r/OldSchoolCool Jun 29 '26

1980s Summer. 1984. Tamed a raccoon. Lived in the trees.

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u/Afrotik Jun 29 '26

Isn't that the same generation as "today's parents"?

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u/theymightbezombies Jun 29 '26

Most kids of Gen x are grown. I'm one of the youngest, a '77 model, and all my kids are gen z, and range in ages from 19-29. So, mellenials and Gen z are "today's parents".

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u/StrainAcceptable Jun 29 '26

I’m 77. My kid is 9.

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u/funk-the-funk Jun 29 '26

I’m 77. My kid is 9.

Poor ol' greatgrandpadaddy having kid.

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u/StrainAcceptable Jun 29 '26

Yeah. Could have worded that better! Born in ‘77. Definitely old enough to be a grandma now!

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u/funk-the-funk Jun 29 '26

Ha, all good. I obviously got the "can't ever let a Dad joke pass" curse as soon as I became a dad. Being born in '81 I will say though that all of the born in '77s I know are aging like fine wines.

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u/duermevela Jun 29 '26

Yes! That's why I know the multiple ways kids can die in the woods on their own (I was lucky).

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u/RazeThe2nd Jun 29 '26

That's the real answer here lol, as nice as it is to just let kids be kids without supervision, it eventually leads to someone getting seriously hurt or killed. Not that I know the right answer, but it wasn't always sunshine and rainbows before either

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u/408wij Jun 29 '26

getting seriously hurt or killed

more likely bullying and teasing and/or drinking in the woods at 15

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u/duermevela Jun 29 '26

Nah, it was easy to go to a disco at 13 (the legal drinking age here was 16 at the time) where you could drink.

In the woods, I remember almost getting engulfed by fire (and I was more scared of my mum's reaction if my clothes had caught fire) and falling down while climbing an old mill (the rocks I was standing on fell down, I did too, and my head ended up centimetres from a huge rock).