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Inspired by my 60s thread (that took off nicely lol)
What do you feel like kids/young foll now a days have missed out on from when you were little or younger??
And similary, what do you feel you wish you could mabye do now that you didnt have the chance to or feel you cant?
I feel like i missed out on the fun of the 60s and the dances of the 90s....and everything being a little less law abiding?
Now adays i think technology is amazing and opportunity to travel? Xx
What do you feel like kids/young foll now a days have missed out on from when you were little or younger??
And similary, what do you feel you wish you could mabye do now that you didnt have the chance to or feel you cant?
I feel like i missed out on the fun of the 60s and the dances of the 90s....and everything being a little less law abiding?
Now adays i think technology is amazing and opportunity to travel? Xx
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What have the current younger generation missed out on? All too often, regrettably, the answer seems to be 'a childhood'.
When I was little, children had their own radio request programme which played songs written especially for children (or which were particularly likely to be popular with children), such as 'Nelly the Elephant'. It was eventually...
When I was little, children had their own radio request programme which played songs written especially for children (or which were particularly likely to be popular with children), such as 'Nelly the Elephant'. It was eventually...
00:38 Mon 02nd Jul 2012
Pluses of the good old days: I always played out on the streets - far fewer cars in those days - or on the hillside. No pressure to buy designer clothes or other consumer goods. Much less pressure to have sex. Owning your own home was much cheaper. By the 60s, there was a lot of freedom, and a lot of encouragement to do your own thing and enjoy life.
Downsides: much less choice of anything (though as we didn't have it, we didn't miss it). Dentistry was rubbish - I've hardly got any teeth left; jno jnr's never had a filling. We didn't have TV (which I can still live without) or computers and the internet (which I couldn't live without).
Downsides: much less choice of anything (though as we didn't have it, we didn't miss it). Dentistry was rubbish - I've hardly got any teeth left; jno jnr's never had a filling. We didn't have TV (which I can still live without) or computers and the internet (which I couldn't live without).
No Health & Safety brigade ruining any sort of pleasure. Parents not worrying where you were. Of course the downsides of not a lot of money (so whims weren't always being pampered like nowadays) and as per you '69 thread sweet rationing meant that we we lucky to get more than your 'tanners' worth in a week, especially on your birthday (years after rationing ended my mother would still let us have only one toffee out of the tin kept under the TV table each day !!)
I think kids/young adults of today are more in touch with stuff from the past than ever before. I am refreshingly surprised when I meet 14 year olds who like and appreciate The Beatles, Pink Floyd or Bob Marley.
I don't think they miss out on much.
I don't think I miss out on much atm, I still party, stay out late and take drugs occasionally.
I don't think they miss out on much.
I don't think I miss out on much atm, I still party, stay out late and take drugs occasionally.
What have the current younger generation missed out on? All too often, regrettably, the answer seems to be 'a childhood'.
When I was little, children had their own radio request programme which played songs written especially for children (or which were particularly likely to be popular with children), such as 'Nelly the Elephant'. It was eventually taken off the air because even the youngest children were no longer requesting 'children's songs' but asking for the latest pop hits (often including some very 'adult' lyrics instead).
Children also played games (with each other, rather than on electronic devices) which helped them to develop their imaginations. Getting wet and muddy (rather than bothering about their 'image') was all part of the fun.
However those children whose parents do still allow them to get soaked through now have well-maintained 'splash zones' with lots of exciting features to play in (rather than the park paddling pools which my mum would never let me play in because there might be glass in them). So some things are better for today's youngsters!
When I was little, children had their own radio request programme which played songs written especially for children (or which were particularly likely to be popular with children), such as 'Nelly the Elephant'. It was eventually taken off the air because even the youngest children were no longer requesting 'children's songs' but asking for the latest pop hits (often including some very 'adult' lyrics instead).
Children also played games (with each other, rather than on electronic devices) which helped them to develop their imaginations. Getting wet and muddy (rather than bothering about their 'image') was all part of the fun.
However those children whose parents do still allow them to get soaked through now have well-maintained 'splash zones' with lots of exciting features to play in (rather than the park paddling pools which my mum would never let me play in because there might be glass in them). So some things are better for today's youngsters!
Another point:
You wrote "I feel like i missed out on the fun of the 60s". That fun was, for many young people, largely a myth.
Throughout most of the 60s I attended a school where 'fun' seemed to be frowned upon. Playing football (in your own time) for an organised team was an automatic expulsion offence, as was holding hands with a girl from the school next door (along with doing a paper round and countless other 'major crimes'). The parents of new pupils were warned that hairstyles based upon those of 'popular beat combos' were totally unacceptable.
You wrote "I feel like i missed out on the fun of the 60s". That fun was, for many young people, largely a myth.
Throughout most of the 60s I attended a school where 'fun' seemed to be frowned upon. Playing football (in your own time) for an organised team was an automatic expulsion offence, as was holding hands with a girl from the school next door (along with doing a paper round and countless other 'major crimes'). The parents of new pupils were warned that hairstyles based upon those of 'popular beat combos' were totally unacceptable.
I loved Nellie the Elephant Sparky and his Magic Piano and The Spam Song used to listen every week faithfully.
I think they miss :- playing in the street e.g.Tin Can Tommy, gobs, marbles, hopscotch, conkers etc ,going to the park by themselves for the day,Sat morning pictures,getting a Red Rover bus ticket and going wherever they wanted without an adult, fishing for tiddlers,just the freedom we had.
I think they miss :- playing in the street e.g.Tin Can Tommy, gobs, marbles, hopscotch, conkers etc ,going to the park by themselves for the day,Sat morning pictures,getting a Red Rover bus ticket and going wherever they wanted without an adult, fishing for tiddlers,just the freedom we had.
cadging a lift on the back of one of the older lads bikes, no helmet needed, no speed cameras to worry about , not as many cars on the road, no speed limit on the motorways
plenty of jobs and dentists and once the bread van had been to the corner shop you could play in the street with no fear of getting run over
plenty of jobs and dentists and once the bread van had been to the corner shop you could play in the street with no fear of getting run over
risk taking...
we used to play on unfenced building sites... on wasteground and go out all day it was a steep learning curve interspersed with trips to a and E but eventually we learned to assess dangers and avoid them...
Innocence... it was pretty much unheard of for a child under 13 to talk about having a boyfriend or girlfriend... and sex was the number between 5 and 7
we used to play on unfenced building sites... on wasteground and go out all day it was a steep learning curve interspersed with trips to a and E but eventually we learned to assess dangers and avoid them...
Innocence... it was pretty much unheard of for a child under 13 to talk about having a boyfriend or girlfriend... and sex was the number between 5 and 7
we played on very dangerous sites which had been bombed in WW2, admittedly when you are young, you think you are invincible, and didn't see any danger. Playgrounds with every conceivable game, hopscotch, ring a ring o roses, skipping, jacks, marbles. I am not sure children today do those things. with the advent of modern technology they don't need to move outside their front door. Competition was encouraged in schools, not thought of something bad, and those who didn't like games were often left to their books if that is what they wanted. Perhaps there is a bit of nostalgia going on, it all looks so rosy, but would rather my childhood than those children i see walking around, looking like mini me of their parents, plugged into i pods and electronic games.
Buenchico what sort of school did you go to ? sounds like a monastery. Expelled for playing in a football team ??? Football was compulsory at my school (I hated it) .
Modern kids have endless TV 24/7, when I was young there was Children's TV from 4pm to 6pm and that was it . TV shut down completely at 11pm when they played the national anthem with a picture of the Queen. You actually had to think of things to do rather than sit in front of the 'goggle box' all day.
Modern kids have endless TV 24/7, when I was young there was Children's TV from 4pm to 6pm and that was it . TV shut down completely at 11pm when they played the national anthem with a picture of the Queen. You actually had to think of things to do rather than sit in front of the 'goggle box' all day.
