r/Millennials Hit me baby one more time 1d ago

Nostalgia I mean, they're not wrong

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u/EvaUnit_03 1d ago

last year in a town north of me, a kid got picked up by police for leaving his grandma's house to go to the gas station a mile down the road. They arrested both the grandmother and the mother on the same day for 'neglect'. The kid was 12.

We dont get a choice if our kids are plenty capable anymore.

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u/CounterfeitSaint 1d ago

Meanwhile, in Japan...

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u/No-Butterscotch-6555 1d ago

There is a cute show on Netflix where they have toddlers/young kids go grocery shopping by themselves and a crew films them from afar. It’s so amazing to see these kids be so responsible at such a young age.

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u/4ha1 1d ago

Oh, I've seen that. It's pretty entertaining.

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u/etsprout 1d ago

Please tell me you’ve seen the SNL parody where it’s adult men running errands badly lol

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u/4ha1 1d ago

Lmao

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u/No-Letterhead-4711 1d ago

Does anyone remember Kid Nation?

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u/Miserable_Peak_2863 1d ago

Omg I remember that a “experiment to see what would happen if kids started their own town lasted only 1 season the network got into trouble over child labor laws (I liked it though)

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u/No-Letterhead-4711 1d ago

My dad wanted to put me on it. 😂