Things you survived that are bow BANNED by public opinion.

[badbaggerHD]

Hunting before school, guns in my truck at school, being able to carry a knife on an airplane, staying at all all day during the summer when I was 9, driving a car when I was 14 (legal), playing sports without the crazy helicopter mom rules, fist fights and then being friends the next day, etc

[humanseine]

Standing up in the middle of the back seat of the car, no seat belts or car seats.
Riding bicycles 8 miles away to Lake Allatoona to go swimming. (wouldn't ride 30 feet on the road now)

[OkieBud]

Porn

[rboren]

Most of the above. I'll add one though. Taking a girl or boy Snipe hunting at night. Having them hold the bag and the rest of us leaving them in the woods in the dark and going to the house for a long spell just to see if they panicked or just how mad they got. Media would stay on this for months.

[Jetboy]

Playboy poster on a teen boys wall. Jumping the freight train to ride into town. Get my butt whipped by a neighbors dad because I deserved it. Happening again at home because you have to tell them. Meeting a cop at the bumper and talking you way out of a big ticket.

[joebone1]

18 year old drinking age

[basscat21]

I live in the burbs and don’t see any kids outside playing football/baseball/hockey/etc

we played from when school let out until dark most nights. Then we would go play xbox

Riding in the back of trucks is also banned

we also used to play “smear the q***”

I was going to mention the last one.....the teachers even call it that in the 60s......for recess.

[Jdub176]

My dad used to spray our house with dersband, now band because it worked. I would play outside from sun up till sun down no matter how hot or cold outside. Like other riding a bike with no helmet all over he!! and gone.

[BrianKF]

Getting paddled in school.

[gleninaz]

I grew up in the 50's and we used to chase the DDT truck as it sprayed clouds all over the hood. Had the old darts with nail points and stuck one in my buddy's head. Took the pellet gun all around the hood and killed squirrels. In HS we always had guns and camping stuff in my truck. Starting at 6 years old we would leave the house and fish all day with the big kids and come home at dark. Much has changed.

[Fishysam]

If I lived in CA I survived lead fishing equipment.

[Axkiker]

Yard darts
The slowest person dies....

Dang it you beat me to it lol

[TMG]

Leaving the house without a bottle of water.

[Bub]

After reading some of these memories, I realized how barbaric we all were back then!

I too ran behind the mosquito spraying truck (DDT truck)... I wonder how many cases of cancer in this country were caused by this activity

[artcarney_agr]

flying a rebel flag

[jigman51]

In FFA, we sold magazines and if an individual sold enough, you won a 30-30 Winchester rifle.

[hatcreek]

REAL M-80s (by the gross)... and most of the other stuff already mentioned.

[TRCM]

Kids walking to school - The local school bus has to stop at every single street to pick up one or two kids! I had to walk 3 blocks to the school bus stop where there was 20 or more kids waiting. Heck, the bus actually passed my house every morning on it's route and it still wouldn't stop to pick up only 1 person. This is how I knew when to leave to begin my 3 block journey every morning.

Kids playing (outside) - I think I used to forget what the inside of my house looked like from May-Sept because I only came inside to eat, bathe, and go to bed.

Kids riding bikes all over the neighborhood with their friends.

People being courteous - Whatever happened to holding doors for others, saying yes Sir and no Sir. Just general courtesy and respect for others.

Males being allowed to be "boys" - In today's world, showing any form of masculinity is frowned upon, sometimes kids will even get in BIG trouble for being too rough or maybe "horsing around" and I just don't get it.

You were lucky, it was almost 3/4 of a mile for me, and I didn't live in the country...................I lived in a neighborhood where the houses were maybe 30' apart.

[LTZ25]

REAL M-80s (by the gross)... and most of the other stuff already mentioned.

My dad was a whole seller of fire works . We tied rocks to them and bombed the creek fish . We really have wimped out the kids of this generation .

[smbass77]

fighting on the playground. all of us kids, who were friends, would always end up in a fight at some point. Amazing we survived with a few bruises and no cops being called to "arrest" those violent young teens :)