23 Vintage Photos Of Old-School Parenting That Would Never Fly Today

Right?! The caption could easily read, "pic taken in SE coastal North Carolina, yesterday. 😂

Lol!

I actually thought it was from the southern US until I read the caption.

Would he still wear the nappy?

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I’m apparently the same age as the mother in this photo, and I distinctly remember a chairlift just like this at Lake Louise. I think the only “safety feature” was a bar that folded down over our laps.

It's sitting. It's super easy to do. You'd be amazed when you do this (and I did as a kid many times) how little urge you have to just jump off in the middle of a mountain. It's not dangerous at all. When was the last time you fell out of a chair you were patiently sitting on? Never? Exactly.

It's all about the angle of the photograph. They're likely to be only about 10' off the ground. What does worry me is that it's summertime and there is no snow to cushion a fall.

https://www.truthorfiction.com/safety-standards-in-the-1960s-chairlift-photo/

Likewise.

You!

Me too !!

Same, holy cow!

Me too

Right?! I’m not even afraid of heights and this terrifies me!

Nothing to worry about. Her mother was keeping her safe :D

Think what it's like with skis on. I remember it clearly. Bloody scary!

They had enough brains back then to know not to lean too far forward lol

Thanks for the laugh! I was so loud my neighbors pounded on the wall.

Same here. I think it’s the Pavlovian mom reflex, as soon as you get in the car or any other moving object out goes your arm.

I don't even have kids and I do this to passengers in my car!

I always did the same to my boys :)

I was born before seat belts were standard (cars that had them only had the lap belts, there was no such thing as a shoulder belt), so that was the universal parent seatbelt on sudden stops. Even in this era of seat belts and air bags, I still do it myself!

Mom's are strong in general

Her nose depended on it 😂

And brave!

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NO ! Kids have to show respect for other human beings. This is NOT the way !

Far out !!

Gotta love it man! We were so ahead of the times.

I think the concern is a contact high for baby!

grandma* :)

All 3 are amazingly good-looking. Gramma is gorgeous!

corection grandmother

That´s her grandmother. The boy is her Dad.

Then you will ever also be a cute lion?

but of course... spending time on bored panda has not resulted in anything cool yet

they had style and grace back then, it was healthy. not caked on make up and "contouring" and unnatural lips and butts that looks trashier than a raccoons day off

Germany got loads of money from the Marshall plan and had an economic boom in 1950. They we're sitting pretty in 1955 having joined NATO. They even won the world cup in 1954.

Why?