Ahhhh, the good old day. When the term “helicopter parents” didn’t yet exist and kids could be kids. I remember being able to run wild as a kid in the woods and through the neighborhood as long as I was home by dinner.
Did kids get shot with BB guns? Sure! Did someone fall off scaffolding at a construction site once in a while? You bet! But it was in all good fun.
I have a sneaking suspicion that 99% of parents today are not down being so, shall we say, “carefree” with their methods.
These photos will remind you of the good old days when parenting was a little more dangerous.
1. Dangerous playgrounds were all the rage
#DidAsAChildButDangerousNow
Went to the park.. With proper slides.. #huge pic.twitter.com/D7b8PCJGuM— tis me. Nic (@thisismenic70) June 28, 2019
2. Craziness
Ride on the handlebars of someone's bike as we went whizzing down a giant asphalt hill!? No helmets. Craziness. #DidAsAChildButDangerousNow pic.twitter.com/GIVYxn2WVu
— Cynthia Ventresca (@lyricalluna67) June 28, 2019
3. Choking hazard
#DidAsAChildButDangerousNow putting the water bottle or soda bottle cap inside my mouth pic.twitter.com/aVh4Nr5tOu
— lolly.leslie (@COOQUETA22) June 28, 2019
4. So much fun
As a kid we rode in the back of the truck, even cops drove by and didnt even bat an eye! #DidAsAChildButDangerousNow pic.twitter.com/YrhWYdvXh0
— Serg T Channel (@SergTChannel) June 28, 2019
5. Ridin’ dirty
Rode in the backseat of a station wagon facing the cars coming right at me! #DidAsAChildButDangerousNow pic.twitter.com/I55l3LwcgD
— Opening My Own Eyes (@OpeningMy) June 28, 2019
6. The hammer game sounds fun
This is a perfect time to tell u about two games my bf told me he played with his friends. 1 is the hammer game, where they were all on the trampoline together and one of them would THROW A HAMMER ONTO IT AND THEYD HAVE 2 DODGE IT AS IT SPUN IN THE AIR #DidAsAChildButDangerousNow
— Timothy Heller (@timethyheller) June 28, 2019
Second is the scissors game…where they THREW SCISSORS AT A FAN and every boy had a pillow with which they had to block either their face or torso…they had to pick #DidAsAChildButDangerousNow
— Timothy Heller (@timethyheller) June 28, 2019
7. A classic
Stair sledding. ?#DidAsAChildButDangerousNow pic.twitter.com/FHDUIzLqR6
— Cait Thurman (@cait_thurman) June 28, 2019
8. Oh yeah!
if anyone played popcorn on the parachute or anything with the scooters #DidAsAChildButDangerousNow pic.twitter.com/YFC0eYCgh2
— ⛅️Rayne|-/??? (@vhsvessel) June 28, 2019
9. Sums up my childhood
Bike riding without a helmet.
Out in the neighborhood.
Unsupervised.
With no cell phone.
Told to return when the sun went down. #DidAsAChildButDangerousNow— Doug Kayne (@DougKayne) June 27, 2019
10. Hang on tight!
Held on to a sled tied to the back of my dad's truck doing spin outs on ice???#DidAsAChildButDangerousNow
— Faye (@Tinkerbella0719) June 28, 2019
11. Could you pull it off?
Doing back flips off the swing #DidAsAChildButDangerousNow pic.twitter.com/k9rCpjKZcD
— Domi S.❤ (@OfficiallyDOMI_) June 27, 2019
12. This didn’t always end well
Riding the playground carousel at the speed of vomit. #DidAsAChildButDangerousNow pic.twitter.com/Sdxw4oaFEu
— Sam (@Kaleidiscopeeye) June 28, 2019
13. WTF?
#DidAsAChildButDangerousNow i used to go door to door for school fundraisers and just fully GO INTO STRANGERS’ HOUSES while they looked through the catalog??????? what the fuck. every time i think about it i am more what the fuck over it.
— sarah j. dudski (@dudski) June 28, 2019
14. Duck or die!
#DidAsAChildButDangerousNow
Lawn darts pic.twitter.com/HgckuroYM9— Ⓑⓔⓣⓗ (@Halloween_1014) June 27, 2019
15. The best!
Played in the culverts under the road#DidAsAChildButDangerousNow pic.twitter.com/fDb7gRfvds
— Mandy'sAMess?? (@SadCanadianMB) June 27, 2019
Let’s go back to those days ASAP!
Well, at least some of them…