“Skip-It AKA Ankle Shatterers”: 30 Things From Childhood That You Probably Can’t Find Today

Ah…the good old days! How about the Chrissy doll whose hair you could pull to make it longer? Or “Flatsies, Flatsies they’re flat and that’s that” My all time favorite though would have to be Clackers!! I never lost an eye playing with them🤪 I almost forgot about my very first album…it was “Popcorn” by Hot Buttered Popcorn!! No words in the song, it was just “do da do do do da doot…and the cover had a red & white popcorn box Ike from a cinema

The 60’s, 70’s, and 80’’s were no safer than today. What is different is that all the crime is broadcast instantaneously. Exception to this is shootings, which are more prevalent today

Clackers. Good for chipping wrist bones. Also used by older siblings to whack annoying/disgusting younger siblings.

No fear of being kidnapped didn't mean kids weren't kidnapped...

Yet hundreds WERE kidnapped and often killed.

These are definitely still a thing!

About a week or 2 before the cases of joy would arrive, we'd get a pamphlet with all the books and we could pre-order the ones we wanted or browse and buy. Anyone remember the Weekly Reader or Channel 1 news with Lisa Ling?

Still around

We still have those where I live

Was this the same as R.I.F.? I don't remember. I just remember getting to pick a book for free and it was one of my favorite things. Also, I think we used to have a program where when you read a book, you got a stamp. Get enough stamps and you get a free personal Pizza Hut pizza.

I can remember the dial up sound too well. 😢

And the "Free" internet from AOL b/c they would continuously send you those free trial discs.

Let’s not forget. If you forgot to disengage call waiting before dialing up, you’d get kicked off line with no warning.

OMG Psygnosis Games! I remember their slightly creepy logo so well. ^_^

Having to stop using your Atari 2600 or Atari ST because someone else in the house wanted to watch something on the portable TV.

I was pretty good at skating when I was a teen. Not so good at 60. I don't recommend it.

We've been to two recently! Still a thing

I was good when I was 7 years old. Found a skate rink with a wooden floor, and for my 50th birthday rented a pair of skates, put them on, and quickly realized I am NOT gonna heal like a 7 year old if I get hurt. 20 minutes of me holding on to the wall all around the rink, I'm thinking $10 was a cheap lesson. Skates off and never again.

My daughter is having one for her 7th birthday in February. Roller skating is making a huge comeback in the UK

Coming back along with roller derby.

THIS

Having worked as a customer service clerk at the post office, it was always older people (mostly 60+) who gave me a hard time. Teenagers and twenty-somethings were always nice as can be.

Going to a restaurant and not having to listen to the child at the next table scream for 2 hours.

The older people get the ruder and crankier they are. I don't know where they're manners went. Strange how they progressively disappear as people get older.

If you want manners, you must first teach manners. A lack of manners comes from not being consistently taught them by parents. Manners are also a product of respect both for self and for others.

I was somewhat disappointed when I came home from school and told my mum I had swum a mile and she didn't believe me! I had and I eventually got the badge to prove it!

Our neighborhood pool required kids to pass a basic swimming course that included swimming several laps non stop. This was required if you wanted to swim or dive into the deep end. Once you passed, they gave you an iron on patch for your parents to put on your swimsuit. No patch, no deep end. Every year had to get a new patch since, you know, kids grow over time.

My dad did the "throw a baby in the pool and they can naturally swim"...except I wasn't a baby, I was like 2 or 3 years old. There's a pic of me screaming my head off. lmao. I think this subconsciously scarred me because I was afraid to swim for the longest time even though I essentially grew up at the beach. I just didn't go deep enough where I couldn't touch the bottom. I must've been 6 or 7 and stayed with my cousin for the summer, who had a pool, and taught myself. And then I have a recollection of going to a school swimming school/program or something somewhat afterwards where I was the only one that was a "beginner"' but actually really learned how to swim and it all worked out. lul