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5 Ways My 1970s Childhood Was Better Than Yours

5 Ways My 1970s Childhood Was Better Than Yours

Did your parents let you play with axes?

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Jun 15, 2023
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My childhood was very different from the extremely protective version kids today live. After a certain age — 9 or 10 or so? — everybody was left to their own devices.

If we were not home by the time the streetlights came on, our mothers would yell our names, and this was just as effective as texting. Any kid who heard a k…

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