Re: Growing up then versus now
My kids think my dad is great because he (still) drags them away from their computer and phone screens to canoe, hike, learn woodworking, go foraging for berries etc., make homemade ice cream, learn how to take things apart, help around the yard (garden), and so on.Re: Growing up then versus now
Like it or not Floydy, the Internet and Smartphones are here to stay and anyone who is not competent using them will be left behind in their older years and unable to keep pace with employment or studying requirements. My Mum and Dad resisted new technology for a while believing that Motor Cars were not practical (nobody I knew had one, except the district nurse) television was also only used sparingly, with programmes starting in the afternoon (for children, 'Watch with Mother') and ceasing transmission at around eleven at night.Re: Growing up then versus now
Im glad my childhood spanned the 50`s and 60`s, as a kid my time was spent outdoors playing and exploring my area. We were creative in our play building camps, swings anything we needed only a trip to the flicks once a week provided an escape into fantasy.Re: Growing up then versus now
It's no good asking a bunch of over fifty somethings which they prefer 'Then or Now' Floydy, because unless they had been brought up in a workhouse or had the parents from hell, they will inevitably answer 'Then'....Re: Growing up then versus now
I still remember the summer of '76. I would wake up, stick my head out my bedroom window and the street would be full of kids playing football up the wall, skipping, riding bikes etc. Within ten minutes, I would be out there with them (we didn't wash in those days).The only time the streets were ever quite was when the Cup final was on TV.Re: Growing up then versus now
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