1980s Things That Kids No Longer Do!

Kids today have no clue what kids used to do for fun in the 1980s. Everyone was their own stuntman. Many of those things have either become outdate or taboo. In this video we will take a closer look at 1980s things that kids no longer do!
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[@ryulee458]

1980 those were the best years of life I wish I can go back in time and redo it all over again.

[@pamelas1002]

Same!

[@andrewgillon2763]

Me too. Some of the happiest of my life and ones filled with so hope and wonder and potential.

[@bearforce187]

Same here, the 1980's were the best.

[@LoveShaysloco]

I grew up in the 90s and dam thiss brought back the fun times and the flaming butt times (hot slides and road rash from losing the bike)

[@Lulu-bell1973]

I’ll come with you. I’ve been wishing I could go back for years.

[@fxontv]

Growing up in the 70’s and 80’s was great! Life was simpler for kids back then.

[@danielkaiser8971]

I think my generation (Gen X) developed good conflict resolution skills because we had the freedom to see our differences through to the end as kids. We often kept them hidden from the adults if we thought we could handle them ourselves.

[@demonvalentine1]

I truly miss those days also!

[@scotthayes4135]

I did not like waterbeds, they gave me motion sickness.

[@SR-iy4gg]

I loved mine. Maybe yours was underfilled. If they weren't filled up enough, they sloshed more.@@scotthayes4135

[@justaguy2365]

90s too. For kids like myself who lived in the middle of nowhere

[@coryaronson2678]

"go outside and play" every parents most commonly spoken phrase back then.

[@RhettyforHistory]

Absolutely! Thank you for watching!

[@lizzybearstar1661]

I grew up in the 90s and that was my mom's everyday word every weekend at about 10:00 a.m." Go outside and play"

[@Wildman-zh8lg]

My parents would say don't come back until the street lights come on

[@joefox9765]

​@@Wildman-zh8lgLOL my mom would say don't come back 😂

[@momthatloves3985]

My mom would lock us out of the house and tell us if we are thirsty, drink from the water hose, but don’t forget to turn it off! Hell, I am proud to be a 70’s born baby but an 80’s kid. ! Kids are too damn soft and honestly, stupid, can’t do math without a calculator or remember friends phone numbers!!! I can still remember my friends phone numbers at 47!!! So sad! And a peanut allergy??? What the hell is that? Everything we had as snacks had peanut butter, 🤷🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️ God help us to raise smarter kids

[@rhythmtapper]

Bittersweet nostalgia. I long for simpler times as these. They were wonderful in many ways.

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching rhythmtapper!

[@EliseLaurenSpringer]

So true.

[@rexthompson8905]

Growing up in the 70's&80's were the best we didn't have a care. People and kids today have gotten soft

[@davepedersen2115]

One day we went on our very last bike ride with our friends and didn't even know it😢

[@MonaStorck]

😢

[@meauxjeaux431]

WOW, THAT IS SO TRUE, AND I BET NONE OF US CAN RECALL IT EITHER. I KNOW I SURE CAN'T

[@angeldesigns1385]

@@meauxjeaux431lol you’re right I can’t ether! Maybe it’s a result of us just embracing that moment as it was, and not thinking about anything else?

[@The_Bad_Guy.]

Yeah that's crazy. To think one day as a kid I rode my bike for the last time and didn't even know it at the time. I'm sure for most of us it was around the time we got our driver's licenses

[@lunadaisy223]

So true! For me, it was when I got my first video game system (Coleco Vision). I was instantly hooked & stopped going outside!!

[@mlee65]

Todays generation wouldn't survive the 80's.

[@danielkaiser8971]

That might be true, but on the other hand they might love it so much that they wouldn't come back to the present!

[@BrianK-zz4fk]

kinda like the NBA when it was great!

[@WarBoy87]

okay boomer

[@ruantengyi]

Yeah, no wifi, no smartphone, no tablet, etc.

[@do9138]

You bet they couldn't. I am a college professor. Since the 2010s, I have seen a marked decrease in ADULT college students' ability to handle anything, especially being told "no" and not being given grades they don't earn. Following rules or instructions is apparently unheard of until they get to college. Then they are angry and shocked that that approach to entitlement is not applied to ADULT college students.

[@todd344]

The 80s were the greatest. I would love to go back.

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching Todd!

[@yourangelinfleshorsackclot1523]

WE will ...

[@andyheritage]

You could go back. After living in Germany for nearly 8 years, the quality of life is still like the 80s and 90s here. Most of the things spoken about children and education still exists. After leaving California my home of 32 years back in 2012, glad I was able to find my golden years but in a form of Deutsch-Bavarian Style. Whoever is interested in relocating to Germany, I am glad to assist. From what you dont here in the news, Germany cost of living to me is almost like in the 90s in terms of prices and income you make. Unlike California where now making 5k a month is considered poor, but in Germany...you live like a king!!

[@bigal47]

Building jumps and jumping over as many friends as possible with our bikes... those were the days!

[@borntoclimb7116]

@@andyheritage in Germany millions of kids and teens walk to school without paranoid parents, we have less domestic violence than the USA and every Summer Millionen goes to swimming and Numbers of accident is pretty low. Lots of all those "good things" from the past are stil normal. Number of troublemaker kids and grug addicted peoples goes lower than the 80s, car accidents are pretty low too.

[@Flight777WFS]

I almost wish that I could go back. Now I look at my grandkids and see all the fun stuff that they will never do. The 80's really were the best decade to be brought up in.

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching Flight777WFS!

[@bemhibbits4157]

We love to forget about all the crappy parts of the 80s. Like a skyrocketing divorce rate leaving many of us to live in one parent homes. Or latchkey kids, where the parents were too caught up in careers. Three television stations, so we HAD to go outside to find something entertaining to do. If we had computers and internet when we were young, it would've been exactly the same.

[@melindasmith3713]

​@@bemhibbits4157raise your kids how you wanted to be raised . We kids were bad , watch your kids they will turn out better . Sadly many say it was good enough for me growing up , so ....

[@michaellazor5667]

I used to ride my bike and listen to cassettes on my Walkman for hours. No helmet requirement, no headlight, just freedom.

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching and sharing your memories Michael!

[@Noway673]

Before the walkman.I took my little black hand radio and taped it in front of my handle bars pretended I was driving a car.Kids imaginations.

[@txwtw]

Did you ever get bored of it?/genq

[@melindasmith3713]

I had turn signals as a kid on my bike ! For fun .

[@johnlopez3996]

Many kids growing up in the 1970s and 1980s had blisters on their hands from playing on the equipment on school yards. Those later became calluses, and every scratch or scab was a mark of experience from physical play. Many school grounds no longer have swings, rings, or monkey bars due to liability issues. Thank you for your video presentation. Take care.

[@danielkaiser8971]

I was a kid at that time. Did you or any of your friends ever get home from school with a thin line of skin missing on the back of their hand from testing to see how long they could stand rubbing a pencil eraser on it at school before yelling to stop? I forgot what this test of endurance was called, but... I am 53 and I am looking at the scar on the back of my hand right now. 😬😏

[@SR-iy4gg]

I'm a teacher, and we still have those things on our two playgrounds.

[@ShannonWright-pb8cq]

I am 52 I remember that also​@@danielkaiser8971

[@blakemrolfsensanchez547]

@@danielkaiser8971 Yes. Those were the days. Kids nowadays are to sensitive for everything.

[@erinmalone2669]

If you didn’t come back home dirty and scraped up, you weren’t having enough fun!

[@BMichaelGalloway]

I was born in 1974. My fondest memories of the 80s..? The whole totally awesome decade!! 😎❤

[@martinkuliza]

1973 here...........same

[@SkitSkat674]

Pee Wee's playhouse was great.

[@robertcreighton4635]

I'm 50 this year 😭

[@garthmcelroy823]

The BMX bikes and being kicked out after Saturday morning cartoons is spot on. Thing is we wanted to be outside riding bikes unsupervised! I remember playing for hours, building forts, nearly drowning in streams etc. Then my mom yelling it was time to come in for supper. I also remember being bored stiff during summer vacation when my grandparents looked after us!! 😂

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching and sharing some of what you did!

[@GuitarAnthony]

Saturday morning was done when American Bandstand or Soul Train came on.

[@danielkaiser8971]

That's exactly right! Wow, I would not have remembered if you hadn't said anything! Thanks! Yep, time to turn off the TV and go outside to play. After singing to the theme song of all the music they play, on the Bandstand! (Bandstand.) 👈You heard the song sing the echo, didn't you? 😄

[@ligeiaztomb2755]

Or American Gladiators

[@-scottie6439]

I remember after the cartoons, wrestling would come on, and after that, I'd be out the door.

[@pamelas1002]

Was a sophomore in high school 1980. We had an official smoking section on the side of the building! Teachers even smoked with the students!

[@jonalberts980]

Yes, smoking was oddly allowed at more places at my school in the 70s than it was in the 60s. If you were a senior, you could suddenly smoke in the senior lounge or the office instead of just your car. 😏

[@pamelas1002]

@@jonalberts980 😊

[@samanthab1923]

That’s a tough look. 😂

[@pamelas1002]

@@samanthab1923 🤣

[@danielkaiser8971]

Same, I was in high school from 1984-1988 and we also had a smoking section. One of the teachers always joked that the smoking sections are all right outside the designated fire exits, "where the fire would be." 🤣😂🤣😂🤣

[@azavy]

The 80s was truly a magical time, Especially if you were a kid! I absolutely LOVE LOVE LOVE growing up in the 80s! The music, the food, the physical activities and the adventure! I never realized just how much more healthier and free we were until decades later and I see how kid's now don't get to do even half the things we did in the 80s. 😢

[@azeez8399]

💯%

[@MasterMayhem78]

I’m so glad I was a young boy at that time. Every single one of these images I swear were taken throughout my life. You kids nowadays have no idea what you missed. Sad that most kids won’t have memories like this.

[@frankrizzo4460]

Me too, it was such a different world back then. We didn't have the technology like today but I had such fun times playing outside with my friends until it got dark out. We really were blessed to have experienced those days.

[@nellamorra6728]

same...life was the best! talk about being FREE

[@The_Bad_Guy.]

The kids of today's memories will be like, Do you guys remember when we played Minecraft for the entire summer???

[@nellamorra6728]

@TheBadGuyMike hahahaha and remember we took selfies with our cool duck lips?

[@hitomihonda7573]

@@The_Bad_Guy.or their memories will be what their favorite influencer did while traveling and living their best life. 😢

[@TammieR-B]

"playgrounds today are soft"........ literally!! I love the old photos, looking in the background and thinking "hey, we had a lamp like that"😂 Thanks for the trip Rhetty👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@oafee]

We had in NC old trains and ww2 tanks at the park. You could climb on them and in them. Kids would break bones falling off them. It was considered the kids fault for falling.

[@Wildman-zh8lg]

Everything is soft today

[@LadyJ2100]

The 80's was the best of so many things! Movies, T.V. shows, fashion, hairstyles, activities, food/restaurants, vehicles, games, school... the list goes on! Such great time to remember.

[@RamsLakersDodgers]

Fashion??Hairstyles??They were God awful🤦🏽Food/restaurants??Now that’s just silly.Getting carried away🙄

[@patrickpeterson6498]

I graduated in 1990, so you definitely know I was an 80's kid. Awesome times.....

[@luisreyes1963]

Arcades, sugary breakfast cereals, Saturday morning cartoons on TV, salty snack foods, even Nintendo....how I miss those days. ☺️

[@RhettyforHistory]

They were great times! Thank you for watching my friend!

[@clueless9245]

Nintendo? Don't you mean Pong and Atari?

[@tammi67able]

@@clueless9245 Atari

[@SkitSkat674]

I'm in my 50's and still enjoy all that, lol. Doesn't have to stop you know. Just gotta make it happen. I make a bowl of my favorite cereal and watch a few hours of anime. No arcades but I still have fun playing video games. Also some salty snacks. Of course I have to limit myself on how much I eat but I'm not going to let myself not enjoy something just because times have changed.

[@batsonelectronics]

everything but the arcade I still have, do, or eat. Fruitloops, sugar smacks, and Lucky Charms still exist. I have a Nintendo WII. Cartoons still come on but aren't as good as the 80's. I listen to 80's music and watch 80's tv when I can. Peace.

[@turbofanlover]

A much simpler time...a much better time. The 80s were awesome.

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching turbofanlover!

[@jasonmaclean719]

Starting school was a big popularity contest. Whoever had the coolest Trapper Keeper, best puffy gel stickers, or a pencil box with ten compartments were major talking points.

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching and sharing your memories Jason!

[@wtfodessa]

What about parachute pants and punk style haircuts...... tight rolled jeans and penny loafers and T shirts with the show miami vice or the Dukes of Hazard on it.

[@jasonmaclean719]

@@wtfodessa I used to have Uncle Cooter's tow truck and the General Lee model toys. Would try and see who could jump further😅

[@joevanderslice6013]

I'm missing the 80's more than ever these crazy days.

[@ladytinag4276]

I love these back down memory lane videos. I’m at 70s kid and 80s teenager. Every single scenario applies and brings great memories! What a great time to be a kid.

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching ladytinag4276!

[@jimmysexton4201]

I was lucky enough to have been a teenager during the 80's! I miss it so very much! We could use a whole lot of those day in this crazy world, today!

[@creativecrocheter]

Being an 80’s kid was pretty awesome! One of my favorite memories, was each Saturday morning my dad would make pancakes, and I would eat them while watching Pee-wee’s Playhouse. Wish I could rewind time and relive those memories one last time 🥰

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching and sharing some memories with us kelsiemarx4453!

[@MsVakong]

My dad also made us pancakes on Saturdays, and I remember PeeWee's Playhouse. Good times! 😃❤️

[@creativecrocheter]

@@MsVakong Those are the memories we both will hold dear to our hearts forever ❤️! Growing up sucks in a way, if you know what I mean 🫤

[@MsVakong]

@@creativecrocheter True!

[@r_l_o6324]

😂😂😂 loved my unrestrained shop class in middle school! Seemed like every shop teacher was missing a finger.

[@CherokeeBird]

I remember riding in the back windshield of our car lol. I'd lay there and nap. I also loved standing up in the front seat. Ahhh, the 80's 😊

[@danielkaiser8971]

I remember one time my mother was driving us home from visiting a relative from out of town, so it was a two hour drive in the dark. I went to the back of our station wagon where I was still small enough to lie down comfortably in the back. I fell asleep back there to the constant humming of the car driving at 55 MPH, and when I woke up we were home. I was so young it felt like magic.

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching and sharing some memories CherokeeBird!

[@kybble]

Yep I remember a trip from central IL to Oklahoma. I am 1 of 6 mom had a 1979 Chevy Malibu was so small I sat in the rear foot well all the way.

[@Judah98]

Man you are about to make me cry! 😢 Such beautiful memories. Thank you! 👍🏾

[@rebels42wynn83]

70s Baby/ 80s Kid right here. I had a lot of mixed memories from the 80s but still the decade will always have a special place in my heart.

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching rebels42wynn83!

[@kenqiao3946]

Born on 76, I just made it to enjoy the 80s, the golden age for being a kid.

[@bigtastetaco7591]

I tell my grown kids all kinds of stories about growing up in the 80's and they are absolutely mesmerized. What a magical time. Wouldn't trade the experience for anything.

[@egonwombat8234]

Having been born in 1978 and growing up in the 80s I can just soooooooo much relate - thanks for this quick and fun rollercoaster through my childhood! 🙏🏽

[@Plan9-3127]

Oooh... I miss the cereals!..... Who am I kidding? I honestly miss all of it...

[@-Thauma-]

I had a huge permed hairstyle, lots of blue mascara, plastic earrings and bracelets. I was a real dish 🤣😂

[@silkeden1]

I responded to all this frill way back when! 😃

[@jonalberts980]

❤

[@MonaStorck]

I saved most of my earrings from 1984-1989. They are wild!!

[@thelittlegreenball6813]

😂Me, too!!❤

[@nickimontie]

​@MonaStorck they will come backin fashion so keep them!

[@charthers8903]

I was only 8 years old when the 90s came and even I can vividly remember the change in energy - The 80s were cool happy and fun, 90s were more depressing and aggressive

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching charthers8903!

[@twatts1523]

Yeah, everything seemed to change drastically. Once bike helmets were introduced.

[@travelingwithmikeandpam9074]

We raised our kids through the 80's! Thanks for the memories Rhetty!

[@RhettyforHistory]

You're welcome and thank you for watching my friend!

[@drusmith3480]

My favorite Saturday morning cartoons were Looney Tunes, Scooby-Doo, and the Smurfs! 😃

[@shannondore]

Looney Tunes, Hong Kong Phooey, and Land of the Lost are my faves.😊

[@princessmarlena1359]

Jem and the Holograms, He-Man, She-Ra, My Little Pony (Gen 1), Heathcliff, Rainbow Brite, Strawberry Shortcake, etc.

[@tenfour000]

When watching The Smurfs one week would be thinking "oh that bad guy better not get the smurfs this time" from last week's continuance. Or any show with a "to be continued" set.

[@cosmicalchemist8219]

Don’t forget the snorks

[@cosmicalchemist8219]

Garfield & friends

[@avonee1976]

This was my childhood! I wouldn’t change growing up in the 80s for anything!

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching avone1976!

[@adammucha3917]

I miss playing in the streets, riding bike across town, being outside all day, Saturday morning cartoons, and all my buddies. There's none of that in today's world, not a one of those everyday activities.

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching Adam!

[@TaraMolohon-lb1zn]

I'm 44 now and I had some of the best and worst times in the 80's. I wish I could just rewind and enjoy the good stuff but all the bad outweighed everything I went through. Why couldn't we just have fun? Nobody knows. ❣️😌

[@BrianK-zz4fk]

Im 45 what was the bad? I had fun and freedom got in a couple of fights but its all about growing up.

[@sarahsimpkins1311]

I'm 43 I had fun in the 80s playing out side Riding Bikes went to the park with out supervison watching Good TV shows during the week.

[@Devo13]

I'm 56 and I remember about 90% fun and freedom and about 10% bad,here and there. Fights. Arguments. Nothing that didn't go away. But the world kept turning. As we used to say "Suck it up,walk it off,walk on" or :Take some laps"..

[@lunadaisy223]

Same, I had a rough home life. But the music & fashion still can't be beat - the music got me through a lot!

[@sl8605]

I remember all of this, but the one thing they no longer have is the MTV music videos that I spent alot of time watching. I wish they would bring them back.

[@danielkaiser8971]

I have a confession, a while back I found Solid Gold episodes here on KZbin from people who recorded them on VHS and later uploaded them to this platform. It felt like I was going back in time. For me, I associated MTV with video games at the arcade, since they were two of my favorite things to do back then. Asking friends if they saw the latest music video or saw an interview with the music performers.

[@Devo13]

Yeah,we'd have all nighters where we'd just get pizzas,Swiss Creme Soda and such and just watch videos from dusk to dawn. Baumann. Peter Schilling. Industry. The Units. Icehouse. Devo. Oingo Boingo. The Plastics. Polyrock. Yello. The new wave was upon us...

[@laurapeter3857]

And don’t forget VH-1. I remember sitting by the TV waiting for the first videos on MTV and VH-1 to go live.

[@stevethomas9320]

Back when MTV actually played music instead of all those teenage reality tv shows.

[@clueless9245]

​@@stevethomas9320 The shows that make me grateful I am no longer a teenager?

[@robert-trading-as-Bob69]

I sometimes wonder how I survived the glorious 70s and 80s. The vibe was so liberating and colourful. Remember video weekends? Getting a bunch of friends and family together for a sleepover with mattresses covering the floor and 5 or more videos to watch. We were lucky to experience the 80s.

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching Robert!

[@thinktankindi2664]

Born on 1972 and I must say that the eighties was such a great time to grow up and come to age.

[@steveg9088]

Saturday Morning were something I look forward to every week. Good ol days.

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching Steve!

[@WinsomeWinslet]

The entire summer being spent wandering the mall, using all my money on arcade games, eating Chick-fil-A in the food court then standing outside waiting for mom to pick us up - seriously the best days ever! Oh and the putt putt place with the go-karts. What lives we led! :)

[@nataliestaheli51602]

I grew up in the 80s, and EVERYTHING mentioned is absolutely true!! Good times!

[@LoudRam]

What memories! Being an 80's kid was awesome. We knew how to live. Setting off caps with rocks, throwing lawn darts, jumping ramps with our bikes without a helmet. Good times!!!

[@thrillhill5257]

I remember having the option of walking home or riding the bus. Starting in 2nd grade. Hard to believe we had that much autonomy. We made a lot of decisions from an early age. Seems wild compared to today

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching thrillhill5257!

[@BrianK-zz4fk]

i rode my bike without a helmet when i was given the option.

[@shawnahall7246]

We walked all over the town or ride bikes. My child didn’t have that luxury because times literally got to unsafe for kids

[@StidhamFamilygospel]

Rhett, you covered my entire childhood in 1 video. I feel bad for our kids not knowing what unconnected really is. I have been late for work because I forgot my cell, and turned around to get it. How did we survive? Lol

[@harrylongabaugh7402]

Now if you forget your phone you almost have to go back for it because many places ( especially public schools) have gotten rid of public use and pay phones. I was so mad when we had to buy a cell phone for our daughter in eighth grade because the school got rid of the pay phones and wouldn't allow students to use the office phone.

[@StidhamFamilygospel]

The place I work got rid of all desk phones last week. Times are definitely changing

[@SR-iy4gg]

I've never seen any school with a pay phone in my 44 years. I've been in school, as a student or teacher, for the last 39 years.@@harrylongabaugh7402

[@SR-iy4gg]

weird@@StidhamFamilygospel

[@Ryuuzakipwnz]

Whoa, well we had payphones in my schools I don't think I saw it at the community college, but it was definitely still there in highschool 2008 when I left! And yeah now a days, if I forgot my phone at home I am like "Oh well, I'll just go to work without it, haha. Worse case scenario, I use the work phone."

[@mingo2024]

Nothing will ever beat the 80's!

[@TheRichie213]

I was an 80s kid and this video is 100% spot on!

[@Shat_Tastic]

Going to school on Friday for show and tell LOL.

[@halwasserman7905]

In the 1980's hanging out with friends was everything. We were always going to each other's houses or driving around town. Now it seems like kids never leave their rooms.

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching and sharing your memories!

[@WarriorsSon]

Best time .Child in the 80's rite of passage in 1994-2004. Simpler,more present in the moment and unafraid to try things. Thx for uploading.

[@sandrashevel2137]

Thank you. Life for kids was so much better. I miss it

[@Dave17101]

I remember those long phone extension cords that let you take the phone into your bedroom. But then your 20 foot cord would end up a 6 foot cord and you had to untangle it for a half hour or more. And who can still hear the screech of your skin on a hot steel slide and checking for missing skin when you landed?? Man I miss those days

[@danielkaiser8971]

The thing I hated about some of those slides was that you couldn't slide on them at all. You'd get stuck at the top and have to scoot your way down, inch by inch! 🤣

[@Freightshaker]

We used to throw the fine dirt from the bottom of the slide all up and down the slide to lubricate and go faster!

[@H20forlife]

Yes, I always remember my dad pushing us “too fast” on the metal merry go round . It would be spinning so fast, that we’d be holding on for our dear lives , lol . I was thrown off many times, but I survived . Great times 👌🏾

[@allamerican3100]

80s and 90s was the best years of my life

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching allamerican3100

[@allamerican3100]

​@@RhettyforHistorythanks for the great content and memories.

[@SKvldlf]

I remember all of this stuff. I really miss the 80s.

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching SKvldlf!

[@SKvldlf]

@@RhettyforHistory Thank you for the comment and thank you again for the fantastic video!

[@kratoscraken5614]

80's life was the best life for alot of ppl and yes Saturday's were the ultimate rewards 👍

[@ScottRandolph-dd7dr]

🎉 Retro greetings from coastal Mississippi. As a teenager in the early 80's....l remember all of these. You cannot recreate a memory only reflect on it❤

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching Scott!

[@OldManButtercup]

Concerts in the 80s. It didn't matter who was playing either. Rock, rap, pop, country... we had our preferences of course but we knew everything from Merle Haggard to The Bangles to Cool Moe Dee to Anthrax and everything in between. We had the best music, the loudest arenas and everyone had fun. Man, I miss Twisted Sister and Mr. Mister...

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching and sharing some memories with us OldManButtercup!

[@BreannaMae]

I remember the Christmas we got our first ever VCR, which by the way had a corded not an infrared remote control. We also got about five movies on VHS. After opening up Christmas gifts we had brunch and then spent the rest of the day watching those tapes. It was such a magical thing to watch movies at home back then. I mean we all take it for granted now, but then it felt so futuristic! That began the tradition of the family movie night, which my family still does to this day. Unfortunately my youngest nephews find movies boring, preferring to play video games instead. According to them it's because they like how interactive video games are. They can't control the characters in a regular movie lol.

[@kristiwilliams6518]

Dang i miss dodge ball!!! I can smell it right now 😂

[@MonaStorck]

Yes! I got the smellovision hit too..lol

[@paulrash8861]

The sound of the ball hitting the body is music 😂❤

[@geologyjoerocks]

“Sit down and shut up”, lol. That’s so true. Our parents didn’t want us to remind them they had kids.

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching geologyjoerocks!

[@user-hx7mi7ml8u]

My parents didn’t treat us that way….🙁 If parents “didn’t want to be reminded they had kids,” then they shouldn’t have had any.

[@geologyjoerocks]

@@user-hx7mi7ml8u you were a lucky one, then! I’m sure it depends on culture and the sort of upbringing our parents had. My parents loved me, but they also didn’t pay much attention beyond that, lol. I didn’t mind, gave me lots of freedom to explore the world around me.

[@norwegianblue2017]

I think the 80s to mid-90s were a great time to be a kid, but I think 50s to mid-60s was probably the best time to be an adult.

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching norwegianblue2017!

[@jamesmoss3424]

Saturday morning cartoons should come back one day. 😀👍

[@KittKatPawz]

This just summed up my childhood. I miss my dad’s station wagon, hanging out with my neighborhood friends…everything you basically mentioned was a blast for me. I wouldn’t trade it for anything in the world for those fond memories. 😊

[@danielkaiser8971]

We had a Ford Country Squire station wagon, which I thought was wonderful because I slept in the back of it when taking long trips. But you know what I really loved? Before the Country Squire we had a Ford Pinto Cruising Wagon, with little circular windows on each side at the back, and with super sleek yellow, purple and orange painted streaks from the front to the back. I really felt like I was in a vehicle like the Batmobile, or some other superhero, because of that design. I think I even sat in the back seat one time with a bath towel around my neck as my superhero cape! 🤣

[@TH-hy9kr]

We had a big diesel Chevy Impala station wagon with the third row that faced backwards. I rode in that row and didn't have to sit with my carsick baby brother. It was wonderful, especially for the long weekend drives to visit family or family vacations. We'd also take it to the drive in as a family and fold down the whole back and have a cooler in it. It was like a mini camper. Great times!

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching and sharing some of what you did KittKatPawz!

[@ligeiaztomb2755]

Don't forget the amazing tire playgrounds with hot rubber and wasp nests inside of the tires! Lol

[@RhettyforHistory]

Oh yes! That is a good one to mention! Thank you for watching!

[@sergeantsnugglez3228]

I was born in 83, so I spent obviously the first 7 years of my life during this time, and yes it was magical. I would argue though that the 90's were still a great time as well to be a kid/teen in because we still did most of the things in this video. Cell phones didn't really become popular until the 2000's, kids had pagers/beepers. The internet didn't really take off until late 90's early 2000's. But what a great time to live in. Going outside, riding bikes, going to blockbuster, the movies every weekend because we actually had GOOD movies to go see (not the woke shit of today). Video games were still original/new feeling, getting your driver's license was a rite of passage and everyone did it immediately at the age of 16. Honestly today sucks, and I feel bad for my kids, but I do my best to keep them away from the poison of modern tech. No phones for my kids, or even tablets, and monitored internet usage. They mainly play with their toys or outside, and Nintendo Switch. I wish I could take them to the movies more often, or even have them watch Saturday morning cartoons, but those don't exist. I have to constantly make sure what they watch doesn't have any alphabet mafia propaganda in it. Bring back the 80's and 90's!

[@Based_Is_Best]

Born in ‘82 and I thoroughly appreciate and 100% align with the sentiment of your comment. Thanks for the post!

[@Funco1979]

As you said - it was a beautiful time.

[@ITIsFunnyDamnIT]

It never even dawned on me till watching this that classrooms no longer have chalk boards. they still had them in the 90s, well in 1990 the year I graduated. it's been almost 40 years ago, so hard to believe it's been so long ago. Time really does fly by

[@TH-hy9kr]

Had them into the late 90s here. Now they have erasable marker boards.

[@BrianK-zz4fk]

as an introvet i loved banging out the chalk outside and gave me a break from everyone.

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching ITIsFunnyDamnIT!

[@alycynde5237]

They definitely went in the wrong direction. Dry erase markers dry out too quickly and the board 'remembers' too quickly eventually making them useless. Chalk is cheaper yet they ignore that part.

[@smokesparkdragonfly1368]

@@TH-hy9kr They don't even have those anymore lol. Went to school in the 2010s and can guarantee I've never seen a teacher use a marker board for more than a moment, if they even had one at all. They all had smartboards, with projectors and digital pens. No chalk or marker mess for the teachers with those

[@michaelbankston7430]

The 1980's was my childhood(I was born n 1978). I still remember getting up early on weekends - often before the rest of the family - just to catch the morning cartoons. My family had a rule that if it's nice outside, you go outside.

[@BizzyJ1987]

I was born in the middle of 1987 so I don't remember the last 2 years of the 80s that well. All I can say is that I am glad to have been a 90s kid. It was also the last decade that we 90s kids had a lot of freedom. When I would spend a weekend or summer with my grandpa I would ride my bike anywhere around town as long as I said I was going out.

[@ericdaugherty3980]

This was my childhood thanks for the memory

[@joshuacurrier4743]

The 80s and into my teenage years through the early 90s was awesome. I swear we were the last generation to truly live. Everything in the video is accurate, even the street lights. Id give 5 years of my life for one more 1988.

[@jenniferjoseph1560]

I remember my friends running back home for their aquanet and scrunchies!scrunched! We found ways to entertain ourselves without the need for money! We also earned our money for county fairs, carnivals and school trips! Thank you for sharing these cherished memories ❤️

[@endeavorrv]

I am so grateful that I grew up in the 70's/80s and I am part of Gen X! We had things available to us that kids today will never do and do not have some things that are also a benefit. We learned to be resourceful and to build things and fix things on our own and we stayed out of the house all day and played with our friends out in the fresh air while our parents often times didn't know where we were. We were trusted. We were happy.

[@didiosthrance]

Born in 1980 so didn't get to do the teenage stuff but I remember riding all over town on my bike, even being able to go into bars to play arcade games, "driving" the car around on my dad's lap. One thing I really miss that I don't see many people mention, also applied to the 90s was finding paper money on the ground. Especially if it was something like a 10 or a 20.

[@mvd4436]

I was born in 84. We still seen the era. The 80's and 90's were quite similar.

[@reknakfarg7252]

I still find papermoney on the streets, why would that be different?

[@didiosthrance]

@@reknakfarg7252 maybe it's location dependent but I'd say 80 to maybe 90% of all purchases are cashless anymore. Many places around me don't/won't take cash. Sure I'll find coins, but not paper.

[@truckrobo147]

The kids back then used to touch grass, we need to bring these back and toughen up today's kids with them

[@glennso47]

They used to touch grass, now they often smoke it! 😮

[@truckrobo147]

@@glennso47 your out of line, but your right!

[@Yellow.Dog.]

Touch it? Heck, you can now go down to the corner dispensary and buy it here in Michigan! Weird times, these be. @@glennso47

[@danielkaiser8971]

Don't forget, we also ate some of the grass, and sometimes roly-polies. When I don't like a certain food today, I just remember I've had worse things in my mouth. We also collected honeybees in jars on the school playground, and sometimes released them in the classroom. And, we would take the ketchup packets from the cafeteria into the classroom and smash them underfoot, and the direction they squirted was anyone's unfortunate guess. Oops, I mean... I heard it from a friend. 😇

[@truckrobo147]

@@danielkaiser8971 gosh golly goobers that was really something

[@ronniekoye1]

I still have my old broken strap Swatch watch, 🤣🤣🤣. And I remember going on family trips and sleeping in the floorboards. 👍

[@solomedia8914]

I miss the 80’s watching my favorite show on tv. Going outside to play with my friends go bike riding. It was a simpler time back then. I miss the 80’s

[@monikameza4107]

All my 3 kids were born in the 80's. So I been through all of it. Thanks for the memories ❤❤❤

[@RhettyforHistory]

You're welcome and thank you for watching Monika! They were born in a great decade!

[@janedee6488]

Ahhh what a wonderful time. Thanks Rhetty for history.

[@RhettyforHistory]

You're welcome and thank you for watching Jane!

[@kris78787]

I really miss this time. I was a kid in the 80s and I remember many of these things. My biggest memory was I was ALWAYS playing outside. We were creative and used to make up our own games. I literally was outside until the street lights came on. Being a kid in the 80s was so much fun! I am so greatful I got to experience life before computers took over everything in our society

[@Blizz-jj3tm]

I love this video so much. It just took me back to yesteryear and I would love to go back to the 80s and just relive everything I did all the kids I met going to the arcade playing video games hanging out with friends there going rollerskating on a Friday night, everything was just the best life ever kids nowadays don’t know how much they missed out on such a great time in life and the best part was when that street light came on. You had five minutes to get into the house or else your ass was grass and it was so normal to be running to the house and you look down the street and see other kids running as fast as they can to get to the house, look back at it now and think it’s so funny but back then it was just a normal thing to do so all of you kids that were in the 80s. I think you will agree with everything I just said and God bless all you guys.

[@norwoodwildlife9849]

It's amazing how we survived

[@JLAvey]

Human bodies are tougher than 21st Century people think.

[@MemoryLN]

*Man you are about to make me cry!*

[@billrules8716]

In the 80's, we had the best cartoons, the best toys and you always knew whose house your friends were at by looking for their bikes in the driveway. Such a great time to grow up!

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching billrules8716!

[@tristandunn4628]

OMG, how strong is nostalgia?! 80s kid here and absolutely loved it. Wouldn't want to be a kid now.

[@sarawoods7874]

My grandparents must have been before their time because I had a car seat and was born in 1980, I wasn't allowed to go anywhere without letting them know exactly where I was and I didn't play outside by myself till I was in middle school but still had to tell them who I was with and where.

[@lucky43113]

wow what a sad life

[@sarawoods7874]

@@lucky43113 actually I had a wonderful life. I was an only child and only grandchild till I had my first child then my youngest aunt had two children. I never wanted for anything, got to explore any sports and clubs I wanted, got to vacation and visit places not only with my parents, but with my grandparents, aunts and uncles. I was never a latchkey kid. I never spent any time unsupervised as a child yet I am a well rounded, college educated mother and wife who is perfectly happy spending time in a house full of people or all by myself.

[@purplelove010]

​@@lucky43113 I think it's sad that a lot of children got kidnapped or missing due to not being supervised outside

[@danielkaiser8971]

I noticed a good mix back then of parents who wanted to know exactly where their kids would be (and call home to check in) with other parents who let the kids run hog wild. I think the mention of unsupervised kids back then was to contrast with today's bubblewrapped kids who have to pass the metal detector and weapons check upon entering their elementary school today.

[@danlevesque5437]

I was at the end of the good years elementary and middle school years it was back yard forest as long as we could hear our names called and or the end of the street entrance was our alone space and middle school years it became the town as far as I could ride a bicycle or walk and street lights were optional as long as it was before 9pm

[@michaellennon13]

I'm late 80s so didn't live through the decade much. But my ex is early 80s and most of the things mentioned he'd sure have experienced. You got me a little bit emotional, thinking of him as a child, wanting to try everything, reaching limits, living the adventure... Yeah that's all his type 😢😢 miss him so much

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching Michael!

[@Enigmatic..]

The 90s in the UK was still very much like it was in the 80s for us because even though computers had just hit the mainstream we still proffered to go out on adventures with our friends. Hop on our bikes and just ride until it started getting dark, then we'd turn around and head back. We'd get lost all the time but we found some sweet spots and cool areas in the woods to build bases.

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching and sharing your memories of the 90s!

[@rogueleader1246]

Man, that was a trip down memory lane. Everything about it was spot on about my childhood

[@paulstan9828]

Ha!!! I miss reading the back of the cereal box there was always something interesting to study there. You are right the 80’s started the home computer craze I had a Commodore 64. Amazing how it pretty much took over everyday life. For good and bad. Hi Jodie! 👋😁🇦🇺🦘

[@swansfan6944]

Hi Paul 👋😁🇺🇸 🦅

[@ericteneyck8691]

I grew up in the last half of the 60s through the 70s and early 60s. and my childhood was exactly the same as in this video. Great times! Loved the "play grounds today are soft" comment! Seems like if we weren't bleeding a couple times a week we weren't having much fun LOL. Loved those Saturday morning cartoons, Bugs Bunny/Road Runner hour, Scooby Doo (pre scrappy), Johnny Quest to name a few

[@Ea-wy5cu]

I liked that we could actually play tackle football with our friends and scrapes from stunts and bike crashes were a weekly occurance it seemed.

[@ericteneyck8691]

@Ea-wy5cu Yes! We also played tackle football in someone's yard. One guy broke a wrist, and another dislocated his shoulder. We would set up games with kids from other neighborhoods and had our own league going. Everyone played, girls, little brothers, whoever. Injuries happened, but we kept playing, and no ones parents tried to make us stop.

[@leslieo5947]

Definitely Scooby Doo pre Scrappy! I use to like the Laff-a-Lympics too.

[@did_I_hurt_you_feefees]

God, I miss the 80s. I had so much fun back then.

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching!

[@shellyfagan6931]

Love it! Grew up in the 80’s and LOVED Saturday morning cartoons, then going outside to play. A day far gone. Thanks for the memories!

[@courtneypuzzo2502]

I remember most of these as we still had them in the 90s

[@TH-hy9kr]

My kid's elementary school has a gymset with a zipline part that's broken many an arm, but it seems to still be enjoyed by the hundreds of kiddos. 😂

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching and sharing what the teacher has!