Reliving the Carefree Days of Youth

Hey everyone! Hop in our virtual time machine and let's zip back to those awesome GenX Saturdays. Remember those? Waking up with the sun, knocking out those chores, and then diving into a bowl of cereal while those cartoons played.
No phones, no texts, just pure, unadulterated fun. We're talking bikes, street games, and that sacred run to 7-Eleven for the sweet stuff and those shiny baseball cards. And when those street lights flickered on, you knew it was time to dash home.
We're bringing all that back, the freedom, the games like 'ghost in the graveyard,' and capping it off with a classic TV dinner. So, let's rewind and enjoy a slice of that carefree, imaginative GenX life once more. #genxgrownup #genxkid #saturdayvibes #childhood #memories #adventures #nostalgia #throwback #70s #80s #replay #GenXNostalgia #SaturdayMemories #ChildhoodAdventures #MorningCartoons #OutdoorPlay #NoCellPhones #BikeRides #StreetGames #7ElevenSnacks #BaseballCards
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[@CrankyBarista]

We were the last generation to know true childhood freedom... with adversity and all.

[@drummerlovesbookworm9738]

It’s heartbreaking.

[@sharonhahn88]

I'm so happy my son's were able to have this childhood!

[@IONAPINKMOXIE]

We were pissed and we still are! FUCK generations who think we effed things up! We were the ones who sounded the alarm!

[@drummerlovesbookworm9738]

@@sharonhahn88 Me, too. They want to snivel about being “latchkey kids” but they were loved. Everybody doing their best. But they had real childhoods, not cyber ones and I have very fond memories of those times as a young mother.

[@egghead992]

Love this woman ! She has her finger on the pulse of what I and GenX did while growing up back then. Right on Sherri!❤😊

[@courageouspotato-pc7gh]

As a teenager, I asked my mom why we always got new flashlights in our Christmas stockings, and why the junk tour was always full of fresh DD batteries, when she knew good and well that we were staying up past our bedtimes reading under the covers. She said “the same reason I sent you to the library on your bikes every Saturday and gave you five dollars for the Scholastic book fair every year. Are you the best read kid in the class or not?“ Thanks mom. 55 years old and still the best read kid in the class. ♥️

[@ADewolfe-ee9ep]

My 13 year old niece has been staying with me for school. I've been giving her the tea on Gen x. She asked me when her curfew was. I told her when the lights come on. The force is in her. ❤

[@nataliemunoz8600]

Just be careful....there are a lot of perverts out there.

[@deborah2768]

So fortunate to have had a childhood like that. Glad my daughter was able to also. Thanks Sherri for the memory.

[@michelera6365]

All the good childhood memories! We were so happy and carefree! 😊

[@teresajohnson2839]

Those were the days. We are the last good generation. Love all videos ❤️

[@HouseKatArmy]

This is a 100% accurate depiction of what my Saturday was like when I was a kid. My millennial children actually had the benefit of a very similar childhood because I was a single mom and too poor for cell phones, and babysitters. They had to babysit each other after school.

[@SassyST]

I and my girls have the same story. They’re more appreciative of things like cell phones etc because of “having to wait sooooo longggg” to have one. They would’ve had to wait even longer had their dad not broken down to get the phones for them. 🤷🏼‍♀️

[@pikehunter23750]

Seeing Old Glory waving at sign-off time at midnight is something I'll never forget. We only had 3 channels then and others came in snowy during cloudy days or storms.

[@ridesharetrixter5206]

Very well said. I was born in 68 and remember my latch key life. Kids nowadays will never know what life was like when we grew up.

[@GenX_US_Marine]

These soft ass kids wouldn't survive 1 day in our generation.

[@m_d1905]

I do miss some of those things. But I miss Saturday cartoons the most.

[@user-eg7yt6by4m]

Aww the good ole days Gone but not forgotten Thank you for sharing Reminiscing ❤😢

[@user-wx3fd9iw3q]

Those golden days!

[@MeanOldLady]

Only if you were lucky enough to have good parents, the rest brutally abused their kids & all of boomer society covered for each other & their parents' generation didn't say a peep out of shame to their reputation & they didn't want to raise their own grandkids because they utterly failed as parents by spoiling their kids.

[@DMK48906]

Blanket forts draped over the table, hanging out in the woods, bike rides to hell and back and sometimes even running after cars barking the whole way LOL.

[@Nananator2009]

Ah yes...I remember it well...🥰

[@bestiefswlady5251]

I want to re-create the first stanza to replicate the song but it’s way past my bedtime - hoping someone else comments and starts at though :-)

[@d.shannon261]

I remember when 7eleven opened up a couple of blocks away in 1976. We rode our bikes to get a cherry slurpee. It was an amazing moment for a 10 year old. Life was good.🎉

[@VV01f13]

This is why so many of us are masochistic. We are nostalgic and home sick for a hard childhood but, that is (I believe) because we were the last of the free range kiddos. We didn't get "time out" you slipped up and it was "Lights out" 💥 But the freedom was something worth the pain and rocky road. No camera phones so we got away with redrum💖"It was the best of times it was the worst of times"

[@LaurelCanyonMojo]

We had time to think and dream our OWN way. We built things in empty lots or in the woods. I really hope that kind of individual creativity isn't lost. It takes a mental freedom that seems rare these days. To be fair, we still had Christian Dogma haunting us, looming over our joyful free moments, trying to rule over us with damnation and hell fire. I still have Christian PTSD. 😢

[@dontfit6380]

⁠@@LaurelCanyonMojonothing wrong with that Christian dogma. It probably kept many of us from becoming the first school sho *ters

[@LaurelCanyonMojo]

@@dontfit6380 I disagree

[@dontfit6380]

@@LaurelCanyonMojo you can disagree that’s fine but you’ll notice all that stuff started after parents quit with the dogma. It’s getting worse all the time because we’ve taken that out. 😂 you had my comment deleted. Gen Xers kids are some of the worst.

[@LaurelCanyonMojo]

@dontfit6380 I didn't delete anything.. the person who posted this is the only one who could do that. Look, I keep some of the morals I was taught. Those core morals are the things that I feel are universal. What I am opposed to is the teaching of morality through fear. We learn morality through life's lessons. I don't want to continue this discussion in someone else's thread about the joys of childhood. Enjoy your day

[@LeonaLinscott-cy6dz]

Didn't know how special it was at the time. Couldn't wait to be grown up & out from under our parents. Those really were good times!!

[@OhNoSweetie...]

I was drifting on a blissful memory cloud there...ahhhh😊

[@maryhiatt808]

Great content!! Really brings back memories...funny, sad, happy!!! Mostly happy because we didn't know any difference, we were free!!!

[@user-yz8qf1xh1t]

The times of our life's of an era long gone-by 😢

[@cinnamonrose5599]

We had 1 bike for 10 or so kids. We would meet up at "Sand Hill," where the pavement stopped. Took turns with wild rides down the gravel & sand hill road, turning & dumping into the creek at the last second. Then we climbed trees & watched the dust rise from the road. We made koolaid & carried it in those old plastic "canteen" things. Made peanut butter & jelly sandwiches, wrapped in wax paper. No one had a backpack, so we had an old paper grocery bag to tote stuff around. Meandered home after firefly watching. Loved every minute.

[@sothishappened2020]

Summed up my childhood perfectly ❤

[@tripwire6306]

Ahh..hell Sherri, you actually bought a tear to my eye. We can tell them what it's like but they'll never understand it.

[@marcshafer131]

Those were the days! We had no responsibility all we had to do was make the grade.

[@peterhagan8454]

sstephen kings stand by me was on the nail, childhood was wandering adventures

[@hermanhitt5055]

"I never had friends like the ones I had when I was 11 years old. My GOD,does anyone?" One of the most profound statements Stephen King was definitely on point about.🧐🙏🏽

[@adamdadschannel8697]

Best time of our lives 👍🙏💚💪

[@ltorres217able]

I'd love to go back in time and experience this again. My parents.. God rest their souls, pushing us out the door and mom waving and yelling to be home when the streetlight comes on. 😢 Saturday night was popcorn and scary flicks, nestled into a bean bag chairs after having a shake and bake chicken dinner. This is after a whole days fun of wandering the streets with my friends or playing at the park. Remember turning into a teenager, and the curfew was expanded. 😂 we had it made back then. I salute all you gen xrs out there. 🎉 we really had it good.

[@libbyget5495]

Very well said!

[@wookieshackleford2689]

Thanks for reviving the memories Slim 😎

[@theogserena]

Big smile. The good 'ol days!

[@AppalachianPatriot]

Fell asleep reading a book to escape reality while listening to my clock radio that had rock music on it my parents didn’t approve of.

[@karenk2409]

AM radio!

[@justlauren9672]

Good times ❤

[@dakotablessing451]

Those were Beautiful days

[@JellyBean-lo4sl]

Awwww the memories.😊

[@michellealexander-nolin154]

Memories ❤

[@donaldweaver6849]

That was some beautiful memories. Brought tears to my eyes. Thank God I was a genX kid.

[@robbiewright9573]

My childhood exactly!! Golden times. Golden......❤

[@ezmadarlington942]

7/11 for TOPS cards and slurpies. I still have those TOPS cards!!! Who is laughing now?

[@AlLewisJr]

SO spot on.

[@flamealligator6984]

My childhood is very similar. Except I cooked dinner for my siblings and me. My Mom taught me to cook from age 5. Riding our bikes at considerable distances too. My Millennial and Gen Z friends are amazed at my childhood stories. I’m amazed at what they didn’t get to do. The lack of freedom and independence. I don’t want to go back but I appreciate my childhood more and more.

[@angelahaines2001]

Yes it was fun back. Sure love these memories. I miss them so much

[@mwalvis43]

❤❤ so very true every bit

[@MimiNeligan1980]

I REALLY LOVE HIW U CAN IMMEDIATELY TRANSPORT TO THE BEST TIMES IN HISTORY!!! THX U!!

[@foolforyou1228]

Brings back so many wonderful memories ❤❤❤

[@miach87]

WAIT!!! Did she grow up in my own house, or do I change my name to Sherri?!? That was purty much right on the mark! 😵‍💫 I'm in the, "Be afraid. Be very, very afraid...." part of that ol' movie, at the moment! 🫣 😮

[@eddierose75]

Thanks for the trip down memory lane!! 🎉❤

[@73FPV]

YES. THAT WAS MY CHILDHOOD..

[@scotthagen3779]

7 Eleven Slurpies, Topps Baseball cards and Ghost in the graveyard….Wow, you nailed it. Love your videos. Thank You.

[@robinsmith8252]

Then when you got your first ten speed bike. It had the water bottle holder. Would freeze it to have that COLD water. But still drank that hose water.😉😂

[@yellowsubmarine1321]

That made me tear up 😭. Those were the best days growing up in the 80's. Miss it!

[@msmarisadenise]

I miss those days 😢

[@amyrenee1361]

Your hair looks amazing! Have an amazing week ! 💞 Thanks for the memories

[@APalmer-op3np]

Perfect snapshot of my childhood!!! thank you for the trip down memory lane. Did anybody drink from a barrel with a ladle, hang out at the pool, or get shipped off to the granparents or summer camp?

[@GhostlyCowboy]

Lord i miss the days of adventure.

[@kc8718]

That was the life 😂had so much fun

[@itsnotme07]

Saturdays during the school year for me were awesome! I'd go to a local bowling alley with my brother and we'd basically spend the day. There was a league in the morning, one in the afternoon and many weekends, there would be a Saturday night bowling tournament, as well as "Travel league" on Sunday mornings. He had his license and his own car...so we didn't need to depend on Dad to drive us. Lots of great people and great fun! In the summer, well I was on my own basically. Ride my bike all over town, and many days beyond. Can't do lots of that stuff now due to medical issues, but I'm rehabbing....so maybe I'll get back to bowling by 2025? Thanks for making me think of those cool Saturdays growing up.

[@hermanhitt5055]

"Play dodge'em with the cars like a real life game of Frogger." Is it just🤔 me, or does anyone else remember those days? My childhood was a real adventure. It's a miracle that I survived it.🧐🙏🏽

[@alyxalyx31]

Thank you, Sherri… I appreciate you bringing my childhood memories back to me. It seems the years have left some dust buildup and you, in your honest & hysterical way, blast that shit right off! ❤💨😌

[@dalerushton1394]

I literally got goosebumps. You described it perfectly ! I really miss those days. It was great. It was the best times EVER. Thanks, Gen-X dude 😊

[@lilahforesman6663]

Right 💜✨🤟

[@kathybugby4325]

Yes, my life looked like that too. In summer, every single year, mom would hand my brother and I two dollars each and we would walk to the bus stop, ride to the local college pool for lessons, stay for free swim afterwards, bus home, but always stop at 7-11 for 5 cent candies. We would fill our pockets full and goof around with friends before we were allowed back home.

[@kittensugars]

So true, all of it! You rock the hardest, slimSherri. X

[@slevenclevera5329]

Green eyes most amazing

[@RayAtkins-wk9zv]

I long for the days of my youth

[@tracystephens9104]

Thanks for the memories!!😊

[@gretayoung6377]

Awhh, the woods..the “secret”forts, with our treasures, snacks, and ALl the MacGyver-ish for any scenario ! Swinging from, (possibly secure) vines, over shallow rocky creeks…walking across water pipes over same rocky creeks. It was so magical ❤🎉

[@starfallin17]

😢yep those days were the days 🌟🧸💫

[@dorothyflorence6839]

This was so beautifully illustrated brought back so many memories especially when dad/uncle/big bro or cousin help us build crap that fell apart as fast as we put it back together 😂 miss the go-carts, bike ramps for the evil Evel Knievel stunts. You’re a wonderful storyteller beautiful lady❤

[@TheMoonEcat]

Chores happened in the evening for us. We woke up for food and cartoons. outside to meet in the courtyard (lived in apartments). Would play tag or go off to play somewhere like the school (lived across from one at one time), apartment playground, or park. Sometimes, we would do a job for spending money to get stuff. Picking up trash was a common job for kids. Go home at dark and do chores. TV went on and one of us would cook dinner. After dinner the parents would leave and we did whatever until time to sleep (usually right before they came home).

[@edstar83]

Doing stunts on my bmx over concrete pavement or street. No brakes, bald tyres, no shirt, helmet no matter how many times i went over the handlebars, i'd dust the dirt off my grazed flesh and get back on again. (Only to stack it again later on as I'm casually riding with no hands on the handlebars and decide to turn a corner (with no hands) while riding on top of loose gravel that i didnt notice. Fun times. Gen-X built tonka tough.

[@lostmama08]

I love ya!!! great job of reminding me of the good times ! :)

[@lucretiaknotts322]

I really miss those days

[@SassyST]

Well damn, Sherri…made me cry! It’s so bittersweet to remember those days but yes ma’am I’d do it all again right now, too. ❤

[@CHawk5695]

Late Gen Xer here. Everything is accurate except we rode our bikes to our Little League baseball or softball games in the morning. We'd get home, change out if our uniforms, did our chores, and then mom and dad would kick us out of the house to play.

[@user-cx6mh8jj9s]

Thank you for helping me remember.

[@xmmaureennx]

Yep. ❤

[@loripolston6695]

I sure miss those days!

[@IONAPINKMOXIE]

I will never forget wading in the creek and getting home with cuts on the bottom of my feet due to glass bottles being smashed in there. Not feeling it until I got home. Good Times....

[@suelyons531]

I do remember the anxiety of my parents when waiting in line for for gas in the 70's and my neighbor's son who died in Vietnam. It wasn't all incredible.

[@fireupyourheartfortruth]

I did not have a normal childhood like this. I friends who did so I get it:). I got a few glimpses but was severally isolated by my abusive household.

[@jNeal-gj9iu]

Those were the days 🎉

[@rachelle6339]

I love your content, you are such a funny lady! I love your sense of humor. ❤❤❤❤

[@user-cj5zo4zm6j]

Man, those were the days. If you did it right, you got to go to the movies.🥰

[@samanthahoos9827]

❤Keep those cartoons low in the morning so you don’t wake Mom or you’ll be doing chores, cleaning your room or helping her clean all day. Found a quarter, put the dog on a leash, head to DD for a free munchkin for the dog with a donut to eat in the park and act like you own this town. 😊 I went back to my local park years ago and there’s a fence around the playground, signs and fencing saying to stay on the trail, keep out of the brook and no fishing in the pond, no feeding the ducks. 😢 I’m glad I moved to a home with enough land that people say I own a park now. 😂

[@Janice-hc5ri]

OMG! You described my life almost to a T! Except for the t.v. dinner we got take away plopped in front of us before the parents were off to places unknown!😮

[@LanguagesofLights]

Yup we did😘

[@yvemdp]

Relatable!!! 💯

[@tomholley5464]

On the farm that's the only day we had to just run around for no apparent reason, it was great

[@kristie825]

Oh damn I wish I was in a blanket fort right now 🥹❤️

[@karenk2409]

I think at least 2 generations of us would love to party in a blanket fort!

[@starfallin17]

Now I’m crying fuck 🥹

[@carolinee7876]

Did you follow me around on saturdays??? You have absolutely nailed it. But of course you lived it as did I and it was wonderful!!!❤❤❤

[@alexhurst3986]

There were Saturdays where all I had to eat was the half box of sugar/cereal while watching School house Rock, and my mom had no freaking idea where I was. Cutting my foot on glass in the creek and wrapping it up in grass and leaves because I didn't want to go home. omg I miss those days. I really feel sorry for the kids that came after us. They will never know the freedom of being a kid.

[@SookieLuxe444]

Yep ghosts in graveyards was great

[@GenX_US_Marine]

You remember ding dong ditch, I loved doing that.

[@josielbrown]

Slim, I just smelled the lilacs as I drifted off into your tableau … soft wind flutters the curtains just enough let the sweet scent surround me in ‘80: at my grandparents’. Ferile, no, we were connected … to our friends, to our rituals, pennies on the tracks, and things that were real. We all know why dirt tastes lie. We could touch our fun. Feel it. Gen X, with our naps on the grass, under the trees, unafraid … are the last of nature’s children. No one will sleep as deeply again.

[@MarciaBaker1205]

I was born '50 & that's the way I grew up.

[@lasvegasotis6780]

Running across the expressway to go fishing,, yup.

[@boudicca272]

Facts! Cruising the neighborhood on bikes looking for the yard full of bikes was our friends' location social app.😂

[@lovinglife69]

On point!!

[@LulyTubee]

They're googling "who's MacGyver? " as we speak 😂😂😂❤🍒

[@shellymilligan2953]

My mom did cook no TV dinners here but the rest 💯 miss those days ❤