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18 Apr 2007

I'm a child of the 90's and i used to play in the street, i can remember;
Girls wearing scrunchies in loads of different colours
Those plastic dummies that we wore around our necks
When everyone admitted that blur were better than oasis (still are)
I remember when sweet valley high was just a book
Getting up really early so i could watch Sharkie and George, watching count duckula and trap-door
I remember when everyone used to collect trolls
Spending 10p on packets of crisps, being able to buy penny sweets for a penny (shock horror) and being able to buy them in bags
I remember roaming the streets playing kiss chase, british bull dog etc etc
Riding our bikes before it go too dark to see
My generation still played out in the street all day.

18 Apr 2007

Quote by Drewxcore
I'm a child of the 90's

:shock: That means you can only be 17 at the most
:shock:

18 Apr 2007

Quote by Sarah
I'm a child of the 90's

:shock: That means you can only be 17 at the most
:shock:
Born in 88, but i grew up in the 90's so surely that makes me a 90's child dunno

18 Apr 2007

I do find it fascinating that a child of the 90s can describe my childhood of 20ish years earlier so well. Does it really change? Or do we just see different things when we're older?

18 Apr 2007

Quote by DJohn
I do find it fascinating that a child of the 90s can describe my childhood of 20ish years earlier so well. Does it really change? Or do we just see different things when we're older?

We were all children, i did all the child-like things, i was lucky enough not to even both with games consoles until i was ten, i managed to get a proper childhood before i discovered technology

18 Apr 2007

Quote by Drewxcore
I'm a child of the 90's and i used to play in the street, i can remember;
Girls wearing scrunchies in loads of different colours
Those plastic dummies that we wore around our necks
When everyone admitted that blur were better than oasis (still are)
I remember when sweet valley high was just a book
Getting up really early so i could watch Sharkie and George, watching count duckula and trap-door
I remember when everyone used to collect trolls
Spending 10p on packets of crisps, being able to buy penny sweets for a penny (shock horror) and being able to buy them in bags
I remember roaming the streets playing kiss chase, british bull dog etc etc
Riding our bikes before it go too dark to see
My generation still played out in the street all day.

I was born in 79 but I remember all those things so well! lol

18 Apr 2007

Getting up really early so i could watch Sharkie

aaaaahh... so, it was you hiding in the bushes with the camera smackbottom

18 Apr 2007

Quote by shark
Getting up really early so i could watch Sharkie

aaaaahh... so, it was you hiding in the bushes with the camera smackbottom

oh yes, my childhood was spent stalking you

18 Apr 2007

Quote by Drewxcore
Getting up really early so i could watch Sharkie

aaaaahh... so, it was you hiding in the bushes with the camera smackbottom

oh yes, my childhood was spent stalking you
err... any chance I could buy a few of the negatives off you?? I lost most of mine... innocent

18 Apr 2007

Quote by shark
Getting up really early so i could watch Sharkie

aaaaahh... so, it was you hiding in the bushes with the camera smackbottom

oh yes, my childhood was spent stalking you
err... any chance I could buy a few of the negatives off you?? I lost most of mine... innocent

i believe u can find them on tv occasionally, always at like 5am...i used a video :twisted:

18 Apr 2007

My Childhood consisted of:
Knockdown ginger, bikes, eating frozen jublies, adventure playground, play center in the summer holidays and I lived 22 floors up so used to throw a superball down to the bottom to see if it would bounce back up redface

:shock: thank god I did'nt kill anyone!!!

18 Apr 2007

Quote by mazandden
I'm sorry, but I find this quite offensive really....
I'm a child of the 80's and I played out in the street and drank dandelion and burdock (sp). But why are children no longer playing out like they used to...is it because they dont want to....or is it because they can't
Sorry, not aiming this at anyone.....but I really don't see how kids can play in the same way as kids did years ago...

Maybe the same dangers are lurking around the kids as they were 20 years ago (ie., 's etc) but the difference is we are much more aware of it today therefore it's our decision that we don't feel happy leaving the kids out like we were able to.
Have to agree with pk on this one, also being a child of the 80s!
I don't think it's the fact that there's paedos lurking around now- where exactly are kids supposed to play? Residential areas are becoming more and more built up, new blocks of flats go up quicker than my knickers come down, and the roads are a million times busier than they were even 15 years ago.
Not many areas have parks or greens or communal areas where kids can 'play'.
m xx
Maz, sorry disagree hun. Maybe because of where I used to work I have seen the dangers I am talking about that makes me know the threats are out there.
There are purpose built play areas near us that have "purported" sightings of men hanging around. You can never ever be 100% trustworthy. You cannot even trust going to your local baths without having knowing there has been an arrest of "a man" hanging around the windows.!! :shock:
Also, years ago you could leave your back door open and go bath your kids in the summer... now we have the horrors of the kids being snatched from the bath!!!
I'm sorry to be so brutal, but it's a reality for some.

18 Apr 2007

I remember having this safer now safer then debate on a forum some years ago. When the stats were looked up it turned out that decade by decade for 100 years there has been hardly any difference in the amount child killings. Like some have said above the TV just means we hear about it more often than we once would have.
Back on topic. from when I was kid there are 3 parks that I used that are gone sad

2 boating lakes that no longer have boats :( and one train for kids that has been replaced by an overpriced cafe in a local park attraction. What did they all have in common? they did not conform to EU regualtions. With the exceptions of the parks where kids always have accidents no one I know of can ever recall any deaths or serious accidents at any of the other attractions. The biggest part of this joke is when you go to europe how many of them are actualy abiding by the rules? When I went to Greece they certainly were not.

19 Apr 2007

Does any one find themselves starting to prefix themselves when talking to younger people with "in my day" yet?

19 Apr 2007

in my day, oooooooops.
i can remember vividly my dad taking me to work with him at a railway goods yard when i was 5 yrs old. used to travel on the back of his old Francis Barnett, strapped onto him with the belt of his RAF greatcoat, no helmet.
fishing in the river of the local park with a rod made from a piece of 1"x1", bent over nails for the eyes & some of mums knitting wool for line, never used to catch anything for some reason, & all this only feet away from a weir, all unfenced. Eeee, them where the days

19 Apr 2007

in my day, oooooooops.
i can remember vividly my dad taking me to work with him at a railway goods yard when i was 5 yrs old. used to travel on the back of his old Francis Barnett, strapped onto him with the belt of his RAF greatcoat, no helmet.
fishing in the river of the local park with a rod made from a piece of 1"x1", bent over nails for the eyes & some of mums knitting wool for line, never used to catch anything for some reason, & all this only feet away from a weir, all unfenced. Eeee, them where the days

19 Apr 2007

yup...it's dreadfull isn't it?
when talking to my contemporaries at work or wherever... the old: when I was a kid... keeps cropping up... really rather troubling!
lp

19 Apr 2007

kids stay out playing "deal the crack", "mug the granny" and "stab the enemy" nowadays and the girls are not playing hop-scotch on the street corner thats for sure.

19 Apr 2007

Quote by easyease
kids stay out playing "deal the crack", "mug the granny" and "stab the enemy" nowadays and the girls are not playing hop-scotch on the street corner thats for sure.

while filming it all on their moblie phones confused

19 Apr 2007

the problem is the threat of "wait till your dad gets home" is pointless and rarely used nowadays with the amount of single mothers who have no control over their kids. I know im sticking myself in the firing line saying that, not all single mums are bad but most are shit. Kids need a father figure not an endless stream of "uncles".

19 Apr 2007

Quote by Sassy-Seren
kids stay out playing "deal the crack", "mug the granny" and "stab the enemy" nowadays and the girls are not playing hop-scotch on the street corner thats for sure.

while filming it all on their moblie phones confused

yeah they take a pride in being evil and showing it off to their mates.

19 Apr 2007

Quote by easyease
the problem is the threat of "wait till your dad gets home" is pointless and rarely used nowadays with the amount of single mothers who have no control over their kids. I know im sticking myself in the firing line saying that, not all single mums are bad but most are shit. Kids need a father figure not an endless stream of "uncles".

I wouldn't go as far as saying ALL but certainly SOME, same as SOME families who have 2 parents present are shit.
I was a single Mum at 18, never had the constant stream of 'uncles' coming in and out of my son's life but thankfully he had my Dad around as an authorative figure. Now, at 46 I'm a single Mum again and I have to say kids don't need a 'father figure' per say, just someone who can teach them right from wrong and know how and when to discipline. A lot of the time, single mums ( and dads for that matter ) can do this successfully by themselves.

19 Apr 2007

Quote by easyease
the problem is the threat of "wait till your dad gets home" is pointless and rarely used nowadays with the amount of single mothers who have no control over their kids. I know im sticking myself in the firing line saying that, not all single mums are bad but most are shit. Kids need a father figure not an endless stream of "uncles".

I have to say I take exception to this. Yes, some single mums are shit. Some single dads are shit. Some 2 parent family parents (?) are shit. To single out the single mums is biased shit.
Wenchy- part of a married couple family whose kids all have the same dad.

19 Apr 2007

Quote by winchwench
the problem is the threat of "wait till your dad gets home" is pointless and rarely used nowadays with the amount of single mothers who have no control over their kids. I know im sticking myself in the firing line saying that, not all single mums are bad but most are shit. Kids need a father figure not an endless stream of "uncles".

I have to say I take exception to this. Yes, some single mums are shit. Some single dads are shit. Some 2 parent family parents (?) are shit. To single out the single mums is biased shit.
Wenchy- part of a married couple family whose kids all have the same dad.
my mum brought 3 of us up on her on...not that she had much choice when my Dad died when i was 9...we had it real hard and i and tell you it nearly put my mum over the edge...but she did a blinding job and she taught us from right and wrong...so "most single mums"....i don't think so!

19 Apr 2007

Quote by varca
the problem is the threat of "wait till your dad gets home" is pointless and rarely used nowadays with the amount of single mothers who have no control over their kids. I know im sticking myself in the firing line saying that, not all single mums are bad but most are shit. Kids need a father figure not an endless stream of "uncles".

I would be interested to know how you qualify this statement. Is it based on statistical analysis, informed opinion...?? What justification have you for making such an exceedingly broad assumption?
hmmm or downright ignorance.. I was a single mother for 6 yrs, I'm constantly getting nice feedback on my daughter's manners and respect for others.

19 Apr 2007

Quote by jaymar
the problem is the threat of "wait till your dad gets home" is pointless and rarely used nowadays with the amount of single mothers who have no control over their kids. I know im sticking myself in the firing line saying that, not all single mums are bad but most are shit. Kids need a father figure not an endless stream of "uncles".

I would be interested to know how you qualify this statement. Is it based on statistical analysis, informed opinion...?? What justification have you for making such an exceedingly broad assumption?
hmmm or downright ignorance.. I was a single mother for 6 yrs, I'm constantly getting nice feedback on my daughter's manners and respect for others.
be careful guys....this is where he will say "now i know why i don't use the forums much..."....if you make a remark like yours...expect to get flamed!!

19 Apr 2007

Quote by varca
the problem is the threat of "wait till your dad gets home" is pointless and rarely used nowadays with the amount of single mothers who have no control over their kids. I know im sticking myself in the firing line saying that, not all single mums are bad but most are shit. Kids need a father figure not an endless stream of "uncles".

I would be interested to know how you qualify this statement. Is it based on statistical analysis, informed opinion...?? What justification have you for making such an exceedingly broad assumption?have you ever seen "jeremy kyle"? hehe

19 Apr 2007

Quote by easyease
the problem is the threat of "wait till your dad gets home" is pointless and rarely used nowadays with the amount of single mothers who have no control over their kids. I know im sticking myself in the firing line saying that, not all single mums are bad but most are shit. Kids need a father figure not an endless stream of "uncles".

I would be interested to know how you qualify this statement. Is it based on statistical analysis, informed opinion...?? What justification have you for making such an exceedingly broad assumption?have you ever seen "jeremy kyle"? hehe
well i take back what i said! rolleyes

19 Apr 2007

Quote by easyease
the problem is the threat of "wait till your dad gets home" is pointless and rarely used nowadays with the amount of single mothers who have no control over their kids. I know im sticking myself in the firing line saying that, not all single mums are bad but most are shit. Kids need a father figure not an endless stream of "uncles".

I would be interested to know how you qualify this statement. Is it based on statistical analysis, informed opinion...?? What justification have you for making such an exceedingly broad assumption?have you ever seen "jeremy kyle"? hehe
If "most single mums are shit" then what does that say about the fathers who can't be bothered to stick around? Don't want to know? It takes two to make a child then it should take two to take responsibility whether with each other or as singles! You can't single one out and apportion all blame when there are two parties involved. If you can't stick around at least be a good role model!
Back to "when I were a kid" ....... had the argument tonight with my 10 yr old as to why she's not allowed to play on the streets.
1) Druggies haunt our area.
2) An Asbo is seen as a trophy round here .. I don't want her getting caught up in trouble or with people like that.
3) The roads here are seen as race tracks .. only takes a moments distraction and she's under a car.
4) People don't take responsibility like they used too ... I hardly know any of the mums on this street ... my mum knew them all .. there was always a mum looking out somewhere.
That's just a few reasons ... I could come up with more.
Cx

19 Apr 2007

Quote by varca

If "most single mums are shit" then what does that say about the fathers who can't be bothered to stick around? Don't want to know? It takes two to make a child then it should take two to take responsibility whether with each other or as singles! You can't single one out and apportion all blame when there are two parties involved. If you can't stick around at least be a good role model!
Back to "when I were a kid" ....... had the argument tonight with my 10 yr old as to why she's not allowed to play on the streets.
1) Druggies haunt our area.
2) An Asbo is seen as a trophy round here .. I don't want her getting caught up in trouble or with people like that.
3) The roads here are seen as race tracks .. only takes a moments distraction and she's under a car.
4) People don't take responsibility like they used too ... I hardly know any of the mums on this street ... my mum knew them all .. there was always a mum looking out somewhere.
That's just a few reasons ... I could come up with more.
Cx

Same here Calista, we live in an anonymous society now which is so sad. We always knew we could run to any of the houses in our road, for any reason and "the mum" or "dad" for that matter would deal with whatever was ailing us and then deposit us safely back home.
Absolutely ... I chalk it down to working mums (I am one and so can't always be here) but the whole community sense of feeling that was around 20-25 years ago seems to be lost now. Maybe it's because I'm in a different area?
I do feel we've lost something as a society .... time for each other? responsibility? tolerance? (I've guilty of shouting at the kids playing football on my front, and I can't name any of them!)
Cx