Why 70s & 80s Kids Rule: The Ultimate Guide | Karen Morgan

[@LeTrashPanda]

"Stop cryin or I'll give you something to cry about" --- My parents 😂

[@piekaboo]

That one, and "If you fall and break your leg, don't come running to me."

[@TOMMACMILLAN-fw6oh]

Why did you have to bring that one up ......... I could hear my dad;s voice when you said that ....... STILL LAUGH/CRYING !!! GOOD TIMES !!

[@igloo2158]

I must have heard that at least once a week.

[@rayva1]

@@LeTrashPanda oh yeah! That was a very famous one liner from parents in our day.

[@meattroller8853]

“You got two choices, you can work, or you can get my boot up your ass and then you work” - my federal law enforcement dad

[@bendyparanormal]

I was born in 1968. Grew up in Florida. Not a single word in this was untrue, fabricated, inaccurate or in any way exaggerated. And you know what? Those days were wonderful and I’d go back and live them all over again if I could! ❤️

[@kelindsey44]

@@bendyparanormal THE GOSPEL... LOL

[@jeanna7851]

@@bendyparanormal 💯

[@glam_goth6662]

68 too! Wish for a time machine!

[@Mhantrax]

Correct. Born a few years later, 1971, and this is so spot on!

[@headcheese66]

True story. Born 1966. Good Times!

[@robertcorleone9077]

The days before cell phones. They were glorious.

[@eligebrown8998]

Truth

[@IdahoRanchGirl]

Were Awesome!

[@jkbrown5496]

I saw a photo of '70s kid at a payphone in a park. The bike had training wheels, he's standing on the seat on one foot leaning over to reach the receiver. No one cared.

[@gustymaat7011]

@robertcorleone9077 experienced what was going on around you... never on what was so far away, it couldn't hurt if it went wrong... screw cellphones, lol... meant we were all, including our parents, were paying attention.... to everything here and now

[@1-God1-Truth1-Life1-Forever]

Didn't realize just how good we had it. Would give about anything for my kids to have had our life and secretly thankful they don't know what was stolen.

[@frozencanuck6764]

I was born in 70 and can fully back up everything she said. 😂 Things were so different then. Being a kid was an adventure. Good times.

[@minu1764]

I'll never forget in 1970 climbing a tree and my dad saying if you fall out of the tree and break both legs don't come running to me. I was 8 yrs old at the time.

[@ChristopherM720]

Ah, my dad when he finally found a bike for me (this was 78 as well) and we lived on a hill and he let me go...never explained how to brake, smashed into stop sign at bottom of street and he he said, "you should get out of the street." Meanwhile i left two teeth in the street. Got up, and picked up bike and did it again. Just the way things were...and we had fun with the pain.

[@MariiBei]

I’m laughing so hard 😊

[@jacksonmarshallkramer5087]

That was f hilarious. I was born in 68 and can corroborate that statement. 😁

[@snowwilliams1]

My dad would say “she’s gotta learn sometime”

[@Vagabond_Etranger]

One day, while riding around on my bicycle in the 80's, I made a sharp U turn over a patch of gravel. Bile slid & I fell onto my left side. Put my left hand out to brace the fall. Got a palm rash. Luckily, I was only 1 block away from home. It hurts like hell when my mom pour some hydrogen peroxide over it, & tape it up with some gauze. Learned not to U turn on loose gravel.

[@TarahMatson-zz2hj]

I was born in 1970. I remember all of those things with great fondness. We really were so lucky! No internet, cell phones, gaming systems (until the 80s). Not a parent in sight. The only rules were don’t kill anyone; don’t get killed; be home before the street light comes on.

[@naturalsovereign9761]

1970.

[@DrunkComments]

In 1985: those were the same rules❤ I stayed out past dusk Once...and never again😂

[@CAA8470]

1970 rules. You didn't have an Atari 2600 when you were 8 or 9? Deprived childhood!

[@kellytrimble7019]

@@TarahMatson-zz2hj yep , was given a souped up dirt. Ike when I was 13, never been on one, just drive around the yard for 15 minutes then off I went down the street, no helmet, just be back before dark & don’t kill yourself! Had that bike till I was 18, never hurt myself on it! 😂😆🤪

[@Monica.S.2412]

@@CAA8470 Born in 71. We loved playing Pacman & Space Invaders in the 80's.

[@BrianG-ko2df]

Born in 71 and learn how to drive when I was 4. Sat on my dad's lap, of course no seatbelts, steered while he had a Marlboro in one hand and a Budweiser in the other. I have no idea how I'm still breathing.

[@jimmyhunt9081]

Damn! I didn't know i had another brother..

[@rastus666]

I got my driver’s license in 1970 at the age of 16, and the car I took my behind-the-wheel test with was a 1970 Oldsmobile Vista Cruiser station wagon. Parallel parked it, also. That car should have had wings.

[@rOnda88]

Wow, yall have a lot in common with Courteney Cox!

[@Busk_N_Groove]

@rastu666 Lol….We had a Vista Cruiser station wagon too: Metallic green with simulated wood grain side panels. My friends & I called it The Battle Cruiser.

[@robertfarrar6212]

Born '60. 1969- Dad with me in his lap steering; 3 on the tree '56 Chevy and a cold beer in his hand of course...back roads of Brewton Alabama. My sisters and I used to argue over who traveled on the parcel shelf (the area behind the back of the rear seat and the rear wind shield) B.B. gun Christmas '64- still have it. Charles Chips!! Mosquito fogger truck chasin', .22's at the creek...we got to be kids. Favorite Family Show is leave It to Beaver.

[@SKIP-yj3xp]

She triggered a lot of memories of better days.

[@rogerlimoseth4790]

Yes she brought up things that Ive totally suppressed.

[@peterjarnes25]

@@SKIP-yj3xp 💯 %

[@katherinekerbow8344]

Way better days!!! No social media and we are still here!!

[@NapaValleyVegan]

@@SKIP-yj3xp and childhood trauma that we had to stuff inside! 😂

[@Erika-gm2tf]

@@SKIP-yj3xp Triggered perhaps being the key word.

[@Amanda-h5l8s]

Born in 1972, stayed outdoors all of the time not much tv, only Saturday morning cartoons. Looking back it was the best days ever.

[@tarain417land]

@@Amanda-h5l8s I explained to my Gen Alpha granddaughter that we only had cartoons for a few hours on Saturday mornings. She looked at me like I had just spoken in a foreign language.

[@skumsters2323]

my mom: "go outside and play, dont want to see you here before the sun comes down, i need some air lol

[@vickicupp418]

We didn't know who was calling until we picked up the phone on the wall

[@SusieQ-mn3qf]

@@vickicupp418 And we weren't afraid to open the door without knowing who was there because there were no ring doorbells.

[@drunkvegangal8089]

...and, in the early 80s as a teen, I'd buy the longest extension cord for the telephone so I could bring it into another room to speak with my pals in 'private'. Punishments included throwing the extension cord away when grounded :D

[@LunaCorbden]

And everyone’s name, address, and phone number were printed in a book and delivered to your doorstep every year. You had to pay extra to not be listed. This was fine and normal.

[@MikeKirchner-zf7zm]

Had about a hundred or so phone numbers memorized, can barley remember my own now, thanks cell phones 🤣. Then the phone on the wall was an old rotary phone that took 5 minutes to dial, and really sucked when you got one number wrong, especially at the end....and had to hang up and start all over 🤣. The playgrounds were more then just playgrounds, they were more like survival of the fittest...grounds hahaha. We climbed on everything whether it meant to be climbed or not, went down the steep ass long slides standing up, sliding on our feet. My high school shop teacher was the best, in between classes he was out behind the shop smoking Camel filterless cigarettes, and drank a 30 pack of Old Style every day, and didn't care if you skipped out of class, as long as you picked up any mess before you left, and still at least tried to accomplish something for class. But misbehave in any way or mouth off, and you got the iron knuckle on the top of your head 🤣. The best of times, without a doubt.

[@chrystele-fr]

The Gen Xers had the best childhood, while the Baby Boomers had the best adult life.

[@moniqueengleman873]

Yes, Boomers got the crap beat out of us. But we did better in life. I raised Gen Xers. They really had the last decent childhood

[@synergy2222]

We Boomers also had the best childhood life too! ❤

[@chikaka2012]

@@chrystele-fr Early boomers & late Silent Generation really had the best adulthood

[@FrozeMoments]

@@chrystele-fr fact

[@Bicycle-Bill]

Us boomers were free range!

[@captainkanji1]

I was born in '71. I remember drinking from the garden hose. We used to sword fight with sticks. I thank God every day that I grew up before the internet.

[@ronbon321able]

Hose water was THE BEST!!

[@jasonbrecht8572]

@ronbon321able Still is! Just gotta let it run a tad else it's too hot 😉

[@Eydr-s5j]

Remember slip and slides? We didn't have one, but if you visited a house that did, fun😂

[@Eydr-s5j]

​@@ronbon321ableplaying in the sprinklers 😂

[@kellytrimble7019]

@@captainkanji1 1963 here & I wouldn’t trade my childhood for a million bucks. 😊

[@songbird1307]

My entire childhood I kept my crayons in a purple velvety Crown Royal whiskey bag. 😂

[@melanieboccinfuso5619]

That's what my marbles were kept in.

[@IdahoRanchGirl]

My early adulthood I kept my dope in one! 😂

[@ycartyahoo]

King Edward's box was my school supply box🤷🏽‍♀️

[@theunfitfarmer7840]

@@songbird1307 those were the best!!! I would get a new roll of pennies in one for xmas.

[@songbird1307]

@@theunfitfarmer7840 😁

[@stacyanninaz5181]

😂 she didn't miss a thing! I was born in 67 and man i miss the 70's and 80's. I wish i could take my kids back in time and show them around

[@TylerMorgan-vm7zi]

The act was so cliche I'm surprised she missed lawn darts

[@bethprather9241]

I was born in 67 a small town right outside of Lexington ky... it was all true every bit of it! So funny

[@Josey0801]

Born in 65 and raised on a farm. Was driving tractors and trucks by 10. Had a horse and when chores were done mama had no idea I where I was until I got home. I still dont want people knowing where I am and what Im doing. Life was good. She didnt miss a thing. I still thank my parents for the great chilhood. So happy I was born in the 60's.

[@wdwerker]

Bats circling the streetlights meant that it was time to go home for supper.

[@katiedrew4708]

I grew up in the 60's in a town that had a fire station, 1-6 grade school, a church, town hall and a library- no street lights!

[@fanofaestallings]

We used to throw tennis balls in the air and watch the bats chase them. Lol

[@katiedrew4708]

@@fanofaestallings That sounds like fun!

[@Bay-BGhost]

@@fanofaestallings we would throw baseball

[@DR-mq1vn]

Yes, I forgot about the bats around the streetlights!

[@hehjr47]

I'm 62, and I lived every word of this. I need a time machine just to do it all over!!!

[@larrymbs]

Me too! Life was so much fun and very little hate,and time healed wounds quickly. Except for the powdered milk and Brussels sprouts 🙄

[@NJ-Cathie]

Agreed 💯

[@Eydr-s5j]

Bell-bottoms ❤ the rage 😂

[@NJ-Cathie]

@@Eydr-s5j and platforms!!!

[@bikeboatboard]

You know you're a boomer, right?

[@donpardo2510]

We brought waxed paper to sit on for the metal slide so we could reach warp speed

[@Tread1775]

@@donpardo2510 I remember we used to try and spin the merry go round fast enough to fling someone off. It was a game to see who could last the longest.✌️

[@flowzerr4550]

@@donpardo2510 ...without burning our thighs and leaving parched skin on the slide!

[@jeanna7851]

Yes ​@@Tread1775

[@MommaHub1966]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@MommaHub1966]

I remember the summers growing up in Philly. Those slides were hot as hades.

[@eagle2D2]

Yep, a metal lunchbox with a mayonnaise and bologna sandwich that sat for hours before I ate it. I’m 63 and can still taste that sandwich! It was the best.

[@suzannefrazier7285]

@@eagle2D2 a favorite memory for me …

[@kathleenlovett1958]

Born in 1958. We knew all of our neighbors and were polite with all of them, even the CRAZY LADY that lived in the Haunted House. The kids hung out together. We made up our own fun and games. We're all laughing and feeling good right now because we're remembering the BEST TIMES EVER ❣️🤗

[@Eydr-s5j]

We had that lady too...she threw candy out the second story window on Halloween, but no one would eat it😂

[@bikeboatboard]

That's a Boomer year...but you can stay here with us. :)

[@kathleenlovett1958]

@@bikeboatboard 😁 Thanks 🤗

[@lorrainelamour7224]

​@@bikeboatboard Again, stop your ageism.

[@bikeboatboard]

You were a kid for half the 70s. You do, however, carry part of the blame...you guys did NOTHING about climate change. How's that working out for the rest of us?

[@deborah2768]

Thanks for the memories. We were lucky to have grown up back then. Innocent, playing outside all day with friends, then after dinner til the street lights came on and going swimming in the river using the rope swing attached to the trees hanging over the river to hurl us in. We were lucky. Those were the days. 😀

[@rOnda88]

They so were! Reminds me of Sinbad’s standup about back in the day! Oh my gosh!!!! 😮That whole show is one of the funniest things ever put on tv, seriously!!! & it’s CLEAN!!!! He is off the chart hilarious!!! 😅

[@ronbon321able]

The street lights!! I can't stop laughing! Its so true.

[@namelia4439]

We didn’t even have to worry about the streetlights…as soon as dinner was over, we were sent back out into the dark of nite…you knew it was time to go home when your heard parents finally coming out and screaming for their kids to come home. Even if you couldn’t hear your own parent, you knew it was time. Born 1970 in Brooklyn, NY.

[@kevinlindberg2220]

At recess in grade school we had competitions to see who could fly off the swing set the farthest. In the winter, we found a big snow mound and played "king of the mountain". Bloody noses and fun times!

[@superstormday993]

Born in 65, and you brought back all my favorite memories. All that stuff was trauma free. No adults! Just lots and lots of adventures.

[@NJ-Cathie]

@@superstormday993 YES!!!

[@seek-healingheather4821]

Well....if there was trauma....parents would sat "rub dirt on it' or 'quit cryin or I'll give you something to cry about'!❤😂😂

[@jbazinga2385]

Agreed. Born in Aug. of '65. Rode bikes everywhere *without* (gasp!) a helmet or pads of any kind. Who else here had BB gun fights with the "promise" that you'd only do 1 or 2 pumps so it wouldn't hurt so much? And who else got bored of playing normal Lawn Darts and changed the game to see who could throw theirs the highest and try to catch it on the way down?!?

[@superstormday993]

@jbazinga2385 ok.... yeah, I wasn't trying to die, or lose an eye... lol. I did flip a small 3 wheeler a couple of times. Almost stepped on a couple of venomous snakes, got stampeded by cattle about 3 times... but none of these were intentional. I did try to spin the merry-go-round so fast that nobody could hang on... lol.

[@superstormday993]

@@seek-healingheather4821 lol

[@timtherrien7843]

Born in 62, but that was my childhood too. I'd go back in a heartbeat!

[@paulasmith7803]

I am the last by 11 years. Raised in the 70's and 80's. I got my left arm broken in a touch football game. It really hurt, so my mother looked at me and said an ugly word from around her cigarette. Told me it had better be broke if she was gonna have to pay for an x ray. It was broken😂 Mama was a good mama to me😂

[@cathleentaylor8707]

Saw Jaws at age 10......lived in Wisconsin....still scared of the water.

[@elcee7800]

😂🤣

[@komitkazi]

Saw Star Wars at 10.....lived on Earth......still scared of the outer space.

[@1FaithHopeandLove]

@@cathleentaylor8707Same here from the middle of Long Island(at 62), if I can't see my feet I don't trust the water.

[@NapaValleyVegan]

Yep! I grew up in the UP & was afraid of what might be in Lake Michigan after watching that movie!

[@calico2509]

I asked my mom if I could see Close Encounters of the 3rd Kind (it was out at the same time as Jaws). My mother said "no" as it would be too scary so she took me to Jaws instead. That was a life changing decision on mom's part.

[@KLo-du1vs]

Born in 63. I so wish our children nowadays could grow up the same way I did.

[@bikeboatboard]

64 is the cutoff for Boomers...but you can stay here with us. :)

[@kellytrimble7019]

I’m a 63 baby too & wouldn’t change a thing about my childhood. We were FREE! Only the tough survived 😂

[@slewfoot6608]

@bikeboatboard no, it is not. It's based on a FICTIONAL book.

[@BrotherBadger123]

Yes, They have NO Clue what they are Missing out on these Days. They could still do a lot of the Things We did if they would just step outside with out the Cellphone.

[@drunkvegangal8089]

@@bikeboatboard No. Sorry but you are mistaken. "Generation X; Tales for an Accelerated Culture", (1991) was written by a Canadian born in 1961, Douglas Coupland. He defines GenX as 1960 - 1978 and he ought to know. I was born in 1964, my mum was a baby boomer born, not me. Over the years, the date of initial GenXers has moved up, but that's not when GenX actually started. The current media does not own the definition of our generation

[@katherinekerbow8344]

No helmets and we are all still here! People weren't nasty and cruel!!!

[@budmud2450]

@katherinekerbow8344 Barefooted with rat trap pedals, just keep the ball of your foot on center bar.

[@deniseslack7116]

@@katherinekerbow8344 eccept the kid at school who bullied me and my older sister

[@EnlightenedSavage]

That's because the people that died from not wearing helmets are not hear to say otherwise. Just had a little girl die at my kids school for not wearing a helmet. Stop being proud of ignorance.

[@katherinekerbow8344]

@@EnlightenedSavage and so sorry for that....and glad a lot of us never had any problems....

[@elisemiller13]

Nice for you! One of the rare ones that grew up with cooperation and support . Honestly happy for you

[@ycartyahoo]

We were so un protected in the cars😂. I am from the city and we would ride in the truck bed, flying dowm the highway. For added excitement, sit on the hump over the wheels. Weeeeee!!!

[@marklottero5345]

Thank you for the good memories you sparked 🎉. Born in 71, such better times to be young

[@KarenMorganComedy]

You bet!

[@teresayates8274]

I was born in the 60's. Everything she said was 100% accurate😂

[@sueprator9314]

Saw another video of this same Karen and she starts by saying Gen X have similariites to Boomers in some ways. We all grew up with the "tough it out" attitude. If you were born in the 60s you were close to both, I think cuz the tail end of boomers is 1964.

[@greatitbroke]

And universal Im from Canada South Central Ontario but grew up in a small town south west of here. Everything was the same. I remember everything exactly the same as she said! 100 percent

[@straightforward]

Yes, cigar boxes. 1972 here! And, you might add "find something to do, or I'll find something for you" ... I actually used that on my kids.

[@null6634]

@@straightforward And because of that, I'm never bored as an adult. If I was bored as a child, mom would find me something to do. Also, if I didn't clean my room, she would do it for me and everything except clothes/necessary items would go in a trash bag.

[@willbass2869]

King Edward cigars ....I remember

[@ispep8882]

I've used that on my kids.

[@jonathanking456]

Totally heard that one. And, “Stop crying or I’ll give you something to cry about!” Born in ‘71.

[@QuinnoftheNile]

Came of age in the 70s…absolutely no parent supervision…so much freedom…good times, good friends ❤❤❤❤

[@komitkazi]

The best. Killer music too. Starsky & Hutch, Saturday Night Live, Happy Days, Lavern & Shirley, The Courtship of Eddie's Father, My Favorite Martian, mini series Roots, Love American Style, Smokey & the Bandit, Jaws, Star Wars, Dog Day Afternoon, Godzilla, The Big Red Machine, The Steel Curtain, Chrissy, G.I Joe, Silly Putty, Banana Seats on Schwinn's, iron ons for shirts that never stayed flat and sweat like a Sweathog! Welcome back Kotter, WKRP, Steely Dan, Eagles, Skynyrd, MASH, Fantasy Island, Dallas, Make Me Laugh, The Gong Show. TPIR, The Unknown Comic, Play Misty for Me, Picadilly Circus( or the cafeteria your grandparents took you to under any other name). Bell-bottoms, Keds, striped everything, polyester, courderoy and tough skins. Cringeworthy, absolutely, but everyone was wearing them. Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Woodstock, Mad Magazine (What me worry), Walter Cronkite, Howard Cosell, Dr J, Mello Yello, Mr Pibb (East Coast) JJ Walker (DYNOMITE), Johnny Carson, George Carlin, Threes Company, School House Rock, The New Shmoo, Great Grape Ape, Micronauts, stickball, Bee Gees, Carpenters and as always The Good ol Grateful Dead.

[@QuinnoftheNile]

@@komitkazi all of the above…we had and still have Mr Pib in Texas

[@komitkazi]

@@QuinnoftheNile I think they outlawed it in McClellen County/Waco, the birthplace of Dr Pepper. You get the chair if caught with a Pibb. Don't mess with Texas, y'all.

[@cindy5213]

@@QuinnoftheNile Mr. Pibb is delicious. Liked it better than Dr. Pepper.

[@ambermchugh9381]

When I see on the news about some poor missing kid and the parents knew exactly what they were wearing, where they were going and what time they left I always think " no wonder they had to start putting kids on the milk carton, my parents wouldn't have known any of that"

[@nwinburn]

Born in 1974, I grew up in Mexico City. Everything Karen describes was exactly the same in Mexico. I have so many amazing memories!

[@tazloon]

Born in 63 and i'm laughing so hard i have tears in my eyes, man those were the days...😊😊

[@bikeboatboard]

Boomer year.

[@jayhell53]

This chick is amazing at remembering names brought back a lot of memories

[@Tucker-Man-]

My mom had a huge Mercury station wagon and since we were all crazy, my sister and I folded those seats down in the back and used a blanket to slide around on the metal surface.Seatbelts? We weren’t even in seats. 😂😂

[@tammys.1543]

We had an old 1969 Cadillac. I could fit 8 of my friends in there in high school, and we would go from karate club to the Taco Villa for dinner!

[@rastus666]

With the back two seats down they were love wagons.

[@rastus666]

@@tammys.1543 I am lucky I didn’t take out myself and half a dozen friends on some wild rides. Like 45 miles of winding Wisconsin back roads in 28 minutes going to a dance.

[@dawnbittner9073]

My grandfather had a Volkswagen bug and when we'd fly home to visit he and my grandma, he would pick us up and I would lay down in the very back in the space under the back window. It would dip down a little and I'd sleep on the way to their house - it was a good 45-minute drive. Good times.

[@wcucat93]

I remember sitting in the floorboard and using the seats as “desks” on long car trips.

[@danquinnell3502]

Well, I was born in ‘59, so definitely boomer. We had great childhoods. Growing up in the ‘60s and ‘70s.

[@greg2976]

59 here, also!!!!! I miss those days!!

[@kuriouskat444]

Ah, they days when you could make prank phone calls and there was no way to trace it! “Is your refrigerator running? Yes. Ya better go catch it!”

[@gentillygirl545]

Here's my favorite: Growing up in New Orleans before cars came with air-conditioning, and my dad had those plastic seat covers with the bubbles. Little girls were required to wear dresses so short your underwear showed, and the sweat evaporated and got me stuck on the plastic like a suction cup. When my dad picked me up from the seat, you could hear my skin being ripped off my upper legs and I screamed like a banshee. No one cared.

[@dustyking8851]

😂😂😂😂😂 OH dear Lord, I grew up in NOLA as well. We would bring towels to sit on. We would have looked like we peed ourselves cuz it was so damn hot. We had THE best snowball place across the street from us, I can't believe we aren't all diabetic. Snowballs, King Cake and Doberge cake - but we made it! NOLA was an insane asylum and the inmates were running the place. ❤🏴‍☠️

[@Eydr-s5j]

My first three cars had no air conditioning 😂 who cared, you had wheels!

[@seek-healingheather4821]

Another thing I forgot! Plastic seat covers! I was lucky in the dress department as my grandma sewed so I always had a matching pair of shorts! Still though lost a few layers of skin to the plastic & the slide! Now we can look at it as "Ultimate Exfoliating"....not for the weak willed ha!!

[@mmule]

I grew up in East NOLA. Mom'nEm always said every day was a bad hair day.

[@ThisIsMyYoutubeName1]

I grew up on the West Bank and remember riding in the back of a pickup truck across the Huey P Long.

[@NEWTeenRunaway0X0X]

Love you! So true about growing up in the seventies! Thank you so much. The way the big pink dodgeball smelled when hit you in the face. Shake it off, 5 yr old girl. We were OK. Everybody gets hit in the face somehow; Everyone gets bruises, shake it off. Sports are not always totally safe and you might not win! Have some necklace candy, play outside and be happy. Ride bikes, no helmets, if you climb a tree and fall, then be embarrassed and Climb better next time. There are no grown ups here, they’re busy. They are grown ups on their own; you be a kid in your own. Come home when the street lights come on. Gen X, take personal responsibility for yourself and suck it up. Yep but it was so free and so fun as well!

[@KarenMorganComedy]

😍

[@Tyger-Lee]

Ahhh yes, dodgeball with the big red ball. I’ll never forget the sound it made every time it hit my face…..*poont*. 😳 *disassociates* 😳😳😳

[@KarenMorganComedy]

Pooont is so accurate

[@OldFloridaMan]

@@Tyger-Lee at my elementary school, we played a particularly cutthroat version of dodgeball. Not sure if the kids developed it, or if it was devised by the teachers to keep us going with only minimal disruption to their cigarette breaks in order to remove the wounded. Our version only had a single dodger, who was in the middle of a circle of throwers. If the dodger was hit, the thrower would become the new dodger. If a ball was thrown and the dodger caught it, the thrower would have to sit out until the dodger was hit and everyone was back in the game. So the ONLY way a game would end was by the dodger catching a ball thrown by everybody in the circle. Since we played with two, three, or sometimes even four balls, it only happened once in my elementary school career. And I missed it. Apparently the teacher thought that five “accidental” headshots in a row earned me a visit to the principal’s office.

[@vaskylark]

Yeah and you had to walk around with a giant red and swollen cheek where the dodgeball hit your face. That was painful and embarrassing. I hated dodgeball.

[@Tyger-Lee]

@@OldFloridaMan Ah, yes, I’ve played dodgeball that way. It’s brutal. It’s like a Roman gladiator fight for kids.

[@pfcampos7041]

Born in 72 grew in Florida. I could relate to every word! Thanks for the ride down memory lane.

[@KarenMorganComedy]

You’re welcome!

[@avavincent9481]

I'm 70, I can tell you stories from 50s, I especially loved how my little sister just stood up on the front seat, droopy diaper and all and how our parents smoked in the car, it was sealed like a tomb but if you were lucky maybe they crack open one of those vents in the front windows.

[@KieranMckean]

At nine years old i could buy thunder flash fire crackers and M-80s from a guy two blocks from my parents house. We would blow things up like my mom's empty coffee cans. 💥😆 And we would jump our bikes over our friends as they lay on the ground in front of the plywood ramp. 🚲

[@synergy2222]

Yep, the good times never ended with an imaginative mind.

[@jerryrichards8172]

Walking around with pocket full of black cat firecrackers a cherry bombs + m-80s 6 yr old😂❤

[@tuttifongul2006]

@KieranMckean every mid june..."the list" made its way around for the 4th

[@MrJest2]

We got ours from "the ice cream man", who was a teenager. He also sold pot, although I never bought any... but for a few years I just assumed that's how everyone bought Independence Day fireworks...

[@seek-healingheather4821]

Yeah, forgot about jumping over people on our bikes! It is a wonder so many of us made it out alive!😂😂😂

[@Kerryjotx]

1963 here. This was exactly my childhood. We were feral until our dads whistled for us when the streetlights came on in Ft Worth. Each dad had a different whistle and we all knew every one

[@keithjones8424]

@@Kerryjotx my daddy whistled so loud. BUT. if I didn't hear it. My dog did. So if he took off towards home. I was right behind him. Awesome.

[@Kerryjotx]

Yes. That’s a perfect memory

[@larrymbs]

My Mom could whistle,chew gum and blow bubbles simultaneously. And drag me home by the ear if necessary when I pretended not to hear the whistle.

[@tamb7587]

Omg same here my dad would whistle for me at dark !

[@BarnaliD]

😅😅 Feral. So true!

[@CAA8470]

I love her Gen X shtick. Finally someone is speaking up for us overlooked, poor little latch-key, forgotten kids!!!! Instead of "rub some dirt on it" I always got "take an aspirin." "Ma, my appendix just burst." "Take an aspirin. You're going to school!" BTW-even scarier than Gene Wilder as Willy Wonka was that dude in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang who stole children. I'm in my 50s and I'm still traumatized. I was just telling a Gen Z'er today about the terrible days before TV remote controls when you got in fights over who was going to get up to change the channel, or fix the vertical hold on the TV by jumping up and down in front of it, or banging the top or the side of the set with your fist. When those didn't work you felt around back for that little vertical hold knob, but you could never quite see the screen while turning the knob so you needed an assist to tell you when the picture had stopped rolling....

[@TracyfromNC]

Still scared if the child catcher in chitty chatty bang bang My mom gave me one of her Valiums to calm me down so I would nap and leave her alone to watch soap operas.

[@itoobable]

so relatable! I was a latch-key kid too... except they forgot to give me a key! so for about 2 years, I broke into the house everyday lol also, if I hurt some part of my body, my Dad would offer to cut it off with the bandsaw so it wouldn't hurt anymore. Somehow we survived all this!? BUT - I also think this made us the most rad generation of badasses :)

[@CAA8470]

@@itoobable I used to break in too. Anytime I would hurt myself I remember my mother being very maternal and sympathetic to my broken bones/gashes/burns/severed limbs: "You'd better be more careful next time!!!!"

[@itoobable]

@@CAA8470 hahaha I get it ! By the time I was about 7, my mom just showed me the first aid cabinet and said, just deal with it yourself lol crazy times!!!

[@CAA8470]

@@itoobable I think most Gen X'ers couldn't understand the anxiety Millenials and Gen Z'ers felt during the pandemic. Those people would freak the F out at not being around other people. For us Latchkey kids it was like "you mean I get to stay home and watch TV all day by myself???? Awesome!!!!!!! It's like I'm ten years old again!!!!!" Little did we know we had been training for the Covid pandemic our entire childhood....

[@LighthouseBurning]

1970 baby here. i laughed my ass off because, of course, I can relate to all of this. I one time got on that 20 foot metal slide and decided I wanted to try sliding down it with one leg hanging over the side. Well, I woke up with a ring of very concerned faces asking if I was alright. It most likely was a cement pad but a lot of details from that day are hazy.

[@melgun13]

LMAO. I remember bleeding INTO the sink while my mother yelled I better clean up any mess I made.

[@thomaswashington8468]

I was born in 78 so I experienced 97% of all this. So many wonderful memories! Gen Xers really were the last ones to be lucky enough to grow up in that time. I feel sorry for the kids who grew up after everything changed. Thank you for the reminder.

[@KarenMorganComedy]

😊

[@totemthepole]

Nobody seems to know WHY everything changed

[@andrewc6837]

Born in 1973..this is all so true. Wish everyone had the chance to grow up in the 70s and 80s

[@oudugan8676]

Born in 1973 in Tulsa, OK. I had most of the same life experiences Karen refers to, and obviously many more people I would have thought. She reminds us how much more we have in common than not, and how important it is to know we are far from being alone. Also, how powerful shared laughter is for build community.

[@KarenMorganComedy]

❤️ thank you!

[@patrickstratton4215]

😅 She is so funny. That whole bit had my wife and I in tears Because that's exactly what life was like in the eighties, bravo.

[@TheEileen]

Every time I hear people our age talking about this, I am both sort of nostalgic but also understand 100% why the kids who were neglected decided to raise their kids very differently.

[@Montanaroads]

I was born in 66 my dad was a truck driver and i spent summers on the road with my dad. I got to see the 1970s america and it was awesome

[@Eydr-s5j]

We rented a truck to move and my mom got to the new place first, my Dad and I were in the truck. A mile before we got there, he let me drive it. I was old enough drive but it was a huge truck. Freaked out my mom, she thought I drove on the highway 😂 a good laugh❤

[@216Numbskull]

@@Montanaroads Right On! Don't get it twisted, I had a lot of good times & memories growing up as a young punk kid back in the day that I'll never forget. But, if I had the option to share all that time & memories kicking it with my pop's on the road while checking out so many different landscapes & skylines across the country like you did with your dad. I would have already had my bag packed before the rig was even warmed up. Especially, being a free soul like myself who's taken every opportunity I can get over the years to travel to another city, state or country at the drop of a dime. Yet, kicking it with your pop's to boot. I gotta say my friend, I'm a little envious right now. Just saying...... ++++Peace & Rock n' Roll 4 Your Soul++++ 🤘😜🤘

[@winstonwolff]

Grew up 2 counties over. Even if you were lucky or rich enough to have Pong or Atari, nobody was indoors to use it. Everybody was outside. You played sports or rode bikes or climbed trees, played on the swing set. 1 kid had a Honda 3 wheeler ( death trap ). You rode your banana seat bike to the local milk jug or golden gallon to get bread & cigarettes. Safety was an afterthought. What a glorious time to be a kid.

[@ReneeBraxton]

Outside all day!😊

[@magustacrae]

Yep, Atari was only for rain days

[@merceywatts5118]

You couldn't catch a 70s or 80s kid. Now you can walk faster then they run from lack of exercise 😂😂😂 We were strong little buggers 😂😂

[@cindycurry246]

My mom left me in charge of a 5&6 year old and I was 10. She always said “ don’t call me at work unless you’re bleeding”. Calling mom, mom, I’m bleeding, I need stitches. “ what do you think I can do about it”, your fine”. Seriously, it really needed stitches. Still have that scar now.

[@Eydr-s5j]

I babysat for my teen years, three kids, and they were a lot....but if I washed the dishes, I got .50😂.

[@Robinkirves2]

My 9 year old’s sister’s worst nightmare, babysitting me, a 1 year old crying for her mommy

[@sideprojects5924]

I was 5 when my mother had me take care of my 3 year old brother while she stepped out to buy something. Around this time I was also sent to the closest butcher shop to pick up some groceries. Got a list and was told which store to go to. That's it. Came back home with 2 heavy bags. this was poland in 1980s. Only help I had was when I was going up the stairs. You never really thought about it. You just dealt with it.

[@Eydr-s5j]

@@sideprojects5924 I had an older sibling that was an idiot. We went for a walk on vacation and I wanted to go another way back to the house, she didn't make me come the other way. I got lost for awhile until my mother found I was missing. I was 4, this was a 10 year old. She'd never have been able to live your life 😊

[@danielleweber8914]

My job in college working for a veterinarian and when people would bring their dogs in because the dog had kennel cough, I couldn’t help thinking my mom didn’t take me to the doctor when I was coughing and it occurred to me there was a different way to raise your kids.

[@lorim5289]

Born in 1960, thank you fur the laughs, memories and reminders of all things good and innocent. I'm sure I have scars from growing up like that ❤

[@KarenMorganComedy]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@carja09]

@4:07 the woman on Romper Room never said me name!!! Lollll woww me too & I got ready sitting cross legged in front of the tv every morning waiting for Paula or Carol to say my name ! 💯

[@vivienneclarke2421]

@@carja09 I'd sit and wait and wait and wait😔She never said my name,then I soon discovered that I could never find personalized anything bc my mom gave me such a weirdopd fashioned name😭

[@giftothegab24]

Australian here, totally relate. I grew up in an industrial town with lots of bushland where we roamed like ferals. When my Aunty wanted us, she'd go out to the front yard and give a piercing whistle (blown through her fingers), we'd come running like exuberant puppies. Not just us though all the kids in the suburb would pop their heads out, she had us all trained.

[@paihobbes8680]

This! We also had all of our neighbourhood dogs with us. The dogs were the best of friends and best entertainment

[@KarenMorganComedy]

😊

[@LisaBonzar]

I remember the notes from my mom to buy cigarettes, the cigarette gum with the powder sugar to look like smoke. The bike ramps, riding bikes all over the neighborhood, the station wagon, sitting in the back with my siblings and all my cousins. Hide and seek in any neighbors yard that was at work for the day, the games we played outside with all the neighborhood kids, hopscotch, red rover, what time is it mr fox, cops and robbers, cowboys and Indians with...yes..toy guns!! Climbing every tree we could, getting on the roof and getting in trouble for being on the roof!! Collecting glass bottles all over God's creation to return them to the convenience store for cash to buy candy and soda. A.M. radio!! So many memories. We got to explore, use our imagination, and learn about life mostly on our own.

[@NoOne-bp2jw]

70s were the best time ever for kids/teenagers.

[@russellbarnes7732]

oh my goodness bike ramps that takes me back

[@PAUL-uk1le]

Loved this so much TY. I would gladly go back to the 70's at my same age. People were so much more mature. Common sense wasn't MIA. You could discuss things that had opposite viewpoints and nobody got mad longer than 10 mins New Sub I can't thank you enough for the fond memories you brought back BLESS YOU

[@ROtearsnsmiles]

Born in 64… makes me tear up 😢 so blessed to have experienced it

[@kimberleyspeight4621]

I was born in 65, so a 70's kid. Everything you've said is so true! But we had us some fun!!

[@brianonley]

I was living on the Gulf coast of Mississippi when we all went to see Jaws on opening day. That summer, NO ONE WENT INTO THE WATER !!!! lol

[@danawynkoop9511]

I grew up in the West San Fernando Valley, a suburb of Los Angeles, although in very different parts of the country, I had the exact same childhood experience. We made our own costumes for Halloween from whatever we could find around the house and went trick-or-treating by ourselves. We even went into stranger's homes without a thought about it. We returned bottles and took out the neighbor’s trash for extra money to buy cokes to wash down our candy bars with. And our toys were chemistry sets and Click-Clacks. Click-Clacks were two resin balls attached to a string. We would clack together until one broke and flew off into a sibling's face. We stole our parent’s alcohol and then filled the bottle with water. My mom’s favorite thing to say was, “Just don’t make a mess.” She didn’t care at all if we were going to hurt ourselves or each other, or even if it wasn’t legal. Just don’t make a mess.

[@AprileB-t1t]

@@danawynkoop9511 I forgot about click-clacks! ❤️

[@seek-healingheather4821]

😂😂😂😂

[@erichsaunders-xc9un]

She was spot on . I graduated in 1975 , so I was a little older . I still drift back to the 70's every Now and then.

[@bikeboatboard]

Boomer high school graduation year...but you can stay. :)

[@mmule]

I know my carpool too. The guidrys, Christine Lala, and two Indian brothers...Sanat & Akshey

[@tinfoilhat6392]

​@bikeboatboard omg, u cray & obsessed

[@tammyne]

You forgot the one other killer candy, Pop Rocks!

[@klh1133]

Don't wash them down with soda, your stomach will explode like the Oscar Meyer kid! 😂

[@SANNAsewglam]

Born in 71.This was the BEST! Version of us 70-80's kids. 😂😂😂 The Best candy was the flat jolly rancher sticks that we would lick and turn into pointy knives to stab each other with!! Also one of the games was making "Indian burns" on each other's arms..😅.

[@edwardlazich1140]

Popsicle sticks made good knives Never used em but we could make em sharp

[@Cunning.Stunt.777]

We called them Chinese burns in the UK! 2p? How to play: Two ppl A 2 pence piece A glass-top table On a glass table whipping a 2 pence piece across the glass like an ice hockey puck, at the opponent's (my little brother's) knuckles placed flat opposite 😅 Scabby Queen? (also called, Chase the Ace)

[@maryperry1773]

We played a game called Bloody Knuckles. You take a deck of cards and rap them edge down on your opponent’s knuckles. I just realized my older sister was a sadist.

[@dezbustamante5525]

Best generation EVER!!!!

[@rainsofhealing]

This was a literal trip down memory lane. We were so blessed to have this rather than what’s going on these days. Excellent delivery by Karen!!! 🙌👍👏💥💯‼️🔥

[@JosephDiveley]

Aren't you so glad for progressives. Look what they progressed us into. I sure as hell can't let my kids walk down the streets these days.

[@chikaka2012]

When I was 3 or 4 I recall both my younger sister & I shoved in the front seat of our station wagon, no seat belts. My sister was closest to the door & accidentally opened it with my dad driving 70 mph + on the interstate. She started flying out, clinging to the door. My dad never slowed down - he kept screaming at me to pull her back in & when I couldn’t, he reached over, yanked her back in, slammed the door shut, & bawled her out - and never slowed down. And I still love & respect my dad to this day ❤

[@michelefitzmaurice4610]

OMG!!😂

[@TC-fx5zu]

That happened to my ex-husband when he was about 4 but he actually fell out of the car. His mother was running about 55mph when it happened and he was critically injured. He spent weeks in ICU and almost died. He had 7 brothers and sisters and swears one of them pushed him out of the car lol . Probably did because all of them were meaner than rattlesnakes 😂

[@NoOne-bp2jw]

Yes, I had a similar experience. Mom was going slow in town and my brother pulled me back, but it was not an uncommon experience.

[@Over_The_Top-1320]

Same, except was an uncle in his teens and had been warned about fidgeting with the door handles of this particular 1930’s era sedan which came factory with suicide doors, So, uncle finally pops the handle at speed and in a flash of wind, noise and cussing he was gone from the vehicle, luckily landing with a vigorous tumble on the dense grassy shoulder of the rural country road and Dad just looks at the rearview mirror to see uncle get to his feet, turns to look over and sternly instructs us “ pull the damn door closed, he knows how to get home from here.” Still a mile and then some from being home, he never even lifted off the gas pedal much less thought about stopping to get him!

[@Robinkirves2]

So, who drove home?​@@Over_The_Top-1320 Who

[@DONNIEBell-r8u]

Born in '67 and i can still smell that fresh printed paper and feel the warmth, thanks for bringing back sooo many memories Made me happy and sad at same.time..

[@Terri-k3r]

I ordered sea horses in the mail, and they were exactly what she describes.

[@melanieboccinfuso5619]

You forgot the line.... If you're not broken or bleeding, then i don't want to hear about it. 😂

[@klh1133]

And if you were, "It'll be fine, don't worry about it"

[@queenannus4572]

@@melanieboccinfuso5619 80's baby and I STILL tell my students broken, bleeding or barfing are the main reasons to talk to the teacher in most cases. 😂

[@kermitthefrog2311]

I totally did that sun thing you described. Born in 72, did that in 86-88.

[@jeanhess9065]

I was born in 1957. She hasn’t mentioned it yet, but we used to get rides from the milkman when he was doing his deliveries. He would usually give us a Tootsie Roll. No seatbelts, the door was open like a UPS truck.

[@KarenMorganComedy]

We rode with the Charlie Chip guy!

[@ReneeBraxton]

Yes

[@robreid1696]

Exactly the same over here in Scotland, thankyou all.. 😂😂❤🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🍀💪💪💪

[@lornocford6482]

Same in England too. ☺️

[@abelflores5976]

Born in 1985 and grew up in a rough part of Long Beach, California (urban) and still got to enjoy 95% of what this comedian mentioned. Tons of adventures with other kids roaming around, and all we had to do was get back before sunset. 😎 Amazing times, folks!

[@josephanthonypuccio4704]

She’s not lying…. she nailed it exactly! I remember every thing she said… great times back then!

[@patriciariddle2997]

I'm a little bit older but that was my life growing up! Those were the good old days.

[@cmbhey8164]

Yeah, and no one got a stinking ribbon unless you earned one!

[@zugdarr]

LOL, I won third place in the 50 yard dash during Track and Field Day and was so proud of it. But then a kid that was sick that day got back and was allowed to run and beat my time. I had to give him MY ribbon... no tears, helped make me the competitive guy I am today.

[@ReneeBraxton]

One had to earn things the hard way. Earn! Earn! Earn Baby!

[@merceywatts5118]

😂😂😂 no kidding

[@alycynde5237]

It's like whole chapters of my childhood here. Our conditions of freedom were be in before the street lights come on and don't go past the busy streets. We'd completely explore the entire neighborhood, climb whatever we could, be daring and see what's on the other side of those streets, get informed on by neighbors and face the wrath at home. We turned out just fine. Really feel sorry for the kids of today not being able to experience life with such independence knowing that ultimately your parents world be there for you if it got really bad.

[@seek-healingheather4821]

Yeah! There to yell at ya! 😂😂😂 'I hope you learned your lesson!' Or "Well, that'll reach ya!"

[@cindy5213]

Thanks for the memories. And there was that old lady or old man neighbor who you could go to for help or the bathroom or food/water. And they would see you ready to do something foolish and tell you to knock it off before someone gets hurt. You stopped, thought about it, and realized they were right.

[@mgmlioness67]

Summer of Love baby here ❤😎✌️ 1967! Thanks for such a detailed description of the highlights and realities of my yute! 😊 “Those Were The Days”….. 🎶

[@Erika-gm2tf]

This is 💯 % accurate. Simultaneously traumatizing and hilarious and so much fun. We used to ride our bikes on construction sites after the workmen went home. We'd sail over huge concrete culverts and destry our bikes. We were so insensed if someone came and told us to go home.

[@MrJest2]

...and swipe the lumber scraps they left behind from trimming framing, and built things out of it...

[@Eydr-s5j]

A big deal was walking, I said walking to the store to buy a soda with old bottles we found , to cash in for the deposit, to get the money. On a good day, we could get penny candy too😂

[@Eydr-s5j]

​@@MrJest2we had an affinity for digging tunnels, my Dad used to get mad about us digging up the backyard😂

[@Woke_White_Woman]

Construction Sites were our Playgrounds. It is amazing that we got out of them alive

[@chikaka2012]

When visiting my Aunt & Uncle in inner city Detroit, 1970s, my sibs & cousins between the ages of 7-11 were turned loose to play with the neighborhood kids. They brought us to their favorite place- a huge junkyard! I remember thinking it was the coolest thing ever - just like in Fat Albert (one of my favorite shows)!

[@ronnewlin-ml6lu]

Wow! She brought back memories I forgot I had . Thank You!

[@rhasaunwilliams3795]

I was born in ‘77 lived all over. She speaks the truth. Not a single word said was inflated. They were all detailed facts about our childhood

[@321Birder]

Boomer here born in 57, this is Hilarious!! Could relate to it all. It’s good to be alive!!

[@cedarpoplar]

"Dear, store. Sell my child a few cartons of cigarettes. Love mom" ol' folks used to send their kids to go buy beer too! They didn't worry because they knew we didn't like the taste of it, already 😅

[@828Phatty]

I was 9 when my step dad took all of us kids to see Jaws in the theater. Brilliant...

[@jeffreykeith6494]

Born in 64. I'll be 60 in September. This lady knows what she's talking about.

[@SusanWelte]

I’ll be 60 in November. Wish I could go back to the simpler life of the 70’s. Absolutely loved it

[@RichG-m3z]

WOW! A FEMALE comic did a WHOLE standup routine and not a single vulgar female anatomy/sex joke. She's a KEEPER!

[@KarenMorganComedy]

Thanks!

[@MAGAsnotAcurse]

I was born in 1960. You brought back so many memories! Thank you. 😂🤣😆😜

[@KarenMorganComedy]

Glad you enjoyed it🥰

[@borstfamily9702]

Born in 74, I love my life and especially my childhood!!!! Great times!!! That's why we are not soft!!!!!

[@davidlewis3169]

I also remember getting Ring Worm from playing in the Litter Box...I mean the Sandbox at the Playground.

[@Bay-BGhost]

Born in 75. She touched on every memory. I had to have a note to buy my moms cigarettes

[@TracyLynn75]

@@Bay-BGhost I was born in 75’ too and did the same thing with my mom and her smokes. Good times.

[@Bay-BGhost]

@@TracyLynn75 they sure were.

[@oambitiousone7100]

Put them in my banana seat bicycle basket

[@namelia4439]

Born in 1970 in Brooklyn, NY. She nailed all of it. This bit was my entire childhood, every last word…beyond hilarious and I wouldn’t go back to change a thing!

[@425superRocket]

Extracurricular "firing squad". Sometimes played with tennis ball, usually the big red rubber kick ball/dodge ball. Run across brick wall, pray you don't get hit.😂