05/28/2024
My clothes came from Kmart and they stayed on layaway until school started. Eating out at a restaurant was a thing every now and then !! Fast food was left overs at home. Eating popsicles was a treat on a hot day. We had fake cigs for candy and you only needed $1 or less. School was mandatory!! You took your school clothes off as soon as you got home and put on your play clothes. If no one was home after school, you jumped the gate or went to the neighbors. Nobody paid for daycare because we had a key to the house when e got home. We ate dinner at the table. Our house phone was always being used. We played Cops and Robbers, 1-2-3 Not It, Red Light Green Light, Hide & Seek, Truth or Dare, Tag, Kick Ball, Dodge Ball and we rode bikes. Girls and Boys played in the street or in the house. We came home when the street lights came on. Children were seen and not heard. Staying in the house was a punishment and the only thing we knew about being "bored"--- "You better find something to do before I find it for you!" We ate what mom/dad made for dinner or we ate nothing at all. There was no bottled water; we drank from the tap or the water hose (because there was no coming in and out of the house😑😑🤧)
Phone numbers and address’s were either memorized or written on a folded piece of paper which was kept with you at all times!
Cell phones we knew nothing about 😂
We watched cartoons on Saturday mornings, and rode our bikes for hours. We ran around in the streets until dark and came in before mom had to find us (the street lights came on).
We were AFRAID OF NOTHING.
We watched our MOUTHS around our elders.
These were the good old days.
Kids today will never know how it feels to be a real kid, they will never understand my childhood!!
I loved being a kid
Credit: Yolany Parenteau
