I sent this to my Mom. She liked it a lot. I can remember a lot of this stuff too. We Genx’ers may be the last generation to remember any of this.
What is really sad is watching it and noting how many of those things are now codified child abuse/neglect or otherwise demonized.
Seriously.
YES!!! I remember coming home to the whistle of mom, catching fireflies, etc...
Hell, I remember doing the Big Wheel wipe out (going as fast as you can and then ripping the brake up) and also remember Star Wars, loved it... and on and on
Just realized my kids won’t have that memory. Even if I risked the world and let them.. and something happened to them... Freepers (amongst the rest of the world) would say “WHY WEREN’T YOU WATCHING THEM EVERY SECOND!!!!!!” Heck, I was gone from time got home from school until supper or dark, whichever came first... but if I did that with my kids, the world would put me in jail.
That is just damn sad...
If only you could know the things we Boomers remember. I don't think any generation of American children had it so good.