ugly. I wish the kids today could have what we had. Spending time outdoors until sundown in the summer, exploring and such without a care in the world. Drive-in movies. Being with friends, being innocent kids. No social media. It was a great time looking back now. It was a carefree childhood.

[@PatCummings_aka_DrPat_Reads]

I am one of 11 children in my family, all of us were allowed the freedoms you describe, and all of us are still alive and doing well. The big differences came from being expected to follow instructions, think about consequences before acting, and riding in cars being driven at much lower rates of speed, on much less crowded roads, by adults who drove with courtesy and respect for others around them. I feel sorry for children today, hemmed around with safety barricades by fearful parents from the generation following mine.

[@73cidalia]

Survivor bias. Many did not survive. It's why things changed.

[@maryrudelich9000]

That’s because parents are having a lot less kids these days.

[@iahelcathartesaura3887]

YES! To think about consequences before acting etc!

[@iahelcathartesaura3887]

​​​​@@73cidaliathat's true too in a lot of cases, but going to the opposite extreme is a horrible huge abysmal mistake. And it has been engineered on purpose to make a soft, mentally emotionally ill, timid, scared generation that the government can control.

[@marshaquinn8811]

It was a good time to be a kid. I think it is why my generation is no so easily offended by everything

[@jillday2955]

I was born in 1962. I did all of these and more! We made blowtorches using hairspray and lighters to melt toy soldiers in retaliation against the guys who would use fireworks to blow up jars that we had bugs, toads, etc., to show that they liked us. Smoking took place on planes, busses, in hospitals and in most businesses, not to mention that our mothers both smoked and drank during pregnancy. We used to jump off of the garage, sometimes with a towel pinned to our tops too. #GoodTimes

[@DianeLake-sw3ym]

I. forgot about the blowtorches - thanks

[@jolynngood2746]

We jumped off a garage roof onto a stack of rusty bed springs. It was fun. I wouldn’t change my childhood for anything.

[@Linda-v8d]

Usually our Mothers held us in their laps while Dad drove until we could walk and then we sat in the back seat. Always climbed up and layed in the back window.

[@misslora3896]

Or in the middle of the bench seat between mom and dad. That was probably the safest we ever were in the car because we got 2 arms flung in front of us when they hit the brakes hard.

[@wpeale71341]

My Dad did not drive. My mother taught me to drive automatics when I was 6 and my friend's dad taught me to drive column shift and stick when I was 8. I was driving a willy's jeep around in my friends family fields before I was even 12. I don't remember the family car even having seatbelts before 1975. Even after we had them we never even used them until the police actually started actively enforcing it. I rode in truck beds and in the back window area by choice all the time as a kid.

[@georgiaalsip5150]

I’m 68 and did all of this and more!! We loved our lives back then. I wouldn’t trade my childhood for a minute!! We hopped boxcar trains even. Swam in creeks, I remember one time shining dimes with mercury from a broken thermometer. I remember collecting pop bottles from the trash & walking to a small grocery store, turning those bottles in for a sack full of penny candies. I had 7 older brothers & sisters. Our memories are absolutely priceless to us now!!

[@ellenstrack6274]

68 yr old here and I lived through it all,.. . And lived to tell the tale. Riding in the back of the station wagon. The back of the pick up truck. My friends and I at 12 and 13 would grab the train in our town down to the beach and then my Mom would come pick us up mid afternoon. No cell phone, just instructed to "stay together". We did always stay near the lifeguard and knew them snd they watched out for us. I did that once with the car. Backed out of the driveway crossed the road and bumped into the neighbors car. Never hitchhiked, but we use to pick up hitchhikers occasionally. Sisters of Mercy were the worst.. Lived through it all...with my friends.

[@rodgerbroadway5555]

Teens these days wouldn't last a month back then. If they did, it would be because they were afraid to go outside & hid in the house.

[@lesliesylvan]

I took the train to Yankee Stadium or Shay, alone or with friends. Sti) here @ 75

[@ACCER]

It was the same in the 70's and most of us have not only survived but we thrived. Interestingly, we have lower rates of mental health issues, obesity issues, and are extremely resilient. We learned about moderation, out health was good then and now because we grew up walking and biking everywhere.....and as adults most of us still swim, garden, play golf, play tennis, and still walk a lot of places that those born in the late 80's on will drive to instead. We also cook more at home......instead of fast food. All of that helps. Big fan of yours. You are awesome!

[@Spring-hs2ud]

A lot of this is hyperbole. I was a child of the 60s and I did not fill up on sugar and pop. Breakfast was cooked, generally eggs toast and milk or juice. Lunch was often things like roast beef or meatloaf sandwiches ( left over from previous night dinner) a piece of fruit, thermos of soup. We did not know about seat belts and yes I’ve slept on the ledge under the rear window. I played outside all day riding bikes, skipping rope, playing jacks and hopscotch. Every parent in a neighborhood watched out for all the kids and would reprimand neighbor children as well as their own and reported behavior to the child’s parents. We did family road trips across the US almost every summer in a car with no air conditioning. We addressed adults as Mr. Or Mrs. So and so, madam or sir never by their first name. It was a good time, generally safe, with wide open opportunities.

[@kerriniemi]

Very true! Or eating fresh vegetables out of the garden that was in the back yard I definitely felt like I had a community, and could go to anyone's door and ask for help if I needed it ✌️🐦‍🔥✨

[@pete56]

I think there s more sugar in foods now than there was then.

[@rhondahankins4026]

Definitely agree with you on all that, except where I grew up, we hiked back into the mountains for a couple weeks for our summer vacation. We lived off fish we caught and any berries that might be on the bushes. But ya, we didn’t live on junk. We only had soda pop on 4th of July and we ate real food that we raised, grew, gathered or hunted.

[@lesliesylvan]

And we had a family 👪 structure, at least, with strong dads

[@DianeLake-sw3ym]

There were five of us kids. We usually had cereal or toast for breakfast and a bologna sandwich or maybe canned soup. And that was true for most of the kids in my neighborhood. Mom did not have time to make fancy breakfasts like eggs and bacon, etc. Sometimes on the weekend she would make pancakes or waffles. That was because dad was home to help. And my mom would make good suppers just like the kids in my neighborhood had as well. On Sundays it was usually grilled cheese and soup. Like you I was outside all day. Daredevil on a bike going down the hill and putting my feet on the handlebars. We climbed as high as we could the trees. We played and ran all day long. The neighborhood kids, we all played together. We got into all kinds of things. Like when they were building these new duplexes down the street. One day the workers were not there and ran through the house and off the balcony onto the pebbles that was piled up. I went first and did not realize there was a new sliding glass door to the balcony and crashed that off along with me and both went into the pebbles. I was not hurt. Just startled.

[@carolgrosklags8933]

I lived through those days. I'm 71 now 😀

[@corinnastrouse7544]

The amazing thing is we lived with all of these “harmful” substances and were much healthier than people today.

[@richardmartin9565]

I grew up in the 50s. Fear was not a stopper. If you were alive then, you'd probably do the same things. Were all products of our times.

[@bettyjones3317]

Standing in the back of a pickup truck, while driving down the road, was thrilling. I climbed the town water tower at nine years old. It was a time 9f freedom, and no government interference. It was wonderful.

[@dodismith4046]

I drank out of hoses, jumped off a 1 story building, ate lots of sugar daily, and didn’t use seat belts. There were less cars, and luckily, never injured, although I was riding with someone and she put the car into reverse instead of forward and the car went down an embankment! That was scary! I had just closed the passenger window, too!! I’m 70 years old and loving life! I did change most things with my kids, and they took advantage of a healthier lifestyle. BTW, doctors would be smoking when they came in the exam room, too. I loved how the obese ones would tell you to lose weight… Fun!!

[@aarondesrochers5172]

The driver's arm, usually my mom's, was my safety device. No seat belts and my "car seat" was the car's actual seat.

[@TexasDonna-xu6fq]

Yes the one arm seat belt when the brakes were applied!!!!

[@debbievans3481]

And we layed in the back window! Would beg to go over a bump in the road so we would jump in our seats. Laughing like crazy!!

[@TexasDonna-xu6fq]

@ The back window was my favorite place! I can still the warmth from the sun!

[@sherryjoiner396]

I was born in 1955. We had guns all over the house, but we didn't play with them (unless we were going hunting). We were taught about what was dangerous. Played with fire, snakes, chemistry sets, gunpowder. I'm still here!

[@lesliesylvan]

And we all had B B guns and sling shots

[@sherryjoiner396]

@lesliesylvan We sure did!

[@DianeLake-sw3ym]

We did not have guns. Nor did anyone in the neighborhood that I know of. Guns were not a big deal back then. There was not a gun culture like today. No one really cared or thought about guns.

[@sherryjoiner396]

@DianeLake-sw3ym You are probably right about the gun culture. We had them for hunting, where I live everyone had them. It wasn't intended to impress anyone, just basic tools. I lived in a rural area of Texas, so it was pretty common.

[@marleneeisnor9719]

We never had car seats… or seat belts…. Rode in the back of pickups.. played on rooftops…. Played in boxcars till they started moving and jumping out before it was going too fast.. hitchhiking with strangers. And some other unmentionable antics

[@papercup2517]

Ah, those unmentionable antics... life was so much fun, most of which we devised for ourselves; we didn't have it fed to us off a little screen

[@MJM1309]

So much of this I did Atlantic City every year. Walking in storm tunnels. This brings back some fond memories we were fearless.

[@rhondahankins4026]

I’m a 60’s child. I am now in my 60’s and I had never seen a seat like the one they showed for infants in a car. We were just laid on the seat. We didn’t view things as being dangerous in that we needed to be kept from getting hurt. If you stuck a finger in a plug in socket, you learned - it bites and you didn’t do it again. If you touched a hot stove you learned it was hot. Then if someone older than you said- that’s hot, you knew not to touch it. We had such fun and adventurous lives. I wish all you younger folks could have had the same wonderful lifestyles we did. Yes there were hardships, but that’s life. 🙂

[@beverlystufflebeam5731]

Those of us that grew up during that time… just consider it a great time to grow up. And we think of it as survival of the fittest! The over protection of kids now allows them to be weak and whiny!

[@MJM1309]

I did that my father bought home some Mercury in a bottle and we played with it in our hands. It was heavy and it always would revert back to a ball if you pressed on it. Life was a lark lmao. I'm 70 now.

[@wpeale71341]

We got ours from the thermometors that would break or when Dad would change out the thermostat for the heater in the attic and we got the old one to play with. A small amount of research taught me that the mercury thermostat found inside the plastic housing had other interesting usages if I kept it intact instead of breaking it open. Common firecrackers were really fun to annoy the neighbors with as well. Cherry bombs and M80's I am looking at you!

[@tx_1]

We used to break the thermometers to play w/it.

[@rhondahankins4026]

I still have my beads of mercury from when I was a child. I had a cousin who was much older and had a gold claim back in the mountains, when he came down to town to cash in what he had panned he would bring us something always. It may be a carving he had made or a toy he had made, but one year he gave each of us kids little tiny jars with beads of mercury in them and showed us how fun it was to play with in your hand.

[@debidallacosta5736]

I was born in the 70s, but as the youngest of 3, this still described my childhood. My mom would put our bassinet in the backseat until we could sit up; then she had a seat almost identical to the one in the video. I fell out of our van onto the driveway at about 9 months old when she forgot something in the house and left the door open going back in to get it. They were definitely not secure. Fortunately kids are resilient. There is also a picture of my dad riding his 10 speed bicycle with me on his shoulders. I was a toddler. And of course, no, we had never heard of safety helmets…I was sitting on his shoulders while he rode his bike through the neighborhood. Those were some crazy times.

[@user-Danswife]

Born in the 60's loved my upbringing. Miss it🥲

[@claudiayates7621]

Born in 56, school in 61, HS in 70, college in 74, carreer (vs just job) in 80. I actually wish I had been born about 1950; childhood would have been close to the same, HS would be 1964-68, college 68-72

[@user-Danswife]

I have a love of the 1940's. My mom was a war baby, born in 1944 and didn't even meet her dad till she was 2. (She was due the week he was shipped off to Germany to fight.)

[@suepoole8323]

I'm now 73, so yes we survived never gave things a second thought it was just natural everyone did it. I'm in UK, rode pillion on motor bikes, no helmets or leathers, no seat belts in cars, rode in a sidecar, protected only by soft toys when my uncle helped us move house.. lol.. I still get up to mischief now. Sugar was not huge here in UK, remember we learned a lot from rationing in the war.. America never faced these things they had no rationing.. I had a glow in the dark alarm clock and wrist watch, We were encouraged to use our imagination, to get out see things and do things, we got cuts, grazes etc, a dab of TCP and a plaster and back out, we were made different, my kids had outdoor adventures during the 80's and I still take my grandkids outdoors, they would rather 'play indoors' video games and virtual friends, no way to experience the real world.

[@Reba-123]

Yep I’m 72 and in UK and agree with all you said … our parents taught us to use our brains and our common sense … mum also used to send me to the local shops for things from the age of 3

[@JoPerry-by3wd]

I'm in the US. I didn't experience rationing, but my mom did during the WWII. She was one of the little girls who wore dresses made from flour sacks.

[@DianeLake-sw3ym]

There was rationing in the US. There were stamps given so you could get so much coffee and eggs, etc. We also had Victory gardens where either a person in their yard or a neighborhood would plant veggies.. There were also many recipes on how to make meals from nothing. Now there are cookbooks with those same old recipes. They also had round ups in parts of the towns or cities where you could give tires, etc for need rubber. Metal things. Kids gave up loved toys to help in the effort.

[@TheLightbright01]

We did have rationing. I still have some of the ration books. The 1's I have have coupons for coffee, flour, and cornmeal. Another had beans, sugar and dried meat.

[@evabilinski1630]

I was born in the 60s. Everything you are watching is true 😂. If me or any of my siblings got hurt. We were told to walk it off😂

[@aarondesrochers5172]

Right, none of us were killed we all made it. Who needs full use of their left arm? I know I don't. 😁

[@LawrenceGrant-b6p]

Road rash from crashing your bike was a badge of honor.

[@evabilinski1630]

Rub some dirt on it. 😅. I'm 60 years old and had a lot of broken bones, but survived it all. 😊😂

[@claudiayates7621]

Road rash from laying your motorcyclr down on a curve in the rain means a night of picking gravel outta your leg and hand. Shoulder too, if ya forget yer jacket.​

[@georgiancrossroads]

I think it's interesting that Gen Z looks back at the past and worries about all of the physical danger surrounding the children of the day. But I think when people in the future, if people can retain their sanity, look back at now, they will be absolutely astounded by the mental dangers we willingly face through our digital social media landscape. I much prefer the physical dangers of my own childhood, to the weight of mental dangers we now take as normal and are subjecting our children to when we hand them screens as soon as we can to distract them from... reality.

[@celticcello]

I was one those kids that survived these times. This is reflective of the time. One of my favorite memories was to lay in a drainage ditch near my house. I loved the fresh rain water flowing over my body. This drainage ditch with safer than others because it had a concrete barrier just about 100 ft feet down from where I usually played. It wasn't uncommon to want to replicate your favorite tv show. Mine were Star Trek and Man from Uncle. I didn't jump off things but I did run around in bushes with unknown things in them. One of the dangers not covered were the metal roller skates. They would fall apart and throw you off down at a moments notice. If you had brothers they would take your metal skates apart. They would take a board and put the front half of the skate on the front and the back on the rear of the board. This was origin of the skateboard. Talk about danger! Those metal skates half's were always breaking. My brother Ken got a compound fracture when the front wheels of the skateboard popped off pitching the board itself into the ground. He went flying forward. We somehow survived it all

[@wanderer0617]

My brothers used skate wheels and a board to make skateboards, too! I wiped out on one. I remember it was very wide 😅

[@celticcello]

@wanderer0617 My sister Sue and I were allowed on it but only if we sat on it. Ken lied about what happened for years but my parents really only knew anyway. They just just chose not to push it. Soon after my brother's broken arm the skateboard was completely banned.

[@wanderer0617]

@celticcello crazy times!

[@md.sinister619]

Ridden in the back of the truck without thinking of the dangers

[@tammymyers9828]

When your raised in that era its normal to us. It made us stronger and independent more so than the current generations. Thank you for the memories ❤

[@bettyjones3317]

The children of today, have been taught to fear everything. My children are in their mid forties and fifties, and they were not raised to be scared. I really don't know how this happened.

[@carolthorson7854]

By overprotective parenting and laws. They no longer take responsibility for their own safety, have no awareness and expect everyone else to be responsible for their safety. I think that is why they complain about everything and always think the government is not doing enough instead of telling them to get out of their lives.

[@christophers4162]

Cars did not have anti-lock brakes either so stopping a car was a lot different. I did all of them and had a great time. Man up!

[@p00kaah]

I grew up in the 60s and a lot of this reminds me of my childhood. There were sugary drinks and sweets etc but they were rare treats and I do not have diabetes. I sat in the front seat of my Dad's car and once ended up under the dashboard when he had to slam the brakes on but I was OK. I lived in a house with 3 smokers in a cold region of the UK (so the windows were almost always closed). The ceiling had to be painted white every year because it turned yellow from the smoke. I was sent to buy the cigarettes for my Grandma who lived with us. I never took up smoking and I'm nearing 70 with no lung problems. I played with mercury at school too - great fun! I loved my childhood and the best thing was that after I started school my play was NEVER supervised. Dangerous? Maybe but we were so free. I wouldn't change my childhood for a more safe one.

[@DanasGardenRetreat]

I told my son this morning I would be standing in the cold at the bus stop by myself and my hair would be frozen … he was in shock 😂🧊

[@pamelachappell1089]

I'm from the southern part of the US. Riding in the back of a pick up truck was such fun! We ll did that.

[@iahelcathartesaura3887]

I'm still here! Born in 1962. We were taught how to pay attention to physical reality, how to judge weights, speed, gravity, direction, danger and other intelligent things that we used to experiment (often wildly!) and often stay safe. That way we could have freedoms to experiment and do the ESSENTIAL thing psychologists call reality testing! Which leads to courage and intelligence, ability and joy! Eating the sugar was very very bad though. Not all the things we did or were exposed to were good!! But we did get to experience physical reality and learned to become adults, to stay safe and keep our own children safe, to touch and jump, to experiment and enjoy physical reality and the outdoors! Which makes you grounded and solid,

[@CAROLFREEMAN-gm7sc]

We walked between huge holes that were filled with pieces of discarded machine parts, played in homemade play schools that were made of pallets and no nails, surfing on a board down old conveyer belt rollers, jumped from high barn lofts into hay mounds (Dad found a pitchfork at the bottom), swung on rusted wire, sat on porch roof tops and looked at the stars...those wer e the days.

[@donnarice9965]

I grew up in the 60s and thought nothing of all of these things. We played outside without a parent watching, rode our bikes all over town and jaust made sure we were home for supper or when the street lights came on. We had no cell phonfes for moms to get ahold of us wither. My brother put the car in neutral in front of the house and it started rolling down the hill. MY father ran after it, dove headfirst into the driver's side and stopped the car with his hand.

[@wanderer0617]

I was born in 1955! The 10th of 11 kids. We played with Lawn Jarts, bottle rocket/roman candle fights. I remember 2 of my brothers having burns from the fireworks. The video didn't mention the Sonic Blaster gun. We had 2. Production stopped because they were causing ear damage. I was in the bathroom with some of my brothers and their friends mixing up whatever they came up with from their chemistry sets in the toilet. I remember hearing sizzling and smelling something bad. I couldn't get out of the bathroom until they left. I remember when the first seat belts came out, and they were over your lap. I smoked on a plane and in movie theaters when I was a teenager and in Catholic high school in the bathrooms. I went to a public high school later and they had smoke holes, where students could smoke in between classes or lunch hour. Sunscreen didn't arrive until the 80s, except zinc oxide. It was baby oil and iodine that we used. I'm very fair Irish/Scottish. I burned every summer. If you had a cavity back then, the filling probably had a small amount of mercury in it. We'd go play around the neighborhood, and our parents never knew exactly what we were doing. On Halloween, we'd walk for miles without an adult, trick or treating with several pillow cases. Lol! 😂

[@tmiklos4]

We didn't wear seat belts too often. I did like lying up by the back window. And later sitting in the back of a station wagon or pickup truck. I played with lawn darts and click clacks. Smokers were everywhere . My parents didn't. My aunt's and uncles did. My brother's shifted our car and it rolled down the street. No injuries no damage. I never got hit or paddled in school, but I had friends that did. Nobody had sunscreen. We all had tans.. It was a wonderful time to be a kid. I only had one major injury growing up.. I had a sled riding accident. I had a ruptured kidney when I was 11. I clipped a tree with my side probably moving between 15 and 20 mph. I was in the hospital for 9 days. And Miss a full month of school.

[@lesliesylvan]

Rode a bicycle with mad abandon!

[@christinawoolley6206]

Oh yes! Swimming in the nearby river on our own, playing on the rope swing and jumping off cliffs. I had to run fast to clear the narrow beach below and tuck up tight so not to break our legs 😹 Every year there were multiple drownings but we knew to relax when caught in a current or whirlpool (hold your breath! It drags you to the bottom then spits you out)

[@sandspurpatch]

There were no seat belts or headrests in the early sixties. We all had BBguns from about 5 years old, my first . 22 rifle at 8. We took salt tablets for football and wrestling. Drank community water with one dipper. Bobbed for apples.

[@bernadettekutch5240]

🧡 I’m 67, born in 1957, so yes, I’m a boomer and grew up during the 60s😊. I did most of those things and so did my brothers. In the 60s we still lived in England, but moved to the USA in 1970, so my 1960s experiences were in England. My dad smoked a pipe our whole childhood and it wasn’t mentioned in the video, but people smoked in the movie theaters too! The clouds of smoke would interfere with the clarity of the movie. I remember my brothers and I burning holes in leaves by using a magnifying glass to concentrate the heat of the sun into a specific place on a leaf😅. We all got crazy sunburns because there was no such thing as sun screen back then. I remember that we had chemistry sets at various times and loved to experiment. We were always trying stunts and climbing trees, etc. and jumping homemade ramps with our bikes and falling off. I still have many scars on my body from those good old days 😂. I’ve also recently been treated for multiple areas on my skin due to past sun damage. It catches up with us sooner or later! One thing I will say (and maybe it’s because I was in England then) is that we didn’t drink soda regularly, (we just called them fizzy drinks) only on special occasions, such as birthdays or Christmas, etc. It was considered a treat! Anyway, I have many happy memories of growing up during that time, so thank you for your great reaction, Jay!🧡

[@carolthorson7854]

I'm in Australia and fizzy drinks were also a treat, same with lollies. Processed food was also foreign. Home cooked meals were the norm. Still it was the best time to be a kid.

[@LawrenceGrant-b6p]

That video doesn't even scratch the surface of what we did. I recall sitting on the open tailgates of pickup trucks and station wagons and watching the road speed by under my feet. For several years my dad's family car was a 1957 Chevy panel van. It had only two seats. Us kids rode in the back. No seats or seatbelts.

[@FinarfinNoldorin]

It was a different world. I could actually play outside unaccompanied by an adult, and never worry about my safety. The only way we heard about crime was to buy a crime magazine that was foreign to us. We had total freedom to grow up and feel safe. No one I knew was ever harmed in any way, and we could go to any neighbor's home and be welcomed. There were real toys in cereal boxes as well as various "gifts" for mom like dishes, or towels. And, then there was the Beatles. Kids had bb guns and would never dream of pointing a gun at someone else. On corners they gave out free cigs. It was an amazing time.

[@minkeytalk]

My brother did not get the message about BB guns because l was shot in the behind by him when l was 8.

[@jodyharnish9104]

We didn't have school shootings back then.

[@toodlescae]

I was born in '61. I was in one of those car seats. My sister gashed her head open on the handle of the glove box when Mom had to brake suddenly. Only mom's arm kept her from worse damage.

[@wpeale71341]

The big difference in our sugar consumption then and your generatkions sugar consumption is that we were hardly inside at all and were outside and very active. Cigarette smoking was initially promited as being good for your health. So EVERYONE was doing it. All of these are very familiar to me as I was exposed to or did them all. My First Chemistry Set built my love for things that go boom. I had a Chemistry set, Woodburning kit, Leatherworking kit, and access to all sorts of chemicals as the storage rooms at school were usually not locked in the classrooms and all the good chemicals were well labeled. Not to mention access to real explosives as well at job sites around the county I grew up in. I rode on freight trains from one town to another as a kid as well. Only got caught and recieved an ass beating for it twice. The whole world was there for our entertainment and exploration. It was as fun as you made it for yourself. And yes, we had no fear.

[@tx_1]

The real sugar wasn't as bad as some of the sweeteners they use in today.

[@rodgerbroadway5555]

I had a wood burning set.

[@karenl7624]

Born in 69, I'm still here! No seatbelts! I used to stand up in the front seat between my parents when I was really small and the "seatbelt" was my Dad's arm if he had to stop fast! He was always a safe driver and only allowed this during driving around town but geeez!! We also rode in the back of pickup trucks! We were just way more free and not afraid of everything. But times were different.

[@claranielsen3382]

Lol we are still here! I was born in 1963. I relate to all of these things. I smoked on a plane I took to Jamaica for my honeymoon in 1990. I don't even remember wearing a seatbelt till 1980. I was always out playing till the street light came on . We had dangerous toys. You name it we probably did it. Great reaction.

[@jillsivertsen6404]

Similar to the seventies. I didn't have what we call a car seat. We ate lots of sweet treats but we played outside all day running climbing riding bikes etc. So there was no obesity issue. We didn't have video games or many tv channels or obviously computers to sit and watch all day.

[@richardbast7243]

We used to argue on who got to ride in the hatchback part of the car. With a big family one could stretch their legs out. Jarts into trees for target practice. Only one to break a bone was the youngest. He rolled out of the top bunk of the bunk bed and hit the dresser on the way down. Broke his collar bone. Asbestos mitigation going on at work. I work in an old, old schoolhouse that had been converted to offices. But they are remodeling but they need to remove the old asbestos. They plastic off the entire working area and it looks like an ICU for deadly disease or something. The asbestos people wear special suits too.

[@corinnastrouse7544]

No sugar limits and we were not obese. Imagine.

[@gargoyleontheroof]

We were allowed to learn the hard way! And usually did! Usually.

[@bboutube7334]

Yup! I was born in 62. All true! I remember talking a nap in the back window of the car… It was fun! 🤣. Sugar was not such a big part of our diet but that’s because my mom was a good cook. But yeah, sugary cereals on weekends for sure! Also, I had a chemistry set when I was 8 or 9. Some mixtures I made actually exploded. Also, I had an easy bake oven. You could get really bad burns baking with it. But it seemed totally normal to us.

[@markrichards6863]

Piling the neighborhood kidsin the back of a pick up truck, on a hot day, to go to the lake was a great fun. So was jumping off the garage roof into the snow, in the winter.

[@Aurora-cv5to]

Born in 1951. Very little sugar, my mom didn't allow it. But the rest? Yep, pretty normal. My mom gave me a little ball of mercury in a small jar. I knew not to eat it, but I'd roll it out of the jar and around in my hands. Cool stuff! Most kids weren't stupid enough to think they could fly. Think about it. Because we routinely fell out of trees and off of monkey bars etc, we KNEW about gravity. What's going to freak you out in the future? Realizing that you're wearing clothes treated with PFAS chemicals to avoid ironing and make them shed water. Bandaids coated with PFAS to keep them from sticking to the wound. Eating everything out of plastic containers and bottles, eating thousands of particles of plastic - with all of the chemicals - with every bite. As for me, I'm 73 and in pretty good health so far. Have eaten real, not processed food most of my life, and got rid of most of the food plastic stuff about 15 years ago.

[@JoPerry-by3wd]

My parents somehow knew the dangers of mercury. I wish I had known about some other things though, like plastics, and processed foods. I have stiff person syndrome. No clues what causes it.

[@Aurora-cv5to]

@@JoPerry-by3wd I'm so sorry.

[@JoPerry-by3wd]

@@Aurora-cv5to hey, but the back then times, how great was that!?! I practically wrote a book in the comments, and barely touched it. 😃👍🏼 I've been having a blast reading all the different accounts of how things were in different environments. Snow forts on the school playground, and after building was done, major snowball battles! 😃

[@bettyjones3317]

I watched superman as a child, but I knew it wasn't real, so I doubt this happened very often.

[@thebug410]

My parents were born in the 50s but were too poor to have toys or any of this stuff. They made their own toys.

[@LawrenceGrant-b6p]

I hear that! I made toy trucks that looked better than Tesla cyber trucks out of blocks of wood.

[@claudiayates7621]

The number ONE toy at the Museum of Play in Rochester NY is... the cardboard box!!!

[@claudiayates7621]

A bunch of cardboard, some tape & glue, some scrap wood, a few nails and felt markers (paint, if lucky) and ya had the world at your fingertips.

[@karladoesstuff]

I had both the Creepy Crawlers thing maker and the Incredible Edibles one that made candy bugs. I burned myself here and there, but it made me more careful. My seventh grade science teacher came around and poured a little puddle of mercury on our desk to play with.

[@wanderer0617]

😂

[@marknewell7509]

Doctors and patients smoked in hospitals and doctor's offices.

[@vincecramer7950]

And that my friend is why I miss the old days there was no censorship they believed that you were old enough to censor your own words that's why your mother taught you what was right and what was wrong and always stand up for your values don't take no b s don't give no B S

[@kerriniemi]

Still alive, somehow over here🧡 Did all these things, and more😊🧡 Early 70's🧡 We appreciate you too, Jay 🧡 ✌️🐦‍🔥✨

[@erobinson988]

I played on the roof of my house when my mother wasn't home.

[@claudiayates7621]

And jumped into the snow drifts.

[@erobinson988]

@claudiayates7621 and leaf piles

[@judithanntoole8900]

Born in 57 @ 10 years old…my friend and I were allowed to take the bus and go Christmas shopping, or roller skating in a city of 120,000. No cell phone just a dime for a pay phone. This was typical…I look back now and it was a special time. In the car I always sat behind my Dad, and would typically stand behind him with my chin on his shoulder. It worked well for me when it was time to learn to drive, it was already in me…and I only needed 2 lessons. I was told you’re ready for your license. We played far from home came home before dark…it was a great time. We learn common sense and you could ask an adult for help. Some stuff wasn’t wise, I played with asbestos and mercury. I’m so glad that I was born when I was.❤

[@mrsme33-cy7lf]

Campare the 1960 kids to the ones from the 1900 s. Theres quite a difference. Im not convinced that life has gotten better that much, just changed

[@pollynicklas5220]

In first grade we actually dipped our fingers in mercury! And in high school did blood typing stuff without gloves. When I saw an orthodondist for braces, he didn't have gloves on either! Kids ran around all summer without shoes with no fear of getting cuts on their feet, and we rarely did! Grew up without a broken bone, in excellent health!

[@amyrissa77]

LOL what you call dangerous we called FUN.

[@LawrenceGrant-b6p]

Exactly!

[@kellypickle]

All that and so much more. You can’t even imagine. I had my first baby in 1981 I was the first person in my family to ever use a car seat for a baby. My mother thought I was being ridiculous and overprotective. I kid you not. You could not put an infant in a car seat because they can’t sit up and that’s the only kind they made. They made these little portable things for us to carry the baby around in, but it didn’t stick into a base in the car we just had to you know, hold them in our lap . How scary is that?

[@vickiandrews4087]

Yep...born in 1952. Rode in the back of a station wagon (we had 6 kids in the family), fascinated by mercury!. Our city park was a playground where we went...on our own...played on the equipment, explored the creeks, had parents that smoked, ate sugary cereal (when our parents would buy it...usually ate corn flakes and rice krispies...not sugar coated). Oh, definitely the tanning as a teenager, using baby oil and Sun In in the hair! We even went to the city pool on our own, never worrying about anything or anyone. However, I grew up in a town where I had a great aunt living across the street, and another one two doors up. The neighborhood was always watching!

[@t.j.payeur5331]

Ever hear the term " mad as a hatter"? The wool felt used to make hats was treated with mercury. The hat makers absorbed the mercury through their skin and it messed up their nervous systems...

[@donnawoods8039]

I remember being outside in the neighborhood until we were called in for dinner. Our parents had no idea what we were doing.

[@guineapigsue7785]

I'm a 70s kid, we all used to sit in the boot of an estate car. Once my cousin took the handbrake off and the car roll away with me in it! I still remember my sister buying a car seat for her baby in 1984 and we were like WTF is that. Our favourite game was chicken played with a pen knife 😂.

[@JoPerry-by3wd]

Oh! I forgot those games. My brother liked playing bloody knuckles with a comb. 😮 😂

[@MsTashaTchin]

You must remember in the 60's our cars were built like army tanks. Today, our cars are built like aluminum cans. We felt very protected. Most accidents barely scratched a fender. I survived both the 50's and 60's unscathed. I'm almost 73 and enjoyed those good times. BTW, if you are looking for a good, old series to watch try The Lone Ranger. It is still running on the television.

[@TexasDonna-xu6fq]

Oh, the memories! We respected our parents! We weren't babied and coddled! I probably did all these things and more and I'm a very healthy 66 year old! I didn't spoil my kids or grandkids and they are doing just fine in this world!

We rode roller coasters at the amusement park with no seatbelt. You just held on tight! 😂

[@ConnieHall63]

I remember being in the car with my dad, standing next to him in the front seat. When he put on the brakes, he would stick his arm out to keep me from falling. I also remember riding in the back of a pick-up truck. We played outside all day...yes, many sunburns! We survived, and we thrived!

[@DEBIJOT45]

Our favorite thing to do in the Summer was to swing from the vines in the trees at the back of our property. We played "Tarzan" all Summer. Still here!

[@sharon8212]

I'm 66 in Canada. I grew up on the farm. We were familiar with dangers in life. We worked around machinery and learned how to work with all kinds of things. Got a wood burning kit, easybake oven and a creepy crawler kit for Christmas. You only got hurt once if at all. I raised my kids the same way as much as possible. Today they know how to use their head. My eldest son is in hot demand and gets many offers for jobs as he is a hard worker and has a brain that is rare these days in younger people.

[@elainelee7250]

I am 61 and spent my teenage years in the 1970's. We was fearless, spent all day on weekends outside. We would ride our bikes all over.

[@jerryburk3269]

I was a child of the 60s. Our cars did not have seat belts. I did ride in the rear window or the back of dads pick-up truck. I had the creepy crawlers set, and a wood burning set. My brother had the chemistry set. We did play with lawn darts, and built ramps so we could jump our bicycles (sometimes over our friends). Helmets and pads were not thought of. We learned to fend for ourselves. We would challenge each other to find our limits and look out for each other. Almost every boy that I knew had a pocket knife and could shoot a gun before they were teenagers. We were self reliant. My friends and I built a tree house a 1/2 mile in the woods that our parents never saw. We learned by trying. Not having safety rules in the way allowed us to try more. One thing we all learned is "STUPID HURTS". Take a chance but don't be stupid.

[@jenniminder1362]

I was born in 1957. It was a wonderful time. When it was time for my dad to come home at night, I would walk up our street which was a long hill and wait for him to give me a long fast ride home sitting on the crossbar of his bike. Sometime I would sit on his handlebars. Never had an accident. Miss you dad!

[@sharis9095]

Born in '67 and running through the culvert tunnels was a blast. About 1/2 way through it would get really dark and you could see the way out but it was just a circle of light and it would start to feel spooky but if you looked back it was just as bad. We'd get in trouble because sometimes the creek would be flowing pretty hard but as long as you could get your feet on the sides, above the water line, we'd run through. What's funny is you kept asking if we did one or two of these things... I remember every one of them, and so many more.

[@sallyintucson]

I was born in “62. If you cut yourself or fell down and got a bruise we often heard “You won’t do that again, will you?” EVERY kid burned their finger on the cigarette lighter in the car. People even smoked in hospitals!

[@LibraOwl]

I fondly remember my Clackers - two purple *glass* balls, each on the end of a string, looped around a metal ring in the centre. You grasp the ring, moving it up and down and gently bringing the balls into a rhythm, then faster and faster, until BAM! The balls are crashing into each other both above and below the metal ring that you're controlling. Funny, only a few shards of glass chipped off of my Clackers. And no one ever said, "you'll put your eye out!" We survived, despite our own best efforts! 😂

[@deborahdanhauer8525]

I did a lot of those things! lol🤗 there weren’t any seat belts in some cars at all. I remember riding standing up all the time until I became too tall and I was in the front seat. If Mom hit the brakes, she threw her arm out to stop me going through the windshield.🤗 I also jumped off the top of the house with an umbrella.🤗 I rode standing up in the back of the pickup truck on the interstate at 70 mph. I had to hang onto to cab to keep from being blown away.🤗 We were feral compared to kids today.🐝🤗❤️

[@JonS0107]

I was born in 55 (I just turned 70). So my age in the 60s was from 5-15. In 1962 we were living in Tucson, AZ. And at the age of 7 my brother and I would go out in the desert behind our house and collect every poisonous insect and snake we could find. We had all the popular toys that are now banned. But we learned at an early age to be careful. I have to say my mom was careful to watch what we ate. Sodas were limited to a single glass on the weekend, or limited treats.

[@richardmartin9565]

I played with Mercury until i discovered how tough it was to play with.

[@Gulicktheemu]

I’m a 60’s kid and we had a hella good time before all the goofy rules were put in place. 🧡🧡🧡

[@gavinojdomingueziii7991]

I was playing with lawn darts as a kid in the 1980,s there was a bit of a skill to it.

[@claudiayates7621]

Metal pointed weapon version, or the new (1980s) weighted plastic blunt end ones?

[@ThisIsMeOnYoutube]

I was born in 1963 (a real boomer) and experienced all but two of those things.

[@lesliesylvan]

1950. Experienced nearly all, AND a lot more. . . Glad I did