Oh yes me too. I also didn’t have “helicopter” parents. As long as I was home when it got dark out we roamed the neighborhood, and the park, or wherever.
I’m not quite as old as the hoopla-hoop generation but when I was young, sports and being outdoors were far more important than anything on TV! My parents had to make me come in long enough to eat supper! Watch the movie: “Ready Player One” and you’ll see where we are heading.
Yup…we had so much fun creating things to play with. Our imaginations knew no bounds…and as for me…I still have a great imagination and I still use it.
My father used to tell me to go out and play with my friends…… my mother chose my friends for me and I wasn’t allowed out. Mother would never have allowed me to have the sort of technology that enabled me to communicate with others.
talentwillout about 6 years ago
That’s why you’re Street Wise Aunty , you’ve actually been on the streets and not done it all through a games visor and console .
blunebottle about 6 years ago
I’m with you on this one.
MTH Premium Member about 6 years ago
Oh yes me too. I also didn’t have “helicopter” parents. As long as I was home when it got dark out we roamed the neighborhood, and the park, or wherever.
Troglodyte about 6 years ago
That makes two of us, Aunty!
Iron Pounder about 6 years ago
I have to turn off my router to get my grandsons off the couch. They have fun once they get out of the house.
Marvin Premium Member about 6 years ago
Such as indoor plumbing and electric lights.
WCraft Premium Member about 6 years ago
I’m not quite as old as the hoopla-hoop generation but when I was young, sports and being outdoors were far more important than anything on TV! My parents had to make me come in long enough to eat supper! Watch the movie: “Ready Player One” and you’ll see where we are heading.
chromosome Premium Member about 6 years ago
I was a loner, but when I could get outside, I chased bugs or played in the snow, and when I needed to come in, I drew lots of pictures.
milkweed6410 about 6 years ago
I remember when hoola hoops first hit the market. Boy have things changed!!!
Flatlander, purveyor of fine covfefe about 6 years ago
Anishinaabe legend says Pukawiss created the dance. Some dancers have 20 or more hoops. Does this mean Wham-O is guilty of cultural appropriation?
Masterskrain about 6 years ago
Show a kid a Hula Hoop today, and they will want to know where to plug it in, or where you download the instructions, or even where the USB port is…
Cathleen Anderson about 6 years ago
Yup…we had so much fun creating things to play with. Our imaginations knew no bounds…and as for me…I still have a great imagination and I still use it.
pcolli about 6 years ago
“Have fun….. you will comply.”
RonnieAThompson Premium Member about 6 years ago
Me 2. I played outside with friends. Got plenty of exercise long before technology trapped kids indoors.
Charlie Tuba about 6 years ago
So you were born before automobiles, telephones, radios, televisions and airplanes?
Charlie Tuba about 6 years ago
So you were born before the wheel?
pcolli about 6 years ago
My father used to tell me to go out and play with my friends…… my mother chose my friends for me and I wasn’t allowed out. Mother would never have allowed me to have the sort of technology that enabled me to communicate with others.