1:52 Parents in the ‘80s did not have to pick up the phone to schedule play dates. Kids in the ‘80s just opened the front door and walked their own ass to their friend’s house, knocked on the door, and asked the adult that answered, “Can Timmy come out and play?”! They went off and weren’t seen for hours, but were home in time for dinner …and grew up happy and healthy.
In the 70's no one was calling anyone to set up playdates by phone or anything else. At least not in my Canadian city. I doubt anyone was setting up playdates a decade later in the 80's either. We just went outside to play, or told our parents whose house we planned to go to. Then we left and walked up a street or 2 and rang the bell at that kids house. If that kid wasn't home we walked some more and rang another bell. I was doing this at age 4 or 5. A set-up was when your mom's friend came to visit and brought their (probably obnoxious) kid and you had to play with them to be polite. I also didn't set up playdates for my kids who are millennials because I raised kids who could sort this out for themselves.
Things I have said to my kids: Get off his head. No spinal cord jumping. No head banging. No holding anyone’s head under water to see how long it takes them to drown. No, you cannot use a new baby for a football. No, you cannot hold your brother in a headlock interminably. How did you break your friend’s arm by just jumping on it? No, we do not have a yak in the back yard.
1:52 Our parents didn't arrange any playdates in the 80s. We kids just went out on the street, and there were always other kids to play with. Sometimes we would go home to one of them, sometimes to the other, and so on and so forth. Or we just stayed outside and played.
Back in the 60s, if it was a friend who lived far enough away you had to bike, you generally called ahead. But the parents didn't get directly involved, unless it was a sleepover. And I mean, we biked _everywhere,_ even at night, if we wore white and had headlights and red rear reflectors. Of course, the higher rate of car/bike collisions after dark back in those days tells us it wasn't such a swift notion. Similarly, fewer people have head injuries associated with bike accidents, thanks to helmet laws. But why didn't our insurance rates go down?
@@rosebay44Evergreen-ti3zlthose weren’t the ”good old days”. They were the “parents don’t overindulge their kids by scheduling their activities or hovering over their every waking moment days.” Today, it’s “parents don’t raise their kids, they create snowflakes days.”
I wasn't allowed to cross the street as long as my mom was watching. Once I got over there, it was okay. What happened outside of the yard stayed outside of the yard. 😂
The one about the little girl in the too-big dress got me because my granddaughter is like that. She started being firm about her fashion choices when she turned 2. She gets handmedown party dresses and Halloween costumes from an older cousin. One day her look was biker pirate princess. She would have fit right into a Descendants movie as "adorable toddler extra."
My 5yr old granddaughter is the same. My daughter despairs that she can't get her to look well dressed when they're going out, but I love my granddaughter's eclectic sense of style!
Assuming the American '3rd grade' means eight-year-olds, we never got parental help with 'forgotten' homework; we got "You have to accept the consequences of your actions". This was in the days when every teacher had their own stick.
I used to tell my younger sister, " you are a sister from another mister". I was adopted by my dad, he and mom are her parents. For some reason that made her mad.
So funny. When my daughter was about 2 1/2 I told her daddy is going to read your story tonight and she looked over her shoulder and asked…..he can read????
Thank goodness very few of these were about kids being insulting and unkind to their parents/siblings. So many parenting memes are. Nothing about unkind and selfish and mean-spirited is funny. The role of parents is to shut that down before it goes out into the world.
Really? Cause I was a single Mom and yes there were days like those with my son. By the way he's now 40 and has 2 little ones and he tells me "Mom remember when you said you didn't have the ability or want to change my decisions? I said yes. His response I know have the same issues and you know what? I'm following your lead."
@@bspoon5041 exactly. I was married and an at home mom when they were little and recall feeling the same way. It was called, pick the mountain you want to die on. Odd clothing choices were not that mountain.
Wow I bet you’re FUN 🙃 My guess would be you are personality challenged and have the sense of humor of a turnip . For the majority of us sharing and finding humor in things is a bonding and connecting experience but do us a favor and stay on you island of doom 😅
1:52 Parents in the ‘80s did not have to pick up the phone to schedule play dates. Kids in the ‘80s just opened the front door and walked their own ass to their friend’s house, knocked on the door, and asked the adult that answered, “Can Timmy come out and play?”!
They went off and weren’t seen for hours, but were home in time for dinner …and grew up happy and healthy.
We literally used to 'call' up the back yard for them to come out.
I'm 72. We did the same thing. And went home when the streetlights came on.
There was no such thing as a “ play date”….
In the 1960’s, our parents certainly were not managing our playtime!
The "Cats in the Cradle, Christmas version" destroyed me! 😂😂😂
In the 70's no one was calling anyone to set up playdates by phone or anything else. At least not in my Canadian city. I doubt anyone was setting up playdates a decade later in the 80's either. We just went outside to play, or told our parents whose house we planned to go to. Then we left and walked up a street or 2 and rang the bell at that kids house. If that kid wasn't home we walked some more and rang another bell. I was doing this at age 4 or 5. A set-up was when your mom's friend came to visit and brought their (probably obnoxious) kid and you had to play with them to be polite. I also didn't set up playdates for my kids who are millennials because I raised kids who could sort this out for themselves.
I'm single and parents still do that. They haven't gotten the memo that #1) we're not 5 anymore #2) their son is a loser
Yeah, no play dates for my millennial kids either 😊
Things I have said to my kids: Get off his head. No spinal cord jumping. No head banging. No holding anyone’s head under water to see how long it takes them to drown. No, you cannot use a new baby for a football. No, you cannot hold your brother in a headlock interminably. How did you break your friend’s arm by just jumping on it? No, we do not have a yak in the back yard.
No peeing through the knotholes in the garden shed. That's the main one I remember from over 25 years ago.
@ 😅😅😅😅That’s a good one.
1:52 Our parents didn't arrange any playdates in the 80s. We kids just went out on the street, and there were always other kids to play with. Sometimes we would go home to one of them, sometimes to the other, and so on and so forth. Or we just stayed outside and played.
Back in the 60s, if it was a friend who lived far enough away you had to bike, you generally called ahead. But the parents didn't get directly involved, unless it was a sleepover. And I mean, we biked _everywhere,_ even at night, if we wore white and had headlights and red rear reflectors. Of course, the higher rate of car/bike collisions after dark back in those days tells us it wasn't such a swift notion. Similarly, fewer people have head injuries associated with bike accidents, thanks to helmet laws. But why didn't our insurance rates go down?
Tell me more stories about the good old days, grandma.
@@rosebay44Evergreen-ti3zlthose weren’t the ”good old days”. They were the “parents don’t overindulge their kids by scheduling their activities or hovering over their every waking moment days.” Today, it’s “parents don’t raise their kids, they create snowflakes days.”
I wasn't allowed to cross the street as long as my mom was watching. Once I got over there, it was okay. What happened outside of the yard stayed outside of the yard. 😂
@@rosebay44Evergreen-ti3zl Or we could hear some of your stories about how your Mum had to make friends for you ?
The one about the little girl in the too-big dress got me because my granddaughter is like that. She started being firm about her fashion choices when she turned 2. She gets handmedown party dresses and Halloween costumes from an older cousin. One day her look was biker pirate princess. She would have fit right into a Descendants movie as "adorable toddler extra."
My 5yr old granddaughter is the same. My daughter despairs that she can't get her to look well dressed when they're going out, but I love my granddaughter's eclectic sense of style!
This was my son 26 years ago. He just was the 2 yr old Buzz Lightyear I pushed around in the shopping cart, all the time.
Assuming the American '3rd grade' means eight-year-olds, we never got parental help with 'forgotten' homework; we got "You have to accept the consequences of your actions". This was in the days when every teacher had their own stick.
It was the case in my generation too that had no stick at school (but wooden spoons at home sometimes)
Maybe parents these days want their kids to learn math, however they need to do it. I didn’t get help either and wish I had.
@@momofpeaches8377 It wasn't a case of not getting help. it was a case of 'you've had all weekend to do it, why haven't you?'
American 3rd grade is the academic year during which eight-year-olds turn nine.
In an English school in my day we didn’t get homework until age 11.
These are pretty darn funny:)
Henpicked Hal sure has a lot to say lolol
Ahh, the Forgotten Math Homework! Almost as though waiting until T-15 minutes *guarantees* Mom gives out some of the answers!
thank you.
Thanks for the laughs!!
I used to tell my younger sister, " you are a sister from another mister". I was adopted by my dad, he and mom are her parents. For some reason that made her mad.
8:17 My wife hasn't changed that attitude for the last 60 years.🙄
Please don't tell her that, or I'm 💀
I am so glad I never became a parent, what were these people thinking anyway?? 😅😅😅 ☠️
So funny. When my daughter was about 2 1/2 I told her daddy is going to read your story tonight and she looked over her shoulder and asked…..he can read????
Thank goodness very few of these were about kids being insulting and unkind to their parents/siblings. So many parenting memes are. Nothing about unkind and selfish and mean-spirited is funny. The role of parents is to shut that down before it goes out into the world.
0:35 My kids just narrowly escaped coal. Did I miss something? 🙄
1:08 I must have crispy clean esophagus bc it appears I drink laundry detergent. 😳
At school and supposedly not potty trained? 🙄
Probably pre-school. But yeah, the poster should've clarified that.
Wondering how many of these posts will still be using X now or in the near future.
7:25 I'm not sure that parent isn't a psycho.
Do you think the parent is the one whispering in the kid’s room?
I took it that they're being sarcastic and that in reality it's unsettling for that parent too!
Am I the only one in the World who hates Elf On The Shelf??? Because I do hate it!
I can't think of anyone who doesn't hate Elf on the Shelf.
Childless cat owner and proud of it
I, a mom, have never thought people without kids are missing something.😅
0:34 God
No sympathy for the dad on day 4 of solo parenting. It means he doesn’t do much parenting unless he’s forced to do it.
Really? Cause I was a single Mom and yes there were days like those with my son. By the way he's now 40 and has 2 little ones and he tells me "Mom remember when you said you didn't have the ability or want to change my decisions? I said yes. His response I know have the same issues and you know what? I'm following your lead."
@@bspoon5041 exactly. I was married and an at home mom when they were little and recall feeling the same way. It was called, pick the mountain you want to die on. Odd clothing choices were not that mountain.
Oh just STFU. Not everything is life and death serious.
@@suewilliamsbrawn2600 exactly!!
Gentle Parenting? Is this why kids are so screwed up today? Because their parents didn’t know how to really parent?
Waste of time
The take from this… there sure are a lot of parents out there who believe their personal “wittiness” is a gift to be shared with all. 🤮
You watched it
Wow I bet you’re FUN 🙃
My guess would be you are personality challenged and have the sense of humor of a turnip .
For the majority of us sharing and finding humor in things is a bonding and connecting experience but do us a favor and stay on you island of doom 😅
So which one of those were funny???
They’re “the funniest tweets!” It says so right there in the title!