![]() Fighting over who got to sit in the “way back” Nine times out of ten, they gave directions that involved turning right at the oak tree or counting traffic lights and hoping they didn’t forget one!ĩ. If you wanted to know how to get from point A to point B, you either had to unfold an unwieldy map or ask someone. Relying on paper maps and wrong directions to get anywhere unfamiliar Heck, sometimes we just flipped through the Yellow Pages to find something to do on a boring Saturday!Ĩ. They’ll never know what it’s like to rely on a phonebook. Kids today can look up any store and instantly see the number right in the Google search results. ![]() This is the last one about phones, I promise. Flipping through the phone book to find a number It made her think of all of the times she was late getting home and had NO way to let her mom know because there was no payphone nearby. He sent her a quick text so she wouldn’t worry. A few weeks ago, her teen son was going to be a little later getting home than he said he would because of traffic. My friend brought this up when we were talking about things kids today will never understand. We rarely had a way to let someone know we were running late Oh, and if it was a really thick book the photocopier cut off half of the text, so we still had to take notes either way.Ħ. Not only did we have to go to the library to get research material, but half of the books we needed were in the “reference-only” section! So, we had two choices: bring a roll of dimes and hope that the photocopier was working or sit there all day taking notes by hand. Spending hours at the library because you couldn’t check out the books you needed to write your term paper My friend’s brother is still traumatized by the death of Buddy (the very first service dog ever) in Love Leads the Way. ![]() The Wonderful World of Disney took the sting out of it a bit, though! Well, at least it usually did. Sunday night was depressing because it meant an end to our carefree weekend. Finishing off our weekend with The Wonderful World of Disney Only once they grasp these things can they fully understand what it was like to agonize over whether to watch Scooby-Doo or Bugs Bunny that week.Ģ. Next, you have to explain that we also didn’t have the technology to record multiple channels at once (and some of us didn’t even have the ability to record ONE channel!). Trying to decide which Saturday morning cartoons to watchįirst, you have to get your kids to comprehend the fact that we didn’t have 24/7 access to every single cartoon in existence. Here are my top 20, in no particular order! 1. No matter how many 80s toys and fashions make a comeback, there are just some things from the decade that our kids today will never fully comprehend. Things Kids Today Will Never Understand About How We Grew Up Read on for the top 20 things about our childhoods that absolutely baffle our 21st-century kids! From corded phones to floppy disks to Saturday morning cartoons, there are just some things kids today will never understand.
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