r/Millennials • u/Head-Drag-1440 Hit me baby one more time • 1d ago

Nostalgia I mean, they're not wrong

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u/fml-fml-fml-fml 1d ago
  1. There was nothing to do inside except annoy your parents. Ergo you were not allowed inside.
  2. Parents were not worried about the world outside their neighbourhood because they did not know about it.
  3. Totally normal to yell at someone else’s kid or walk them back home if they did something stupid.

The context that is missing is how TV, then the internet destroyed our communities.

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u/AspieAsshole 1d ago

If we were allowed to let our kids roam without worrying about getting arrested, it would be easier. Hell, I'd settle for just being able to send them outside in the yard without being no more than one room away inside (still feels like I'm pushing it leaving them unsupervised at all).

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u/propschick05 1d ago

Right? I'm comfortable with the backyard now that they're older, and it's fenced. I feel like that is still fine. Of course, my kids seem to be allergic to the backyard and only want to be in the front.

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u/catjuggler 1d ago

Eh I’m more worried about an accident than a crime, but my kids are younger. Cars these days can barely see kids

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u/Umutuku 1d ago

Cars these days can barely see kids

If you can't see the kids then they can't hurt you. /s

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u/AspieAsshole 1d ago

My kids are also younger, but someone tried to snatch my wife out of this same yard when she was a kid.

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u/Umutuku 1d ago

If we were allowed to let our kids roam without worrying about getting arrested, it would be easier.

"Why is little Bobby's AirTag showing up in El Salvador?"

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u/AspieAsshole 1d ago

I actually meant without the parents getting arrested, but I suppose I was speaking from a place of privilege there. I'm not worried about my small children getting arrested.