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Whoever says that "The parents used to have it easy"Do not know what they talk about. First, parenthood is never easy. And secondly, let's look at the 1980s, for example. Although those of us whoraised families During this decade, there was certainly aDifferent experience that modern parents, the period had its advantages and disadvantages like any other. From sharing a phone by household to trust Mr. Rodgers to teach children everything they knew, here are 25 things - good and bad, frustrating and idyllic - that only the parents of the 1980s will remember.

Children get on your nerves? It was an easy solution during the 80s. All you had to do is tell them to leave the house and do something wrong with fresh air and the sun. You have not even had to confiscate phones or tablets or iPods; You just pointed to the door and shouted, "OUT!"

Children today Can be lost for hours on the internet whenever they need a reality escape. But in the 80s, the children had only bicycles as a way to escape. If you and your child had a TIFF in the 80s, you knew they would be well after a few hours to escape their "jerk parents"On their Schwinn 10 speed.

A parent of the 80s could go a whole afternoon - and sometimes even a whole day - without knowing exactly where their children were. Were they next to the neighbor's house? Trailing to the shopping center? It does not matter! Anyway, they were probably good.

It was not necessary to search for the navigation history in the 80s. If you wanted details on your child's media diet, all you have to do was check their library (or under their mattresses). You can skim song titles on each cassette and table of contents in each magazine and instantly get an overview of howpop culture was shaping them.

It seems silly now, but honestly was a moment when he felt as if your daughter is going to dress likeMadonna video "Limit"meant that she was destined for a destroyed future and bad reputation. We were so wonderfully naive and innocent at the time.

Just in terms of pure logistics, it was impossible for a child ofbe on the phone all day In the 80s. Attach the family telephone line during this decade meant that no one else can use it, and it does not come to fly with the parents of the 1980s.

In addition, because most fixed lines were located in the center, a child really could not have a private telephone conversation without at least one parent being within the COUTO.

So ... a lot ... hairpray. One parent of the 80s was never able to forget the undeniable smell of hairdressing the halls to a typical morning. Even when all the children had gone to school, a thick cloud of Aqua Net would always hang at home.

Side seats of children in the 1980s were a luxury that few families felt the need to invest. thesure Place them, after all, was in the "return path" of a station car, where they could roll with the grocery store and cling to the back seat (or the other) during living turns.

The parents did not live with the anxiety ofSuddenly infant death syndromeIn the 80s. At the time, it does not matter that your baby wanted to sleep on the belly, their side or back; As long as they stayed in their cradle, you had done your due diligence as a parent.

Shopping was a fun family activity. The entire gang climbed into the car and go to the mall and once you arrived, everyone would go from their distinct paths. Dad would be at Kinney Shoes, Mom would hit the casual corner and the kids would settle at Camelot music or Chess King. Later, everyone would meet for a snack at the Food Tribunal. Orange Julius someone? Ah, nowit's A way to spend a weekend.

Although you are ostensibly older and wiser than your children in the 1980s, you might sometimes be as likely as possibleUrban legends-AsThe one about Mikey, the child of cereal life, which essentially consumed the fatal combo of Pop Rocks and Coca-Cola, then exploded. Was it true? Your logical brain knew it was not, but it did not make you less nervous than your children can try to discover themselves.

It's incredible that in a slide and shrinky dinks, every child was not somehow walking with fractured ribs and a black lung. Seriously, parents (and manufacturers) of the 1980s think these toys were in any way for children? We guess if the children have learned something about these experiences, it was the way not to leave a little bruising-or burn you slow down.

Plan a birthday party In the 1980s never broke the bank, and it rarely involved more effort than to cook a cake and remember to pick up candles. Your child simply invited a small group of friends at your home, then everyone sang "Happy birthday, "ate cake, opened gifts, and I may have played some games in the living room. All the thing took two hours and never cost you more than $ 50. Trampoline parks were not Nothing 1980 so that parents could not have come to come.

If your children eaten everythingbreakfast At all in the 80s, you felt like a parent of the year. Why would you like to care about checking the ingredients at the back of a pop-tart box? Hey, it had something that looked like fruit inside, and that was enough for you. To worry about the kind of chemicals that your children were consuming was not at the top of yourto do list.

Nancy Reagan "Just say no" campaign was everywherein the 80s, and during these innocent years when society always knew so little on the rise of dependence, it was a comforting fast solution that helped parentssleep a little more deeply the night. As long as your children knew how to say no to drugs, they would be perfectly safe - or at least that's what you convinced.

Of course, parents will leave their child in front of a television screen as they get five minutes of peace and quiet, but they never feel good. However, there was something that did that it felt a little better in the 80s:Fred Rogers.

No parent has never had the impression of doing a terrible job when they left their child in a television company of a man who would say things like: "The greatest gift you have ever is your honesty." Really, what did that fit if suchgood life lesson came from a television screen?

The children these days rarely look at the television - all the good things are on YouTube andNetflix, or so we were told - and they certainly would not sit to look at the same shows as their parents watch. In the 80s, however, pretty much, each television show could be shared with the whole family.Cheers,Hill Street Blues,Family ties,MASH POTATOES-They were all programs that mom and dad could (and do) look with children and everyone appreciated them equally.

There was something comforting to know that your children would be light only in front of television in one of the two situations: 1) Watch one of the aforementioned shows with you, or b) watch animated characters likeReal Ghostbusters (photo here),Ninja turtles teenage mutants, andTransformersSaturday morning, the only time these cartoons were on. You never had to ask us for a medium day of the week, "are they in the bedroom, observing something horrible?" Because streaming services were not options.

Parents in the 1980s were so sure that a channel with 24 hours of music videos andsingers With big hair and leather pants too tight, would corrupt their children and rot their brains. But retrospectively, these videos were not all male, and even the worst and controversial rocky videos from the 80s do not hold a 99% candle ofWhat's on YouTube now.

One of the most controversial topics on the table is whether or not video games lead to violence. And while we do not have the answer on today's games, we're pretty sure that children were playingthe 80s was not able to cause a lot of damage. GamesPac-man,Donkey Kong,Frogger, andTo dig They were probably not inspiring the children out and throw barrels with Italian men or pump lizards until they appear. This means that the parents of the 1980s could rest easily.

In the 80s, parents were not competitive with each other. There was no comparison note on children reaching some milestones or performance levels. At the time, no mom or dad did not ask, "Is she still smiling social?" Or "How did Mikey do on his pstats?" All parents were concerned about 30 to 40 years old, it was because their own child was doing their best, without measuring them with other children.

In the 80s, dinner was a special occasion when everyone gathered around the same table and did not speak - it was not just something we've seen onFamily questions (photo here). For today's parents, it probably looks like a pure fantasy, but it happened, and even the worst dinner conversations are something we will never forget.

Nobody was defended to smoke in the 1980s, but parents did not understand how much they should avoid it either. In 2015, research in the newspaperCancer epidemiology, biomarkers and prevention Notes, "Even in the 1970s and 80s, Smoking was allowed almost everywhere: smokers could light up at work, hospitals, school buildings, in bars, restaurants and even bus, trains and planes. " At the time, people did not know so much about theNegative effects of smoking on our health. If we only knew what we know now.

Asunburn is just the summer means of saying "Hello!" Or at least, that's what every year 80 thought. Nobody looked at a small red baby at the time and thought, "He's going to haveskin cancer! "Instead, they thought," Someone has a devil of August! "The lack of sunscreen was certainly not intentionally negligent, but again, it was a lack of research and knowledge that led to lax solar protection habits.

It sounds unfathomable now, but during the 80s it was really possible to be inaccessible. All you had to do was getting out the hook phone for a few hours and no one could find you. Nobody asked, "Did not you receive my texts or voice messages or voice messages or Facebook messages?" No, once they heard this busy signal, they knew you were not available. And for more of this wonderful decade, check these50 things that only people who lived in the 1980s will remember.

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