15 Alarming Threats the '70s Mentioned to Kids That Aren't Common Now
These scary warnings haunted 1970s kids every day, but have mostly faded from the way we raise children now.
Growing up
17 Consequences Kids in the 1970s Faced That Today's Children Can't Imagine
Kids in the 1970s faced consequences for ordinary behavior that would seem completely foreign to any child growing up today.
15 Things That 1960s Kids Were Forbidden From Doing That Now Seem Mysterious
These childhood prohibitions were obeyed without question for years before the reasons behind them made no sense at all.
20 Things Every Kid Did Without Supervision in the 1960s That Disappeared
These 20 1960s childhood freedoms feel alive again on a neighborhood street where a dime reaches the pay phone and streetlights call everyone home.
15 Things Kids Were Told Never to Do in the 1960s That Still Don't Make Sense Today
Adults in the 1960s delivered these prohibitions with total confidence, and the logic behind most of them never quite added up.
15 Things Kids Did That Resulted in Rules No One Fully Understood
These everyday childhood habits gave rise to rules that stuck around long after their original reasons faded.