13 Things from the 1970s, Kids Today Will Never Understand!

There are some things that are unique to the decade that we grew up in. The 1970s was no different, having a distinct style that is easily recognizable, even to newer generations. But aside from the obvious disco and bell bottom trends, there were more minute details that people living during that time will easily recognize. So, here are 13 things from the 1970s that kids today would never understand.
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[@gregthompson9237]

♦️🙂 👈just had to add traditional 'Smile', here • definitely related with content as i turn'd 16 in 1977

[@jat6547]

Me 1981 graduate from grade school / 1985. Graduation HS

[@joerobert-qe9cn]

72 16 years old

[@jat6547]

72. 5 years old

[@joerobert-qe9cn]

@@jat6547 67 years old no bell bottoms or disco duck dancing for me

[@jat6547]

I loved disco. Too young at the time tho. 1979. 12 yrs

[@thetruth7046]

It saddens me to think how our children and grandchildren will never feel the America we had in the 70s.

[@vicepresidentmikepence889]

100% agree. It's sad that Today's generation will never experience Vietnam, Watergate, double digit inflation, high unemployment, and the Iran hostage crisis

[@thetruth7046]

@@vicepresidentmikepence889 And life was still 100 fold better than this world the children are being raised up into now…and you forgot Bay City Rollers.

[@fluffy1931]

Vietnam War was a blast gramps!

[@cindytrayer4279]

@@vicepresidentmikepence889double digit inflation, wars, pos president?? WTF do you think we’re currently living in? This is the worst time in history. And none of your responses could ever change my mind, so don’t even bother.

[@peterjohnson1734]

@@vicepresidentmikepence889 For adults, there were some hurdles, though they weren't unsurmountable, but it was a good time to be a kid and a great time to be a teenager especially when compared to 2023.

[@edwardkim2511]

When I was in High School back in Hawaii in the 1970's, looking back in retrospect, I have a deeper appreciation of the 70's girls and women. No Tattoos, Natural hair color, nice make up. No body piercings.

[@kaysmith5495]

True and most girls and women were not fat. Being fat was rare and fat people were social rejects. But there was no cure for acne or oily hair and young people who suffered from acne were stuck with it. There were few career opportunities for women and even fewer for blacks and latinos. So the 70’s were great for white males of all ages but no one else.

[@cathyt502]

Agree. But, I really loved my Farah Faucett hairstyle :) @@lylecoglianese1645

[@davidbeem184]

Man that was a fun look back in my life, my teens were then. Thanks for the memories

[@johnnada1222]

@@kaysmith5495that’s baloney : affirmative action ( racial preference) was signed into law in 1965 and was in full force so that any halfway “qualified “ minority was pushed to the front of the line . If you weren’t smart enough to take advantage of those major bonus points then you know what they say :” you can’t fix stupid “.

[@ilanamillion8942]

@@johnnada1222 So sad that minorities took positions from those white people who would be too stupid to get into college anyway.

[@waitn4theharpazo]

I was born in '63 but have the best memories starting in the 70's. I miss those days. I still listen to mostly 70's music exclusively.

[@tiffanyroseangeles34]

Love this !😊😊😊😊❤❤❤

[@edwardkim2511]

I still listen to 70's music too.

[@ronniedoorzon1576]

i'm from 66' and love 70's music aswell but i do prefer the 80's music because most new styles were invented in thos years, but that has also to do with my age back then, because in the 80's i grew up from a 13 year old teen to a 23 year old adult, and those were the best years of my life.

[@waitn4theharpazo]

I do believe taste in what decade of music is our favorite does have a lot to do with our age, and when we came of age. Agreed.@@ronniedoorzon1576

[@skylark4901]

I totally agree, I was born in "63" also, I actually found a couple of 70's radio stations apps that I listen to at work from time to time when I get sick of my music or the radio station I usually listen to, I actually switched over to that today! I even have a 50's and 60's station!🍻

[@daveschlom4033]

I was ten in 1970. It was an amazing time to be a kid. I think my favorite aspect was the FREEDOM. I got home from school, got on my bike, rode all around the San Fernando Valley (even heard Hendrix playing at Devonshire Downs though that was just a bit earlier) and didn't have to be home until dark/dinner time. I agree with a lot of you that feel sorry for kids today. Their lives are just way less free than ours were.

[@clairemercier3969]

Yep.

[@Rumplestilskin43]

Ah yes, freedom. We were able to go anywhere as long as it was not in the house during the day. We covered many square mikes on our stingray bikes. Back by dark unless you had permission for later. No worries about creeps. Today, kids don't leave their yards if they go out at all. Parents sit with them in their cars waiting for the school bus to pick them up. We rode our bikes to school or walked miles. No complaints. What a great time it was.

[@covertcounsellor6797]

Wasn’t it brilliant?? Same vintage here. I miss my Chrysler V8 as well.

[@Natureboy1607]

Yes the key word in your comment Freedom !

[@chefscorner7063]

@daveschlom4033 I was born in 63 and raised in the San Fernando Valley also. My hangout area was in the Chatsworth hills off of Topanga Canyon Blvd, doing a bunch of rock climbing which that area is perfect for. The weekends were spent on Sunset Blvd! What a time to be young and alive... EDIT: Wanted to add that I saw Crosby, Stills, and Nash (no young) at a benefit concert 2xs in one night at The Wolf and Rismiller Theater (not sure of the spelling). A night of music and the Devil's Dandruff! LOL

[@mortykai723]

Some of my favorite memories of the 70's not covered in other comments: 1. Riding in the back of the station wagon. Some even had the flip up seat that faced the back. 2. Covering school text books with grocery bags and decorating them. 3. Three ring binders with Led Zeppelin and Kiss emblems drawn on them. 4. Eating as a family. 5. Telephone party lines. 6. Absolute best decade of music.

[@johntiggleman4686]

@scottmorton2927 I tried the grocery bag thing once...it was ok...we could buy covers at our bookstore that had our school letter, "C" and the mascot, a Polar Bear. But that stuff was in the 60s high school. I think we still had a 2 family party line in the late 60s...and then there was the "beep line."

[@jq8974]

The back of the station waggon rocked! And no seatbelts, either 🙌🏽😁

[@reesaserik3759]

@@jq8974 Our car (A 4 door Falcon, with a full bench seat in the back and front) had a back dashboard between the top of the seat and the back windshield. We made a 5 hour drive to see the grandparents, nearly every weekend, leaving at night, after Dad got off of work. We would arrive at grandma's house around Mid Night. So, older brother slept stretched out on the back seat, and I -- much younger -- slept on the back dash, right against the windshield. I love it, because I would fall asleep looking up at the night sky. That was the late 60's. I got to be a teenager in the 70's and it was great.

[@jq8974]

@@reesaserik3759 Awesome story - thank you for sharing ☺

[@m42037]

Now it's ugly SUVs, for the same money you could buy a sweet cool old station wagon again. There's still a bunch of them out there for sale mint or restore one from dry western state's.

[@Signs9]

I graduated from high school in 1972 and went to the best rock concerts throughout the decade! I went to tons of them and the prices were usually under $10.00 for a top band. I sure miss those good times.

[@samanthab1923]

Right? We had a venue right in town that had concerts all summer. Some came back every year. James Taylor, Jackson Browne, Dylan, Crosby & Nash. ⭐️

[@edwardkim2511]

I graduated from high school in 1977. I saw my favorite bands at NBC arena in Honolulu, Hawaii. Foreigner, Kiss, Deep Purple, Eric Clapton, Peter Frampton, Eagles,etc. Tickets were $5.50, $6.50, and $7.50. I sure miss those great times. Good memories !

[@mickikindley7821]

Me too . The price of concert tickets is insane

[@lennomenno]

Lucky. I got drafted.

[@KARIS1961]

I couldn’t afford an $8 Elton John ticket. 😂

[@blackbird5634]

We were free range, we didn't have phones or pagers or tracking of any kind. We played all day outdoors and didn't come home unless it was mealtime.

[@marciayoung8735]

Until the street lights came on

[@larrysouthern5098]

When was a kid back in the 60s and 70s ..my mom would say ."Go ouside and play"...I wold get on my bike..and peddle to the local small airport...stay all day..climbing in and out out of airplanes in the big hanger..talking to pilots that had landed to get avgas..sometimes going up and flying over the town ..seeing my house ..looking at things from a totally different perpestive..the summers were the best..I could spend hours there.. Sometimes it would be dark when I got home.. I will never forget those magical days. It changed my life forever.. I fly planes build planes and do all sorts of things that have to do with aviation ..and it all started when I was a kid.. Great memories!!! 😊❤👀

[@David-ng7cr]

Nice story. 😊

[@michelebenedosso3899]

Beautiful memories… well written too ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

[@aldunlop4622]

I once said to my dad in the 70s "I'm bored", he said "go outside and climb a tree", so I did, and had a gas.

[@jamestrent-nw9zb]

How marvellous...pity about your spolling though.😂😂😂

[@aldunlop4622]

@@jamestrent-nw9zb Spolling?

[@AndNowIWrite]

Yes, we rocked didn't we?!! Natural faces, hair, hip huggers, flared jeans. The music will never go out of style.

[@carolyna.869]

And nobody was fat!! Now today people wear slippers and sweatpants everywhere. It's so sad!

[@northdakotaham1752]

The girls were gorgeous and took alot of time picking the right clothes, fixing their hair and makeup. Nobody wore sports clothes that I recall.

[@nhmooytis7058]

Don’t forget leisure suits. Just kidding forget leisure suits 😂.

[@Bill-wz6tw]

Parachute pants were the rage in the late 1970 and early 1980s also the ones made from ripstop nylon fabrics in weird kinda bright or flourescent shimmery colors that had a ton of pockets that all zipped up with tiny thin zippers @@nhmooytis7058

[@Kritiker313]

Sadly, today some obese women wear tights which is totally incomprehensible.

[@MustardCrow]

As a 17 year old, I would do anything to go back in time so that I can live in and enjoy the 70s.

[@oreally8605]

We had the best time in our lives didn't we? ❤

[@oneeyeddog3045]

It was a pretty special time. I loved playing outside. Hide and seek, tag, duck duck goose. My father was in the military so I always had plenty of kids to play with outside. And Halloween was an absolute blast!

[@mdgraystone]

You’re a smart guy/girl because the 70’s were awesome. The music, movies, school, social scene, technology (or lack of/primitive), etc. I would go back in a second. The 80’s were also great…

[@thebackrooms7511]

@@Lettuce-and-Tomatoes My Dad was a mechanic, our cars lasted to over 300k miles. They don't make them like that anymore, such a shame. Our dryer, fridge were both from 1964. Had them both till my mom passed in 2004. Things just aren't made to last anymore. My Dad fixed both once.

[@frankrizzo4460]

Yes it was a really fun time to be a kid back then, I would never give up those memories for anything. And we'll probably never see that kind of society ever again. I miss those days now more than ever before.

[@TheNyteScrybe]

I wouldn't trade being a kid in the 1970s for anything. What a glorious time to come of age.

[@covertcounsellor6797]

Wasn’t it great? I feel sorry for my son.

[@slackleashdogtraining3598]

My childhood was some of the very best living a human being could possibly live. Not often an easy life, yet so rich, simple, wonderful.

[@uncbadguy]

The phone hung on the wall and fkng WORKED EVERYTIME you tried to use it. Whatta concept.

[@teresajazey524]

Hahahah love it!!!

[@anthonylucero6458]

Saturday Morning Cartoons were the best of times.

[@glennso47]

Cartoons that were on in the late afternoon after school.

[@joesalazar3396]

Looney tunes!!!!!

[@Streeknine]

@@joesalazar3396 Woody Woodpecker was the best!

[@maryisabell8760]

Saturday - CARTOON Day was the BEST !

[@maryisabell8760]

@@joesalazar3396: GOTA’ love LOONEY TOONES ❤️

[@rickalexander2801]

Born in 1957. Childhood in the '60's, teen years and college in the '70's. I'd go back in a heartbeat. I feel sorry for today's kids. They'll never know what they missed out on.

[@dominysynclair]

I don't know, there's lots of stuff online, and some of the comments from the crumb snatchers seem to indicate they have some idea...😎

[@jengsci8268]

I too was born in '57. I remember walking to my elementary school just over half a mile away in the winter, sliding/skating my lunchbox on the ice along the way. Opened my thermos at lunchtime and found broken glass when I poured out some milk. Well, 7yo me took a minute or two to figure out why and how that happened!

[@boblittle2529]

I came along in '56 and just like you was a kid in the 60s and teenager in the 70s. Hell, I'd go!

[@ken85225]

I'm with ya.....born in 56

[@patricktennyson4293]

Same here. I was born in 58 on a small farm in Ireland. A childhood of imagination. Never inside. We created our own wonder world out in the fields and bogs. Chasing trout in small streams and rivers. The never ending summers of the seventies. The sounds of the farmyard. Mass on a Sunday. Discos on the weekend. It wasn’t all fun you had to do your chores but what a great time to have grown up. I feel blessed to have experienced it.

[@jashary15]

I was born in 1960, so I was a typical 70s teen. I cherish the fond memories of that era. It wasn't perfect, but it was much, much different times than the sad times we're living in today.

[@pcoleman3237]

Growing up in the '70s was an endless adventure, we were fearless. It's sad how today's youth spend most if not all their time looking at some electronic screen and have no idea what it feels like to dig in the dirt, build a fort out of scrap wood or catch some air while jumping your bike off a ramp. Sure we got injured, but we slapped a band-aid on the wound and went back outside and continued with the adventure till the sun went down and we were forced to go inside, good times.

[@libbyhicks7549]

Yeah, alot of independence and self determination was fostered in our generation.

[@angelaclements1244]

You grew up in the 70s and because of your age your out of touch with the youth of today

[@georgecash4584]

Out of all of the things I told the grandkids about the 70s , the one thing that blows them away more than anything, was that you could pull up to a station, pump gas and then go pay. They trusted you would pay, and you never thought of not paying, it was just normal trust between people. Really miss those days

[@1337fraggzb00N]

It's still that way in Germany and in the Czech Republic, before paying, you even can drive your car away from the pump to make room for the next customer.

[@davidjones-vx9ju]

in the 70s you pulled up to the pump and they put gas in,cleaned the windshield and check the oil

[@PlasmaMongoose]

​@@1337fraggzb00NYou can also still do that in Australia.

[@neildavis5119]

Still that way in a lot of places in Australia mate 👍 There's even a little gas station near our local area that the owners will pump the gas for you!

[@lpd1snipe]

We were still able to do that here in my part of Florida until about 20 years ago when we got a bunch of lowlifes from other states moving in, and people were taking off without paying for their gas.

[@gonepickin990]

The music was the best in the 70's. Original. No auto-tune BS. Just talent.

[@robertdoble7665]

Like The Sweet.

[@larsedik]

The music in the 60s was much, much better than the music in the 70s. I spent a lot of money on records in the 60s, but I saved a lot of money in the 70s because there was so little music that I wanted to buy - until the end of the decade when punk and new wave appeared.

[@Thurgosh_OG]

@@larsedik However the music of the 80s beats them all (not by much).

[@gonepickin990]

Our musical tastes differ a lot. New Wave and Punk were in the same category as Disco for me. Garbage. Each to his own. My base argument was that back then, 60's and 70's, the majority of the music was not "manufactured". Similar to AI music today. Artists were nurtured and given time to hone their craft now it's we are not interested unless you are already viral.@@larsedik

[@parkerbohnn]

@@Thurgosh_OG The music of the 1980's put all the record stores out of business the music was that bad.

[@MichaelSSmith-hs5pw]

How to scare the new generation of kids today? Put them in a room with a rotary telephone, an analog watch, a television set with no remote, a folded paper map (no gps) a vacuum tube radio with dials on the front, then leave the directions on how to use these things on a piece of lined notebook paper in cursive writing, they will go nuts!

[@joeblow2426]

Tube radios and stereo amplifiers were already relics in the 70s. Solid state, baby!

[@marcc8837]

Class of 1977 Rocks...Peace out man. ✌️✌️✌️✌️ Tom & Jerry to the Road Runner Saturday morning.

[@paullowman9131]

'77 here! Life was great!

[@lauriecalkins781]

78 here!❤️

[@stevesmom9868]

Class of 76 here! Bicentennial year!

[@marcc8837]

@@stevesmom9868 I was supposed to graduate in 76 but my mom was a teacher and held me back. Slow reader. Old now!!!! Take care

[@BradThePitts]

I was a kid of the 1970s and I don't understand why kids back then were for the most part behaved, but nowadays, if you see a well-behaved kid, it stands out.

[@baaamakingbaaaa]

You hit the nail on the head with that one. It used to be the other way around.

[@RepentfollowJesus]

It's because we were afraid of getting a spanking. And we respected our elders.

[@birdsfan57]

Because there is no differention today between the kids and their parents. Most adults act like perpetual adolescents, wanting to be their kid's friends, in everything from jargon, to clothes, to music (have you ever taken a glimpse of some of the middle aged women who accompany their daughters to a Taylor Swift concert?!) to making de-mental, juvenile Tik Tok videos with and without them. Our parents would have never, in a million years, acted or behaved that way. They were mature adults, who behaved as such and they expected the respect of their children, which were happy to give them, as they gave us so much.

[@duckduckgoismuchbetter]

​@@birdsfan57You are PRECISELY 1000 percent correct...in every single regard, for every single point you made in that comment!! 😊👍 And I don't say that online OFTEN or lightly!

[@amberallen2994]

Because we didn't have the internet back then and parents were ACTUALLY parenting.

[@cheaplaughkennedy2318]

It was a really good time and what I miss the most being 65 now is the fact my folks and most of my relatives and friends were still around. I miss them all so much , it just isn’t the same.

[@l.5832]

Right? I have lost all my family, most of my cousins, all my aunts and uncles. I am 64. I thought I would have them longer.....

[@cheaplaughkennedy2318]

@@l.5832 God Bless , I understand 🙏

[@kimerleviccaro1957]

I know, my grandparents, parents and all my aunts and uncles are gone and two of my brothers and I just turned 66 in October. Even some cousins are gone. I miss them, it isn’t the same.

[@cheaplaughkennedy2318]

@@kimerleviccaro1957 sorry for your loss of family and I agree, it really isn’t the same. I have some aunts and uncles left that I talk with once in a while. My wife is the one that really keeps me going.

[@neilm.greenberg4173]

56 years old in NYC...still living in the same building...family is all gone...the old timer neighbors are gone...everyone I grew up with moved away...in a city of 7+ million, feel alone all the time...go to work, and come home to my CDs/DVDs from the 1970's...🤔

[@angimayo4388]

You missed " your mom throwing her arm out to block you from hitting the windshield when she slammed on the brakes!"

[@reneedoiron7560]

Or rolling off the back dash onto your siblings when your father stopped too fast or made a sharp turn. 😆

[@stuartdryer1352]

What I recall from being a child in the 60s and being in high school in the 70s is being pretty free to roam. I rode my bike to school most days, spent most free time outdoors. Your comment about record stores also stimulated great memories. Last thing, I don't get younger folks penchant for self mutilation via tattoos and piercings. But they clearly do, so live and let live. One thing I don't miss from then is tobacco smoke everywhere

[@doormatt4393]

Nothing was rushed in the 70s. Not learning about life or growing up. Kids today have been robbed of the slower pace and the simple pleasures that we enjoyed.

[@libbyhicks7549]

Its true, the days were long and the options were endless. Alot of self determination for us kids then.

[@skylark4901]

I agree, every kid has anxiety today, need to get back to simplicity, only teach what they need to know, let them figure out the rest by themselves.

[@sunshineandwarmth]

You are kidding?Or you are living somewhere about wh idk! The meme around here is "nobody wants to work," and, believe me, nobody does! We have young folks who just fritter away their lives stalking and tormenting ppl and, when you confront or admonish them, they just laugh, like the old Moonies. We think the whole state is on drugs, mentally ill or deficient, ŵas raised by crack moms, or the spawn of Satan. But whatever it is, they sure weren't cheated out of anything, they are given everything and anything they want. It's bizarre, but it's very real. You can talk to kids in college and they go around like zombies, seemingly unaware that they are supposed to be learning, not just drifting through the days. Idk much about drugs but I do know these folks are very much more gone than the pot smokers of the 70s. It's no wonder that our leaders are in their 70s/80s. They may be the last generation w a brain that's still functions at all. Maybe this is why JB is bringing in the Chinese grads who have no jobs in their country. Maybe this whole illegal immigration stunt does make sense. Maybe it's to ensure America will have a future, after all?

[@mrfk9d]

Absolutely true.

[@Sinfulscents]

Exactly like riding your big wheel or playing frisbee lol

[@jjmaxx3834]

As a kid growing up in the 70s, I had a newspaper route. It’s where I learned about money and budgeting.

[@jasonrodgers9063]

Same here!

[@jwwj30]

Me too, 5.5 miles every day on my Schwinn. As a 13 year old, learned how to manage money as I had to collect each month’s payment & if you were kind, sometimes you’d get a 50 cent tip!

[@tommcdonough6086]

Ahhh those Sunday morning newspapers were a drag, had a paper route as well. We were truly lucky to be young in this era. 55 now where does the time go 😮😮😮😮. Peace.....

[@sullyway51]

Me too.

[@snave59]

Me to.I had to get up at 5 a.m and have all my papers delivered by 6a.m.,on my bike!

[@billcain9249]

Born in 1957. "High and alive in '75" was our high school motto.

[@pacalvotan3380]

I finished grade school and started junior high in 1970. Good times...and the BEST music ever.

[@jackhammer2671]

I became a teen in 1972 and grew up in without question the best decade ever...I hate getting older but am totally grateful I experienced the 70's there was and never will be a better decade than the 70's imo.

[@dominysynclair]

I wouldn't trade being young now for the way we grew up back then, no contest.

[@jeffs9530]

Hey ya if you wanted to meet a girl you had to get up the nerve to get her phone number. Then call at the risk her dad would answer that one rotary phone in the kitchen.

[@billsteinly8105]

​@@jeffs9530imagine how it was in the 50s to get the nerve to ask a girl out. Marty McFly time traveled to 1955 to help his dad ask his mom out.

[@chashkalozhkasb3573]

Why are you hating getting old? Why? Do you hate your grandma or parents or old lives ones? We all have to get old, no one was born being old, and no one stays young. Enjoy what age you are!

[@MEDEDOME]

Same here turned thirteen in 72. Loved that decade also. Still think about those days a lot and glad I could be there and don't regret getting older. Would not want to be a teen now or even the last 2 decades.

[@lisalynnmarie2448]

I so love these videos about the 70s and 80s. I don't think I could have grown up in better decades! They take me back to a time of being young and remembering forgotten memories. My kids are so jealous that I grew up in one of the best decades ever. I can't say I blame them lol

[@vicepresidentmikepence889]

You're DELUSIONAL..My grandmother told me, the 1930's were the best time to grow up, and SHE NEVER LIED TO ME

[@ITIsFunnyDamnIT]

💯 Indeed. I don't regret that I'm old because I grew up in the best decades as well, I'd say the 70s 80s and 90s were the best decades.

[@cindytrayer4279]

@@ITIsFunnyDamnITagree. It all started to go to hell in the 2000’s.

[@stephendacey8761]

@@ITIsFunnyDamnITThe world changed after 9/11.

[@neilm.greenberg4173]

​@@stephendacey8761changed, and not for the better...🤔

[@leavingitblank9363]

Back when Cracker Jacks had FUN prizes, not "tattoos" or a _QR code!_

[@kumabear3529]

I still remember the distinct smell of the milk from the thermos in that lunch box😂. I also remember the looks my mother gave me after “ forgetting” to empty out aforementioned lunchbox and thermos🤢

[@cheryl2962]

I grew up in 60 and 70s. No seatbelts riding in back of trucks swing sets made of metal no plastic riding bikes all over all day! What a great time!

[@phlgriffin]

I was born late 1953. In the 60's we would ride bikes all day and explore the "woods" or ponds. The only rule was be home by 6pm for dinner. My Dad had a whistle that was very loud & if my bother or I heard it, it was drop every thing and get home as fast as you could, or there would be hell to pay! When I was in 2nd grade, I worked in the yard picking weeds my Dad want gone. He paid me 1/2 cent per weed. I finally had over 600 of them and a air rifle that looked just like a bb gun cost $3.00. I rode my bike to Woolworths and bought it. (Way out of the area I was allowed to go). Can you imagine a 2nd grade kid riding a bike down the side of the road with a bb gun today? Good times.

[@dianecaldwell5237]

My parents had an old cow bell and my brother and I both knew when we were outside playing that if we heard that loud cow bell ringing, dinner was ready and we had to RUN home if we didn’t want to get into trouble.

[@chiwalker7325]

This wet the days

[@maryellenshock]

M

[@maryellenshock]

Cow Bell! OMG that brings back a lot of memories! My mom had one that she used at the bottom of the stairs to tell us that dinner was ready!

[@JMyoutube1]

I loved being a child in the 70s. It was such a great time to be growing up in America.

[@purplesprigs]

It was. It hurts to ponder it. But what happened to so many of "us." I live in a neighborhood surrounded by people my age. They are the most selfish, nasty, hateful people you'd never want to meet. The media, through the years, has done a great of of teaching us to hate one another.

[@nativetexanful]

I grew up in the 70s and yes, it was a better time.

[@errolparker5095]

I remember when America was America not like today.

[@duckduckgoismuchbetter]

​@@errolparker5095I miss America too!!

[@tommcdonough6086]

Born in 68 while my Dad was in Vietnam, we were truly LUCKY to be young in this era today's youth are being cheated big time. Peace......

[@horaciodortona574]

The 1970's was a great time to be a kid. Riding your bike and playing ball with your friends. Saturday morning cartoons, our parents were young. Those were great times. Today's kids should be so lucky.

[@tiffanyroseangeles34]

I was a 1961 babe and I recall I thought I was supercool bc I had the best album first Rumours by Fleetwood Mac . Plus I had a big Pioneer stereo. Great sound ! I can relate to chatting up guys and girls in record shops…..fun times back then all about what you were into, mostly British classic rock!😊😊😊

[@susanl90]

oh the memories! i was born in 1959 and spent my teenage years in the 70's....would love to turn back time to that decade.

[@julenepegher6999]

Me too, 1959. Teen in the 70’s the Best! I would go back too!

[@pegs1659]

1957... We had it the best.

[@christinebutler7630]

Same here. I had so much freedom- I walked to school with friends, stopped at the drugstore for an ice cream on the way home. My best.friend and I rode our.bikes to the local horse stable and mucked stalls in exchange.for riding. We were 12 then. We walked to the mall to meet up.with our pals. We just had to be home when the streetlights came on.

[@VTMAkls]

Same. 1957. We sure did!@@pegs1659

[@birdsfan57]

@@pegs1659 Me too...we certainly did have the BEST, including my parents, who I miss every day.

[@kaitlynx1388]

I was born in 1970. I had no idea at the time how blessed I was to grow up back then. I would go back in a heartbeat ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

[@Therapistmind]

Me too I miss the 70s so much

[@rosegolding925]

🫶❤

[@okamijubei]

But do you know how things changed all of a sudden after September of 2001?

[@SchardtCinematic]

1971 here. I agree the 70's were awesome!

[@christineobrien7707]

I was born in 68 . I agree with you. I think it was somewhere in the 90s that I started to realize how lucky I was.We got to enjoy both 70s and 80s moments and memories.You just can't beat that!😎👍👍

[@billh4285]

Born in 1961, I tell my kids and grandkids that growing up in the 1970s was the best time to be a kid. The mix tape made me laugh. I remember laying on my bed for hours waiting for certain songs to come on the radio and hitting the record button as fast as I could. I even recorded the audio of a few movies I liked. Sort of an early version of a VHS or DVD but no pictures lol.

[@libbyhicks7549]

I remember that too.

[@julenepegher6999]

Me too, I was born 1959 and always tell stories of my teens to my kids. They roll their eyes, so tired of hearing it. 😅

[@rocker76m88]

Same 😂

[@edwinurgel1511]

The bike rides, exploring the forest, swimming in the rivers, listening to the radio with friends! It was a great time. Life was so much simple then.

[@tropicaldreamer]

My granddaughter asked how we knew our friends' addresses and phone numbers. When I described phone books, she thought the idea of people having their numbers and addresses put into a giant book that's delivered yearly, free, to everyone's home would be a huge invasion of privacy. How our impressions of privacy have changed over the years!

[@ssoffshore5111]

I totally forgot about this one! And also never thought about the privacy issue, such different times! With that said, you can find just about anyone today (anywhere, and a lot more about them) on the internet!

[@tropicaldreamer]

@@ssoffshore5111 right? And cameras everywhere! I feel like there is no privacy (or freedom) left today at all.

[@Tlyna1952]

@@ssoffshore5111 I found one site, Spokeo that when I looked up my name they had my name address, previous addresses, phone number, estimated income and a picture of my house with my car in the drive way and the license plate easily read. Oh they also mentioned I lived alone. Blew my mind and scared the hell out of me.

[@elisabethkolling6697]

Even more amazing, before phone books there were so-called City Directories, that listed not only your name but your spouse's, as well as your occupation. They did include phone numbers for those who had them.

[@1337fraggzb00N]

And the same people who worry so much about privacy today, share their whole fucking boring life on social media. Imagine showing strangers a picture of your breakfast in the 70s... they would have sent you to the nuthouse.

[@TinaGolik]

I was born in 1972, and loved being a kid during the late 70’s, early 80’s. Kids played outside from sunup to way past dark. Kids today wouldn’t know how to entertain themselves outside without their phones or video games.

[@satdreamsatdream3104]

Yes, same in USSR. We are gone to streets, when is sun is rising up, and return to home at almost sunset. it was very cool time 70 to 80.

[@libbyhicks7549]

Yes, we were outside all day every day.

[@Mikielike]

You grew in the 80s I would guess that you were either class of 1990 or 1989. Completely different time .

[@THEPLAN6]

I was born in 60s and my Freedom disappeared like white on rice. Not joking.

[@ninasm]

I also loved growing up in that tine, BUT concerning the kid behaviour: Not generally true. My son (8) and most kids I know can luckily entertain themselves very well inside and outside without electronics. As a parent you can make this happen.

[@d.b.g9216]

I was a young teenager then and I really loved the 70s, the fashion’s the music and loads more, a lot of these examples brought back happy memories! ❤

[@whatsreal7506]

1980 HS graduate, it was an awesome time! Simply wonderful

[@brenthaymon280]

1979 HS graduate 😊

[@FreyaAne]

1980 graduate also- can’t relate to the boomers or the X’ers like I can to us born about 1962. My husband sang “Henry the 8th” at karaoke, and was shocked I had never heard the song in my life.

[@4lb280]

So blessed to have grown up in the 70's. I've seen both worlds and would go back to the 70's in a second.

[@josebro352]

Same here. Straight up facts.

[@Dr.Schlitz]

You mean the Cold War, Jim Crow, leaded gasoline, cigarettes everywhere, toll telephone calls, really expensive airfares, oil embargoes, and so on? Gotta take the bad with the good.

[@josebro352]

@@Dr.Schlitz I'd take the cigarettes, the Cold War, and the oil embargoes any day over zombie social media addiction, skyrocketing rents and real estate prices, Biden, millenials, and just the overall apathy of 2020s. Find me a time machine please.

[@JohnnyBrooks22]

If I had to pick ONE Thing , the 70's had, as kids we only had 3 shots , Not the Over 70 kids have today .....Sacrificing kids health loaded w/HM's because of Corporate Capture is Real !

[@ryans1623]

Yes and its still better far far better. @@Dr.Schlitz

[@user-cc1mu7rh9u]

I was a kid then teenager in the 60s and 70s, and the best part I remember is having so much freedom, especially to roam and discover. In regard to leaving the house, the only rule was to be home in time for dinner. My friends and I were never questioned where we went or what we did. We lived in the outer suburbs of the city and even went into the center of the city on our own (by train) and were never scared. We explored everywhere, and sometimes even deliberately got lost just for the fun of it. We did this by entering patches of forest that still existed where we lived and walking through to the other side. Kids today have no idea what it means to be free to explore the world around them and discover stuff with almost no constraints or fear.

[@dennisyoung4631]

Yes, going “up the hill” in Diamond Bar (Southern California), past the dirt road and through the fence. So much “wilderness” to explore if you were in your early teens. One of the few good things back then for the likes of me. It would have been *much* worse if I’d been able to tell just how bad things actually were growing up in an abusive home while being disabled and disfigured.

[@econecoff1725]

We'd somehow end up in rock fights and came home with giant bumps on our foreheads. I think I lost 7 IQ points that way. And I mean real rocks, not rock and roll.

[@gailthurman4065]

My sisters and I were free to run all over the San Diego Zoo, in pairs, of course, and meet back at the picnic tables for lunch. We could roam the beaches, too, without fear of abduction.

[@pushingthroughthepaperthin9616]

I mean, there was fear and things to be afraid of, but over all, I think that you are right.

[@Ston247]

A telephone could be used as a weapon.

[@garyrafferty7625]

You missed: 1) knee high striped socks and 'short-shorts' that were worn for gym class and basketball, 2) plastic covered furniture and plastic roll-out walkway to protect new carpet which was gold, avocado green or burnt orange shag, 3) manual toys like Tip-It, Battling Tops, Rock'em Sock'em Robot, Mousetrap, SuperToe and Operation were very popular, 4) every kid in my neighborhood wore canvas Converse, Keds, PF Flyers or what ever canvas sneakers Buster Brown was selling ... later in the decade, suede PUMA and ADIDAS took over, 5) almost every kid had strap on adjustable roller skates with metal wheels ... the more serious skaters had Chicago or Roller Derby boot skates where wheels evolved quickly from metal to wood to poly-urethane, 6) in the big cities with limited grass fields, boys played a lot of Stickball, Wiffle ball and foot hockey ... girls jumped rope and played hopscotch, 7) in the public parks we had bigger swings, push and jump-on merry-go-rounds, very high slides and complex monkey bars with limited padding or safety gravel, and, of course, Tether-ball, 8) we drank A LOT of sugary Kool Aid, Fanta and Nehi fruit sodas... in my neighborhood Yoo Hoo chocolate drink was very popular, 9) when my family traveled for the summer we would always hit the Big (3-story) Slide and the nickel / dime arcades where the games were all manual (air hockey, NHL hockey with rotating players that you manipulated manually, golfing, baseball and shooting arcade with steel balls) AND ... MOST IMPORTANTLY... 10) eating as a family ... a good home-cooked meal and 11) we got to play outside with our gang of friends after chores and homework were done. We did not need helicopter parents playing with us nor protecting us. The 1970s were a wonderful decade to be a kid.

[@jimmylieb5225]

saw two girls the other day at a park in Durango CO playing hula hoops!! couldn't believe it! took me right back to the 60's - early 70's. I 'm 68.

[@ariston5433]

I remember the freedom of not having to be annoyed by constant texts or emails from a cell phone no pagers either. It was a joy not having your parents or other sales people constantly bothering you. You just knew you were expected at home for dinner at 5:30pm because that’s when the family ate so you had better be there. People were more authentic no one had plastic surgery unless it was for a good reason like a car accident. If you wanted better tv reception you just put tin foil on the rabbit ear antenna…. At midnight or shortly there after the tv station would shut down but not before praying the “ Our Father Prayer”….So different now….. And who can forget that portion sizes at restaurants were not large enough to feed three people like nowadays. Very few young people were over weight.

[@boblittle2529]

In the 70s I never thought I'd someday miss the 70s. Just like every other decade, the 70s had its share of not-so-great things. But compared to the 2020s it was great. I feel bad for kids nowadays. I really do. Its sad they don't get to enjoy the simpler lifestyle and comparative freedom we had then. I think its much harder to be a kid now and more dangerous. It's heart breaking.

[@ralphholiman7401]

I graduated in 1976. I wanted out of high school so bad I didn't know what to do. I didn't appreciate what we had back then until later.

[@ronj9448]

They even have a name for it now. "Free Range Children". I guess that is a safer child than the "Latch Key Child" from back in the day.

[@dirteater63]

I'd go back in a hot second, and I wouldn't miss a thing from the present.

[@Grainexpress]

I thank God everyday our kids grew up on the farm in the 2000’s. They had to work to buy their stuff.

[@elizabethpeterson455]

I was a young parent in the 70s and looking at now I realise how much happier and healthier we and kids were then. We always had and gave respect to all. Parents were our teachers on love and life❤️

[@trysometruth]

Sure, we respected the folk in our neighborhood, but "all" humanity? Realty corps made sure anyone who didn't have lily-white skin were unable to buy a house in our neighborhood.

[@ralphholiman7401]

It was a good time to grow up for sure. You could walk the streets safely. I biked to school (about a mile away) in the first grade.

[@ralphholiman7401]

@@trysometruth , we had an Indian family (dot not feather) in our neighborhood in rural Mississippi. It wasn't a class bias so much as it was an economic bias. Although there was some racism back then where I lived. But, you could tell it was much better than before. The colored bathrooms in a lot of older places, still were there, but the signs were down and I'm sure people moving down from places without black people living there, wondered why there were three bathrooms in a lot of businesses. But, we knew why they were there.

[@Derry_Aire]

@@ralphholiman7401 First-graders still walk/bike/take public transport to school on their own in Europe today. What happened in the US for it to change?

[@ralphholiman7401]

@@Derry_Aire , I don't know. I was career criminal justice employee and I studied it. There is a lot of evidence, to suggest that our murder rate, was much, much higher in the 1700's and 1800's over here (which makes sense when you think about it). And, most likely we have had as many or more serial killers and serial rapists through most of our history over here. There is also a lot of evidence, that child sexual abuse was much more frequent in this country than it is now. I sometimes think that as our crime rate has gone down, we have had a media that has played up crime, and exaggerated the likelihood of it happening. We know more. I remember finding out that the father of a friend of mine in high school, had a twin brother who was murdered by a likely serial killer in our town at 18 years of age. Rather than being plastered over the new, it was covered up. I suspect a lot of that happened. When I first went to work in law enforcement in the 1980's, I was shocked at how many missing persons cases our area had, that were probably murders, where the victim just hadn't been found, yet, but were still just carried as missing persons.

[@johnwhite4426]

WOW!!! What’s remembering! I was enjoying riding bike circles all around the neighborhood 😊 BLESS 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@debbiemullen2574]

I just turned 63 and I remember all of these. The music store hang out was called Peaches. I'm so grateful that I grew up in the wonderful 70's. Thank-You for reminding us of these memories.

[@jonelledavenport8701]

Yessss peaches!

[@midnightcaller200]

IN my area we had DJ sound city

[@debbiemullen2574]

@@midnightcaller200 I grew up in St Louis. You??

[@midnightcaller200]

@@debbiemullen2574 I grew up in the Kirkland Seattle Washington area There was a cartoon called Roger Ramjet. He was a guy that flew with a rocket pack on his back HE was going to be at the Seattle Center.. I was 7 years old and had such a tempert fit my parents took me to see Roger Ramjet. MY mom told me that it was going to over in 5 mins, but I did not care I wanted to see Roger Ramjet fly, and JP Patches was going to be there also Look up JP Patches He was a clown that did morning in Afternoon shows,in the Puget Sound area

[@janetiemann9550]

I too am from St. Louis area….KSHE🥰🥰

[@mosart7025]

Wow... I hadn't thought of the lunch box smell for 40 years. But when he mentioned it, suddenly it came back! It wasn't horrible, it was just a combination of odors, banana, peanut butter, grapes, maybe cold cuts and mustard. . . but it all merged together over time into its very own scent.

[@sstritmatter2158]

Except one kid brought egg salad and half way through the day it smelled like something died haha.

[@robertking1480]

Smell of school cafeteria and cracker jacks?

[@omnipop4936]

And of course the nearly room-temperature Nestlé strawberry milk in the thermos.

[@lorireed8046]

All I remember of the lunchbox smell was rotten food and rust.

[@omnipop4936]

@@lorireed8046 😂 Ah, those were the days.

[@billyrayburn5916]

the 70's & 80's where awesome 😎👍

[@davidwestervelt6050]

Ha! I remember the chain of can pull tabs. The things that bring back memories lol. Thanks...

[@oreally8605]

I seriously feel sorry for kids today. In 1976 We were 12 going on 16. Today's kids are 16 going on 46 in 2023. Loved those Mushroom cookie jars.

[@JoseyWales44s]

Well the 46 year-olds still living at home now are like 16 year-olds, so I guess it all balances out.

[@vicepresidentmikepence889]

I'm sure kids today feel sorry for people who lived in an age of Listening to music on grainy records..Or 3 television channels to watch..Or living in an age where girls didn't play much sports..Or not being able to have a group chat with friends

[@oreally8605]

​@@vicepresidentmikepence889Yeah, but we had something they never did. Morality & innocence... 😊

[@vicepresidentmikepence889]

@oreally8605 Ah yes, the generation that gave us Sex, drugs, and rock n roll

[@oreally8605]

​​@@vicepresidentmikepence889 Ah yes, the generation that gave us the Simpsons, fatherless homes, gangster rap, and boys in women's bathrooms. Wanna go there? Please don't. Have a good weekend. 😊

[@thegood9]

I REALLY miss what record stores were back then. It was so great to ask a person much older than me what they would recommend, and then let me listen to some of it, then help me find other stuff that worked with that record. It was a great time, and it's really sad that people don't get to experience the smells and social greatness of real record stores. Sure, there are some around now, but, since there is not the same amount of traffic, it's definitely not the same.

[@vicepresidentmikepence889]

It's a shame people have never experienced a horse and buggy, over a car, or an outhouse over these fancy bathrooms

[@kimerleviccaro1957]

@@vicepresidentmikepence889it is all relative to the era you grew up. Of course we would be nostalgic for things from our childhood.

[@bethshadid2087]

​@@vicepresidentmikepence889I got to experience outhouses and drawing water from a well as a kid in 70s.

[@bethshadid2087]

Seeing how vinyl is making a comeback.....maybe record stores will too.

[@barb-jm7990]

Look for a used book store in your area. They often have record sections. Half Price Books Stores in my area have great record album sections where you can get the experience.

[@user-ue8fu6yt9y]

Born in 62. Best time of my life growing up in the 70's. We spent all night cruising the avenue. Still the best music. The girls were awesome.

[@rafaelaguirre1594]

Born in 89 I have been obsessed about the 70s since my teens.

[@jademusic1211]

I so miss my childhood of the 70's.😞💔 People genuinely connected with each other. You went and visited their house, went to the library and took out books, wrote letters, listened to music on your transistor radio, and for $5, four people could go to the movies and get popcorn and snacks. You played outside till it was getting near dark, and hung out with your friends on the stoop..played double-dutch, needed a "key" for your roller skates, watched Saturday morning cartoons..I could go on and on.😥 I know a lot went on behind the scenes that we as children were oblivious to. The world is never perfect. But your childhood (barring unfortunate circumstances 😞) "always" feels so "light" and simple.. and authentic.. and I just wish I could go back there.😞 I just turned 59 and I hate these times. The world feels so "heavy", and the internet is both a blessing and a curse. I'd gladly give it up to go back to my childhood world again.🥺😓💔

[@teddahrable]

I totally get you! I feel exactly the same. I turned 60 in November. This Christmas was one of reflection. My kids are all gone and live far enough away that together activities are rare, so we were mostly by ourselves this year. Phone calls to my father and siblings were filled with the excitement of my baby sister FINALLY finding her biological family! Hearing her read through the adoption papers and social worker's report from 1969 really took me reeling through time ... Christmases past, school, various homes we lived in, how simple our lives were ... I'm glad I had it. I was able to give a little of that to my own children , but I ache for my grandchildren and how live for them is, and will be. I'd go back in a minute.

[@richatlarge462]

Amen brother. Born in 1960.

[@nancy9704]

I couldn't have said it better myself! We didn't even know how good it was, did we? We played OUTSIDE AT NIGHT of all things! We had a blast. What a great time to grow up. I miss it, too.

[@jerrycallo]

@@nancy9704 We took a lot for granted. Then again maybe it's because we expected the world to be that way and didn't put with anything less. In other words it was that way because we made it that way.

[@TJ-gi3jo]

The key for the roller skates... Makes me think of "Brand New Key" by Melanie. RIP Melanie. 😭

[@jclar7210]

I would not change my childhood in rhe 1970s over today in a million years. It was a different time, it was a wonderful time, for many reasons

[@17nussbaumroad]

Those cereal box and happy meal toys made life just awesome ... lol

[@markanthony3275]

Remember the styrofoam glider in the Rice Krispies cereal boxes?

[@royswire8797]

that vintage touch! I'm Bringing out the Kenwood Stereo Receiver for the summer is like unlocking a treasure chest of timeless tunes and memories. The warm, analog sound and the nostalgia it brings make every summer day even more special. Here's to a season filled with good vibes and classic beats!

[@flyvtec04]

The 70’s was a fun decade to grow up as a kid! Great memories!

[@METALHEAD550]

70s and 80s were the best! best Movies, Shows and even Music.

[@pushingthroughthepaperthin9616]

Me too. Also, some not so fun ones.

[@parkerbohnn]

I was a 6 time world pinball champion in the 1970's.

[@omnipop4936]

'Superfriends' cartoons on Saturday mornings, accompanied by a huge bowl of Cheerios (with loads of sugar heaped on) or Apple Jacks or Honeycomb...

[@lorireed8046]

​@@METALHEAD550Except the whole ignoring physical abuse and the molestation and rape thing?

[@Streeknine]

The 70's wasn't the best economically for a lot of people, but for all the lack of things, being a kid you always found a way to entertain yourself. Either getting that Christmas catalog and dreaming of what new toys you wanted or watching TV and losing yourself in Saturday morning Cartoons.

[@dmacarthur5356]

A bag of green army men a few hotwheels would keep me occupied for hours.

[@metaldog66]

@@dmacarthur5356 not so much the army men, but oh yes, on the hot wheels lol

[@dennisyoung4631]

Yes, soldering kits up - scratch-building stuff, especially vacuum tubes…. Getting *tossed* by the 300 volt dc plate supply on my first CW transmitter, call was WN6IYZ. Quite the ouch when you’re in the 8th grade!

[@psidvicious]

@@dmacarthur5356 The Hot Wheels cars were great but I don’t ever remember my brother and I ever requesting any of that orange track to go with them. It seems like mom discovered quickly that those pieces of track made excellent switches for a little impromptu “correction”.

[@dmacarthur5356]

@@psidvicious Yeah they whelped the backside indeed

[@lisasmith8554]

So excited to get the new lunch box every school year

[@libbyhicks7549]

Yup, picking out new school supplies in the fall was the biggest thrill ever.

[@eXRay107]

Being born in '63, the way I remember, the 1970's early 80's were the best. Love was so uncomplicated. The music was absolutely fantastic. Every week new great songs that are still played now. No mobile phones that completely sucked up all people's attention. Especially the last six or seven years things have become so crazy complicated and depressive. I'm so sorry for the young people of today and the unnecessary difficult life they have ahead of them. I hardly enjoy life anymore. It seems like more and more people are losing their mind each day. I feel a big darkness coming over humanity...

[@m.d.d.3051]

Life was simpler, safer, and kids were more imaginative. Kids today have no idea what they're missing growing up now.

[@Thurgosh_OG]

I don't think that things were safer, we just weren't that bothered about children having accidents, that caused injuries because those were also life lessons. On the criminal side, there was probably just as much going on but it was not visible the way things are now, with social media and instant news.

[@eatmeskivys]

@@Thurgosh_OG yeah they were way safer !! you have no idea unless you lived in a shithole

[@misslora3896]

I was born in 1969. The differences have become so stark and sad. As kids we actually played all the time back in the 70's, with siblings and friends, mostly outside, and we were always utilizing our imaginations. No video games, cable tv, streaming services, screen time. All the things that keep most kids cooped up, sitting on their butts, becoming depressed and increasingly unhealthy today. Seeing overweight children and people in general was pretty uncommon. We were raised with dicipline, taught respect and expected to show it. Most people had sincere compassion and empathy for others. Most didn't think twice about helping someone in distress. All things that for the most part no longer exist now. If time machines existed, I'd go back to the 70's or even the 80's in a heartbeat.

[@ilpalozzo]

The 70s is often referred to as the golden age of serial killers

[@m.d.d.3051]

@@Thurgosh_OG Things were certainly safer overall. Sure, there was crime, but the criminals were dealt with. I came of age in the 70's and it was a simpler, safer time.

[@davidgraham2673]

I think the biggest difference is that a working father could affird a car, a house, and feed his family. The mom , if she worked, did it for nice extras, and usually only worked part time. The dollar went much further.

[@vivrowe2763]

Well not that much, as people seem to think. My father worked overtime and public holidays, blue collar, and we had what we needed, not what we wanted. There is a damn difference. My father didn't have a car for years, and then always second hand! They want everything their parents took years to get straight away, without any effort. Also, they hate the boomer generation, why is that, because nobody speaks about it with good home truths.

[@davidgraham2673]

@@vivrowe2763 , I'm a boomer. It wasn't unusual in the least for a family to have one car, one black and white TV, and the necessities. The car wasn't necessarily brand new, but as a dad worked, and climbed up the ladder at work, the family situation improved. When I first left home, my furniture was milk crates, covered by a cloth, or old bedsheets, cut to fit. Shelves were cinder brick blocks with boards for shelves. I had a car, a TV, and enough food, and clothes. As time went on I acquired more junk to fill a bigger abode. Most people have more than they need, and expect the newest, latest iteration of gadgetry. I grew up being the remote control. My batteries were recharged every night after dinner, and bedtime. I never lacked for want of anything, but wasn't spoiled. My first fishing rod was a good branch, and some fishing line, and hooks and bobbers found tangled in trees. Wasn't poor, wasn't rich.

[@kentshore5473]

My parents made $25k a year in 1982 and they bought a house with 3 bedrooms and on a half acre near a big city for $60k which was less than 3 year salary. Now, I make 60k a year and the same home is worth 500k which is 8 years salary.

[@davidgraham2673]

@@kentshore5473 , That's my point exactly. The buying power of the dollar is simply not nearly what it used to be. I remember being outraged when gas hit 55 cents a gallon back then. Took a whole $10 to fill my tank.

[@just4music687]

This, yes!!!

[@r.r.7156]

The doorbell is something that is becoming a thing of the past

[@davidliddle9033]

Doorbells been replaced by 'Ring' door cameras 😑

[@stevecowder4774]

I never realized how good I had it, back in the ‘70s, until long after it was gone.

[@hollydatsopoulos7998]

I was telling my niece that back in the 70’s when I was a kid, if you wanted to go play with your friends, you would go knock on the door, and ask, “Can so & so come out to play?”. My niece was shocked, and told me, “That would be terrifying!” She was serious. Poor kid!

[@davidhoward4715]

That says more abut your niece than anything else.

[@reneedoiron7560]

Yes, that's exactly what we would do and say. One of my friends "needed her sleep", and I remember being so disappointed when her mother would tell me that she was taking a nap.

[@emelless5365]

No, it's the times.@@davidhoward4715

[@pamelarose860]

Back in those days we didn't have to worry about people messing with you when walking alone even at 1 in the morning but these days you can't do that anymore. You could leave your doors unlocked or open all night with no problems

[@howardbeale661]

Would go back to (and stay in) the '70s and '80s in a heartbeat if I could...

[@TaurusMoon-hu3pd]

Same

[@robertbirch5676]

Right On

[@davidb2206]

Permanently. Put me in a time warp just to stay there.

[@jerrycallo]

You could have a 70's type world if the people with all the negatives attitudes would adopt a better attitude and just lighten up and enjoy life.

[@flyingtoaster1427]

yeah no one ever expected Uncle Ronnie

[@bluesharp59]

Always great videos. Thanks for the memories and a Thumbs Up !

[@Accam570]

Our town was so small we didn't have a record store. We had to drive 25 miles to the city. I taped my favorite songs from the radio.

[@gregshonle2072]

One unusual thing I remember from the 70's: some new businesses would rent giant WWII-era aircraft search lights, to celebrate/announce the opening of their business. I think new car dealerships were the most common. Even 20 miles away, you could see the giant beacons of light moving around.

[@miketoohey7140]

Seattle used them for the KJR AND KING RADIO HAUNTED HOUSES. THOSE WERE THE DAYS. 70's always. there was always DICK BULSH CHEVROLET in NORTH SEATTLE.

[@rickwendell3211]

I grew up in the 60s & 70s and we would see searchlights at Christmas tree lots.

[@gdavis8588]

Remember the big generators that powered them? You didn’t want to stand very close. I remember if you were out driving with the family you always hoped if you saw one your parents would drive by it.

[@jeffmauldin4299]

It was very exciting come fall when the new cars would come out and the search lights would be out and my dad and mom would drive to look at them

[@leonardothefabulous3490]

Yep, we had those "movie lights" up here on Long Island (NY) also. They were so powerful and cool.

[@julenepegher6999]

The 70’s is my decade! Being a teen! Yes kids would never understand! Especially the Best music ever! 🎉❤

[@johnmadison3472]

Amen about the music! FM stations were starting to catch on and the tunes had spirit, class and were diverse. Much better than the noise today.

[@julenepegher6999]

@@johnmadison3472 everything revolved around music. Just about every memory I have there is a song attached. Great times!

[@ministryoftruth8588]

Congrats on reaching senior citizen status.

[@julenepegher6999]

@@ministryoftruth8588 😬

[@Mftjan2000]

What are you talking about? Those songs are STILL popular! The Rolling Stones can go anywhere in the world and PLAY them and no matter where whole stadiums of people SING ALONG.

[@shanegeneral3874]

I was born in 1960 and feel blessed to have grown up in the 70's. Magic time. I feel sorry for those who DIDN'T grow up in the 70's

[@derricsaville7812]

Hmmm...1972, I was seven when my father and sister died next to me in our sky Blue Ford Pinto; I received a severe traumatic brain injury requiring surgery, removal of contused brain tissue, and eventual steel plate in my skull. At least we were hit head on instead of from the rear where the gas tank would puncture and fires begin to engulf the occupants. Two years later my best friend was riding in the back of a boat driven by his cousin, when the boat turned sharply and he was thrown out and hit by the propeller; I did make it to his funeral. I was 9 (almost 10) when my mother said I needed a job, so I got a paper route, and at 11, took on a second job watering the greens on the golf course one evening per week (for $7.00 at night). Being told by my mother that our dog was not allowed in the trailer court to which we were moving; so I had to give her up to a no kill (allegedly) private shelter. I later asked the managers of the trailer court why some people had dogs. They said dogs were always allowed. I remember razor blades in Halloween Candy, worried about unknown serial killers, long trips in the back of a car with no air conditioning on (it lowered the gas mileage) for 12 hours riding from Kansas City to Denver. Always packing a lunch for long car trips because there were so few places to get lunch along the way. Looking for roadside rests with picnic benches and trees for shade. Hotels that caught fire with no sprinklers inside (see movie Towering Inferno), so the buildings just burned, while guests were on their own to evacuate. Long lines and heated fights trying to buy gasoline. Gas stations were never open on Sunday, and when they were the candy bars were in a machine, as were condoms in the bathroom, for which you needed a key with a giant makeshift fob from the clerk. These are the 70's I remember, so I'll pass on going back with rose colored glasses thank you.

[@janetwentz3259]

I wouldn’t change growing up in the 70’s for anything. I wore Love’s Baby Soft too.

[@jillefeldme9452]

I also wore Love’s Baby Soft.

[@julenepegher6999]

I wouldn’t either! I wore Jean Nate.

[@libbyhicks7549]

I did too.

[@sunsetfree5358]

I got a new bottle of Loves Baby Soft every Christmas. I wore it most every day. I wore Loves Fresh Lemon 🍋 too! Tickle (wide ball) deodorant. Flicker (round) razors. Tame hair rinse. The one and only original Herbal Essence shampoo and body splash that smelled AMAZING…and Body on Tap (beer shampoo).

[@rocker76m88]

Me too lol!

[@barb-jm7990]

Ring tabs that were thrown on the ground led to, "Blew out my flip flop, stepped on a pop top" by Jimmy Buffett. And, I recently had a record store experience when I went to a used book store that had a record album section. My brother had asked me to pick out some albums from "our era" for his refurbished stereo with turntable. I got to pick out the Doobie Brothers, America, Chicago, James Taylor, Dan Fogelberg, Kenny Loggins, and more. I had such a great time going through all of those albums and DID feel like I'd stepped back in time!

[@barb-jm7990]

Funny flip flop story: When I was teaching school, our principal announced at a teachers' meeting that "no one would was allowed to wear thongs." Giggiling started. "Thongs are unsafe and unprofessional." More giggling. It just so happened that flip flops were also called "thongs" but so were a new style of underwear at the time. The teachers all looked at each other and lots of laughing broke out. Someone finally told the principal that he could not tell people what underwear to wear to work and he laughed,too.

[@hotnsct7743]

You've got great taste in music, bet you also listened to Jim Croce!

[@kimerleviccaro1957]

@@barb-jm7990we used to call flip flops thongs too. One time I went into the Gap to buy new flip flops for my son, so I asked the sales clerk where the thongs were and he took me to the underwear section😂

[@cinnamoncider9167]

@@kimerleviccaro1957 😂

[@cinnamoncider9167]

@@barb-jm7990 lol!

[@RedneckPinay]

Great video! As soon as you said the part about opening up a lunch box, that distinct smell came back to me. 😂

[@anoucheerbil-babayan6728]

So, so true. Thank you for that - spent the whole video nodding in agreement and smiling. I was born in 1964. Now a grandmother. How things have changed! Still love our world as it is in 2024 - yet more amazing moments. God bless, Anouche.

[@terryclish6177]

My teenage grandkids always tell me how lucky i was to grow up in the 70s. They especially love all the music we had.

[@SeattleSpursFan1882]

They have it too and with more accessibility. We simply had the element of surprise when we first heard it on the radio.

[@richtensail]

realy, its suprising, its not suposed to b that way, we took a bad turn somewere.

[@edwardkim2511]

I still listen to all my favorite songs from the 70's. Brings back good memories !

[@leonardothefabulous3490]

sounds like you've got some good kids there.

[@goodguy4342]

What a great time we had in the 70's We were very lucky to be brought up in sane times

[@vicepresidentmikepence889]

Yes, 70's kids were certainly lucky to grow up with Vietnam, Watergate, double digit inflation, high unemployment, and The Iran hostage crisis

[@vicepresidentmikepence889]

Yes, we were lucky to grow up with Vietnam, Watergate, double digit inflation, high unemployment, and The Iran hostage crisis

[@birdsfan57]

@@vicepresidentmikepence889 But the 2000's epidemic of gender confusion and gender appropriate pronouns didn't exist or weren't even a perceived or imagined thought back then. Kids didn't run around shooting anything and everyone with (their "must-have accessory") illegally proliferated guns, we didn't have mass lootings of so many establishments, that most big name retailers are leaving, or have left, major cities and small towns. We respected authority, including the police, our teachers, our elders, our parents, and mostly OURSELVES (especially women, and men respected THEM because of it). Our borders weren't being trampled by illegals, cities weren't being destroyed, teens and young adults were happy, socially engaged and adept and not suicidal, depressed, anxious or on 10 different types of anti-anxiety meds. We listened to MUSIC, not obscenity-laced, illiterate, ebonics-laden crap with a backbeat. Kids weren't encouraged to try everything on for size to see if it fits or you like it. Men were men, women were women, things that were deemed abnormal were JUST THAT! Today, we live in a mixed up, upside down world and society that we, who lived through what you describe as the abhorrent 70's, could NEVER have imagined, even in our worst nightmares.

[@kennyhiggins7806]

@@vicepresidentmikepence889 you must not be a child of the 70s because the parents of us 70s kids did whatever it took to shield their kids from All that grown-up Crap you mentioned! Kids in those “Good Ol’ Days” Never gave a thought to war, cost of living, and especially any of that government bullshit just like any in our Nations history!! I Loved living in the 70s!!!

[@scruf153]

I had a pet rock back then

[@bobbifoth5492]

I was female and a college student I definitely hitch hiked with never a negative event

[@ButterFadeGolf]

This is depressing...I'm a 80s baby who grew up in the 90s...this makes me feel for my kids future. Everyone can agree thibgs where much more wholesome and people were not confused about the sinpliest facts of life.

[@ASMRTingledPink]

I grew up in the 70's and remember all of these! I often think about how different things are for kids today. It's a bit of a shame really. So many kids today don't even know the joys of playing outside, riding their bikes, making mud pies and roller skating on the driveway. Unfortunately, so many kids today don't even know how to have face to face conversations with their friends. Because they sit together staring at their phones while texting each other. I miss the good times of growing up in the 70's.

[@55bolts]

Compliment for you. Looking at your photo, you don't look like you were even born till after the 70's! Keep doing what ever it is you are doing!!! Totally miss the drive way play with friends!

[@ASMRTingledPink]

thank you! I just turned 56 two weeks ago. Part of what keeps me feeling young is continuing to enjoy the things i enjoyed as a kid. My only form of transportation is my bicycle, and I started roller skating again about 6 months ago. 🥰@@55bolts

[@55bolts]

Your welcome! That was a totally spontaneous comment on my part. Loved the comments but the photo made me look twice. Good for you. Well I am like yourself still doing all the activities I did back then. I'm just a year younger than you. To my amazement and still loving it is skateboarding since 1975. Never stopped. It was great then and I can still do most of that stuff especially since the Skate park movement that started 23 years ago. Well I and youtube expect to see you doing some dance moves on your roller skates in the drive way to the beat of the "Sugar Hill Gang"!

[@ASMRTingledPink]

That's awesome! I wish I had continued skating all those years. But I am having to re-learn it all over again. I pretty much suck at it, but keep trying! @@55bolts

[@davidsignor7931]

Very true the kids today wouldn't say shit if they got hit in the face with it they have absolutely no communication skills. I can walk into a room of people that I don't know anyone and strike up a conversation within seconds

[@oldtimer427]

Born in 1958 , I LOVE YOUR VIDEOS ! So much nostalgia and memories bring me warm feelings !

[@BritInvLvr]

Born the same year. How I miss those days.

[@cheaplaughkennedy2318]

Same here , born in 58 and they were great times in so many ways.

[@PeterGonet]

Hey man! I was born in 58' too! We were actually fortunate.

[@oldtimer427]

@@PeterGonet they were fantastic days !!

[@elainescott4702]

I was born then. Much better era and just a small thing to mention there was usually only one car in the family (or none) so roads quieter! Why teenagers need them I really can’t understand. They should walk or get public transport.

[@suzyh6633]

I grew up in the 60’s & 70’s & loved most of it haha I love todays kids!! I have 9 grandkids & I know their friends, team mates, etc & they are amazing, fun, kids!! In ALL generations there are differences, thank goodness, because we move forward & grow!! I hang out w/my grandkids all the time, we go to the beach, hike, stargazing, movies, everything, & I am grateful & privileged to share their lives & mine w/them!!!! We teach eachother💖

[@Glenrsi]

70's Had the best music as well.

[@fatfreddyscoat7564]

I think the biggest WTF kids today can’t understand is just walking to knock a friends door to see if they were in, and just meeting somewhere you’d arranged to earlier.

[@DG-sc1yu]

"Can Billy come out to play?" LOL Kids don't do that anymore.

[@user-so2xo4tn4c]

even as young adults back then just mosey on down to the local watering hole and meet up with whoever and let the night unfold

[@kevinaustin0369]

I love that I was a kid in the 70s!!! A teen in the 80s!!! Thanks Mom and Dad for having me.

[@roymoxley2587]

Me too today sucks

[@danacoleman4007]

I was an accident

[@davidsignor7931]

One thing about the 80s it definitely had the best music of all time

[@deeice5398]

Me too. Born in 1968. Was a child in the 70's and a teen in the 80's. Great times!

[@davidsignor7931]

@danacoleman4007 you may have been an accident but apparently it worked out

[@jasonleman1396]

the great thing about tapes were that when you got a great record you wanted to share with a friend you could just run off a copy for a friend (Instead of them having to buy it) it was the original music sharing (and most 90 minute tapes could hold 2 records). Yes we did this!

[@ross4970]

Growing up in suburban Australia my favourite things were waking up real early and waiting for the milk mans horse, watching Gene Autry and the samurai on saturday mornings, being out on adventures all day, getting home for tea. The smell of the bread delivery truck still stays with me. Collecting caterpillars, tadpoles, having snail races was great fun....oh the memories.

[@afitz6389]

Im 63...I learned to drive a car from my older brother who recently passed away...Eddie taught me to drive his 1966 Corsa Corvair 4spd in 1971..looking back, it was a beautiful time to grow up...feel fortunate now...lots of great memories... Lets not forget the hours, years of playing with Matchboxes and numerous board games, Clue, Monopoly, Careers, Yahtzee to name a few❤❤❤

[@reneedoiron7560]

Loved the games- played all of them. Careers was my favourite. We also played lots of cards: mainly Crazy Eights and Thirty-ones, but War was popular, too.

[@SoapinTrucker]

Don't forget Easy Money, and Sorry! 😎👍

[@spartacusyoya]

Those board games, they were a lot of fun. Some of my favs were Operation, The Game of Life(my fav), Yahtzee, and do you remember Crokinole? Hours of endless fun. In 1980, my mother had a 1980 Mustang, 4 cyl, 5 spd, not sure what was more finicky to deal with the Mustang or my mother's impatience. When I was in college in 1985 my school buddy had a VW Rabbit, 4 spd std., great car to learn how to drive.

[@flyingtoaster1427]

didn't the Corvair make the top 10 all-time deadliest automobiles?

[@cvent8454]

I was born in the 50s, grew up in the 60s and 70s and so did my husband. It was a wonderful time. I feel really sorry for these Gen alphabet kids because they'll never know how wonderful it was. When some Gen kid calls me a Boomer as if it's an insult I just shake my head and feel pity for them. If they only knew how great being a Boomer with all these wonderful memories they'll never experience is they'd realize it could never be an insult but a badge of honor. All hail fellow Boomers.

[@kobayashimaru8114]

They say that as a retort because millennials+ get a lot of shit from older folk (sometimes deservedly) and don't really have anything else they can say. I feel bad for them because it's not all their fault. Their parents and previous generations must accept most of the blame for the world in which these kids were born into. Each generation tries to give their children a better life but I think people mistakenly confuse cushy as "better".

[@user-vy5bl6cd2m]

All the kids today have a life based on the things we Boomers INVENTED!

[@DG-sc1yu]

Gen x was the last generation to grow up old school: football in the streets, bike riding everywhere, fights in the schoolyard, carrying pocket knives. Good times.

[@spacelinx]

I am a 78 Gen X’er and who straddled both worlds: the one you describe and the one we have now full of technology. I feel like technology has both helped society, and made it worse. It’s made life easier probably, but at a cost of social life and pure intellectual pursuits. I miss the times before technology and political correctness ruined it all. I reckon that makes me a Boomer too, but I also would wear it as a badge of honor.

[@0utcastAussie]

I was born in 61. When I get called a Boomer I reply "And Rockin it large with zero regrets". Depending how nasty they have been I also add "And paid my mortgage off 10 years ago". As the poor buggers have little chance to buy property these days ! ( I know as i had to stump up the deposit for my daughter to get her first house so it was a good job we always lived by the mantra of "if you can't afford it then you can't have it and didn't fritter our savings on "sillies").

[@LadyLove23.]

Born 1961 I 9:52 just had my 63 birthday 2 days ago!! 70’s and 80’s were beautiful eras ❤😂

[@sea2sea2seevanlife92]

I enjoyed the video, absolutely, but enjoyed reading the comments even more… Thanks for sharing!