Every Reason Why 80's Kids Should Be Dead

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Parents did NOT watch their kids all the time

#2

Sunblock was a rarity

#3

Helmets were for losers

#4

"Smoking sections" meant that secondhand smoke was rampant

#5

Cooking unsupervised was a normal part of being a kid

#6

The cargo areas of station wagons were treated as freeform play areas

#7

Your mom may well have smoked when she was pregnant with you

#8

"Latchkey kids" were everywhere. This would often entail trying not to fight with your siblings or set the house on fire

#9

Young kids were responsible for watching even younger kids. This led to kids taking their two-year-old kid brother for a helmet-less, seatless bike ride around the neighborhood

#10

Playdates were usually adult-free too

#11

Kids had more opportunity to do illicit things like smoking cigarettes, considered the pinnacle of cool adults activities by 1985 tweens

#12

You had access to more dangerous toys

#13

1980s kids got to play with fireworks

#14

Back in the day it was normal to have at least one friend in a plaster cast at all times. This was considered a fun opportunity to cover the cast with graffiti, rather than a sign of negligent parenting

#15

Playgrounds were more "adventurous"

#16

Kids rode in the flatbeds of pickups

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