Remember When....

[Blackcat31]

My oldest two slept on their stomachs. The third slept on her side. The last slept on her back. Each one because the experts said it was the right thing to do at the time!!

I remember no seat belts in cars. My brother and I just played in the back seat or the very back of our station wagon without a care in the world!

One year we went on vacation with another family...all in one car. Four adults, five kids and two large dogs. All crammed in like sardines and not one seatbelt! My dad put a small bench in the back of the station wagon to make a "third row" for the smallest kids. The dogs wound around our feet. Nobody though for a second it was unsafe.

Oh...and my father's job? County road safety officer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My family traveled extensively during my early years and ALL of our travels were done in either a station wagon or a pick up truck with a topper.

Myself and my 2 younger brothers rode in the back of the station wagon or pick up truck topper with a big blanket and lots of pillows! In the pick up truck, I remember my mom handing snacks back to us through the rear window.... ::

I remember knowing we were close to a familiar area by the looks of the tree tops or shape of the landscape around us. BEST DVD ever!!!!!

I have a DCG right now who watches cartoons in the mini-van on the way to daycare.....she lives 6 blocks away.

[butterfly]

My family traveled extensively during my early years and ALL of our travels were done in either a station wagon or a pick up truck with a topper.

Myself and my 2 younger brothers rode in the back of the station wagon or pick up truck topper with a big blanket and lots of pillows! In the pick up truck, I remember my mom handing snacks back to us through the rear window.... ::

I remember knowing we were close to a familiar area by the looks of the tree tops or shape of the landscape around us. BEST DVD ever!!!!!

I have a DCG right now who watches cartoons in the mini-van on the way to daycare.....she lives 6 blocks away.

I rode this way in a pickup too. Oh man you guys are making me homesick!!

[momofsix]

I remember bringing so many rolls of film to the store-and I had no idea what was on half of them until they were developed and I could pick them up! Most of the time half of the pictures didn't even turn out!
Heating up leftovers on the stove or oven only-no microwave.
I remember playing outside ALL DAY LONG in the summertime:: There was nothing fun to do inside...no cable, internet, video games...however did we survive!?!
I remember calling grown-ups Mr. and Mrs. I would never have called an adult by their first name!
Ugh, do you remember how awful the sanitary pads used to be!!!!???

[butterfly]

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Ugh, do you remember how awful the sanitary pads used to be!!!!???

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[ABCDaycareMN]

Although I'm not older like many of you but I do love hearing stories like this from my mom...

But I remember when everything wasn't so clean! There was no such thing as disinfectant wips or hand sanitizer. I actually don't like my kids using it. What happened to teaching kids to wash their hands at a sink with soap and water.
2 things on my sons 1st grade school list this year.

I remember when licking the bowl or spoon when baking a cake or brownies was a treat now it is frowned upon for the fear of sommella. I'm guilty, my kids and I still lick the bowls!

As a child through teen years we rode in the bed of my dads truck with a mattress and lots of pillows and blankets. We even crawled through the windows during long trips.

I remember when there was no such thing as a buster seat. Now my kids have to use them til they are 8!!!!!

[Laurel]

I remember bringing so many rolls of film to the store-and I had no idea what was on half of them until they were developed and I could pick them up! Most of the time half of the pictures didn't even turn out!
Heating up leftovers on the stove or oven only-no microwave.
I remember playing outside ALL DAY LONG in the summertime:: There was nothing fun to do inside...no cable, internet, video games...however did we survive!?!
I remember calling grown-ups Mr. and Mrs. I would never have called an adult by their first name!
Ugh, do you remember how awful the sanitary pads used to be!!!!???

But now we have air conditioning inside. I think it is harder to be used to being cool and then going out into the heat. But then again, I live in Florida and take the children out and they don't seem to mind the heat at all.

Omg, those sanitary pads. Remember you had to wear them with that belt thingy? It went around your waist (for you young whippersnappers who are reading this ) and then the pad had a tab in the front and back that you had to hook them into this thing around your waist. It was horrible! Well I haven't had a period in years so there are some good things about getting old!

Laurel

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[Josiegirl]

I remember purchasing my first playpen with books of Green Stamps.
The drive-in theaters had 'jacks' you could hang over your window, not something you could tune your radio into.
For Halloween costumes, we'd fish through our parents drawers and closets and put something together. Didn't have to have mom and dad check out our stash either.
I remember the first 2 dcks I took in, siblings for a total of $40 a week.
Do they have 'room mothers' anymore? I was one when my ds went to kindergarten.
Speaking of kindergarten, I never went to kindergarten and no one knew anything about preschools back then.
I remember having drills in school, they called them air-raid drills and they always scared me to death.
OMG Laurel, those pad things were horrible!!
I remember when group showers were a must-do thing after gym and we all got undressed right by our gym lockers. Somehow I went all through middle school either being excused(had a lot of periods LOL) or something. Talk about humiliating when you're 12 and terribly shy.

[Leigh]

This thread makes me smile! Much as I agree with using car seats, I feel terrible that my own kid won't go driving around the neighborhood "driving" on Dad's lap (I did it in my dad's PATROL CAR!), it's one of my favorite childhood memories!

Seat belts? I didn't use them until I started driving. We had a sharp right and a sharp left leaving our driveway (both 90 degrees), and one day on the way to church, I rolled right out of the backseat into the street on that second corner!

We never ate raw cookie dough, though, my mom controlled us by telling us that raw foods would give us worms-I still wear gloves when I handle raw meat, I just can't force myself to touch it! This same lady told us that "boogers" were made of bugs to keep our fingers out of our nose!

[Familycare71]

This thread makes me smile! Much as I agree with using car seats, I feel terrible that my own kid won't go driving around the neighborhood "driving" on Dad's lap (I did it in my dad's PATROL CAR!), it's one of my favorite childhood memories!

Seat belts? I didn't use them until I started driving. We had a sharp right and a sharp left leaving our driveway (both 90 degrees), and one day on the way to church, I rolled right out of the backseat into the street on that second corner!

We never ate raw cookie dough, though, my mom controlled us by telling us that raw foods would give us worms-I still wear gloves when I handle raw meat, I just can't force myself to touch it! This same lady told us that "boogers" were made of bugs to keep our fingers out of our nose!

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[Familycare71]

I do remember riding in the back of pick up trucks with or with out a cap! Or in the way back of my dads blazer waving at everyone through the back window. I also remember the floor of the back seat being a fun place to sit

[preschoolteacher]

I grew up in the 80's and 90's, so I'm a bit younger, but I still remember a lot!

Remember when there were latch-key kids? I came home from school on the bus and "watched" my 6-year-old brother when I was 8-years-old until my parents came home from work. One time I lost the key and we were locked outside... No cell phones. We were resilient little kids though--I made my brother crawl through the doggy door and let me in! I would even make him dinner (sandwiches, cut up fruit). Now parents panic over leaving 12 year olds alone for an hour.

Remember when kids could roam the neighborhood? Our parents had no clue where we were, just around... and we knew it was time for dinner when we heard Mom yelling from the deck!

Remember when there was NO diversity in food? At least where I lived. I heard of sushi for the first time in high school, avocado for the first time a few years before that. My son is 1 and has had Ethiopian food, for heaven's sake!

Fun thread!!

[Blackcat31]

I remember bringing so many rolls of film to the store-and I had no idea what was on half of them until they were developed and I could pick them up! Most of the time half of the pictures didn't even turn out!

I still own and use a 35 mm camera. I cannot be convinced the digital takes better quality photos.

I am a huge lover of B&W and actual film processing just can't be beat.

I remember calling grown-ups Mr. and Mrs. I would never have called an adult by their first name!

I just ran into my BFF from elementary school's mom. I greeted her by saying "hello Mrs J"......I just couldn't bring myself to refer to her by her first name only....it would have felt really awkward.

I remember when licking the bowl or spoon when baking a cake or brownies was a treat now it is frowned upon for the fear of sommella. I'm guilty, my kids and I still lick the bowls!!

One of my fondest memories with my grandma was staying with her in the summer time and making a batch of brownies....just so we could eat the WHOLE bowl of batter and not cook a single one.

I remember purchasing my first playpen with books of Green Stamps.

My mother bought every thing she needed for me as a baby with Green Stamps!

My DH and I spend a lot of time going to antique stores. I came across an old S&H Green Stamp sign one day and bought it for my mom for nothing more than the memories.

I remember when group showers were a must-do thing after gym and we all got undressed right by our gym lockers. Somehow I went all through middle school either being excused(had a lot of periods LOL) or something. Talk about humiliating when you're 12 and terribly shy.

I remember swimming class in gym. The school provided the swim suits...color coded of course for your size....xs, s, m, l, xl..... I cringe at how embarrassing that must have been for some....

[MyAngels]

I remember using a bottle that had a plunger type thing so that we could feed my nephew cereal with his formula .

I remember driving 5 hours to relatives in Indiana with my infant nephew on my lap in the front seat, no seat belts for anyone in the car. We laughed and laughed because every time we'd go over a hill his little hands would fly up and he'd giggle. This was 1981

I remember riding down the highway with my cousins in the open bed of a pickup truck.

I remember riding in my dad's camper (on the back of his pickup) all the way across the country. Every time we'd turn a corner or merge onto the highway we'd all go flying everywhere, since we couldn't really see where we were going. My sister and I would open up the side windows as we drove along and throw small things out just to see what they'd do. My mom always wondered where all of my Barbie clothes disappeared to ::.

[nanglgrl]

My family traveled extensively during my early years and ALL of our travels were done in either a station wagon or a pick up truck with a topper.

Myself and my 2 younger brothers rode in the back of the station wagon or pick up truck topper with a big blanket and lots of pillows! In the pick up truck, I remember my mom handing snacks back to us through the rear window.... ::

I remember knowing we were close to a familiar area by the looks of the tree tops or shape of the landscape around us. BEST DVD ever!!!!!

I have a DCG right now who watches cartoons in the mini-van on the way to daycare.....she lives 6 blocks away.

We traveled from Texas to Iowa in the back of our pick up truck with a topper. Our parents threw a mattress in back and when we got bored we would do sick puppet shows out the back window for the people behind us!
Remember when kids could climb trees, run around barefoot and be filthy without an adult giving their parent a judemental stare?
Remember when "liability" wasn't such a huge issue because accidents happen? Now I hate to even let the neighbor kids play in our yard for fear of them getting hurt and being sued!
I remember building tree forts with every piece if spare wood I could find and putting so many nails in them they could outlast a tornado. Actually I still have a treefort, it was our first improvement when we bought this house. Lol.
I remember being able to roam freely at summer camp and we even buried one of our counselors in the sand and shaved his beard!

[nanglgrl]

And another...remember when barbies didn't have so many cool accessories and furniture, well they probably did but we couldn't afford them? My Barbie car was my roller skate and her furniture was folded up towels!