You Won’t Believe What Kids Got Away With in the 1960s—#7 Will Shock You
Kids mainly were sent on their jolly way to school by themselves.
9. No Helmets on Bikes
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Cycling without a helmet today is a capital offense for many kids; you will see them on their bikes looking like astronauts.
Kids rode bikes without helmets before parents knew the dangers of knocking their heads on the pavement.
10. Hitchhiking
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The closest kids today get to hitchhiking is getting an Uber, and even then, they have to share their trip with the whole village.
Hitchhiking was a common thing in the 60s, and many kids got free rides just by lifting their thumbs on the highway.
11. Drinking Direct From the Hose
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Today’s kids know to only drink from the dispenser or the water bottle (at least most of them), but drinking from the hose was common.
There wasn’t much bottled (or filtered) water in the 60s, and the hoses posed a danger from lead, but that wasn’t a well-known fact.
12. No Sunscreen
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We now know that sunscreen is good for you, and your skin will be very grateful when you’re older. Kids in the older days didn’t quite get sunscreen; the greater need was to get a tan.
13. Solo Swimming on the Beach
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It doesn’t sound like an excellent idea today due to the number of predators prowling around, but some children would be allowed to go to the water on their own, as long as they stayed within their parents’ eyeshot.
14. Blood Oaths
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Young boys and girls used to take their “pinkie swears” to a whole other level with blood oaths. Kids would make promises to each other and become blood brothers or sisters by making a small bleeding cut on each of their hands and shaking on it.
That’s just asking to spread communicable diseases and is a big no-no these days.
15. Fending for Themselves After School
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As more moms entered the workforce, it was common for kids to come home after school to an empty house. This left kids to fend for themselves for several hours before their parents were able to come home from work. If they were lucky, they had an older sibling or neighbor kid that they could go to for help or entertainment.
16. Car Naps
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Kids were left to sing, read, and nap on road trips before screens. Kids would often take turns napping in the back window of their station wagon.
17. Taking the Bus Alone
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Kids of the 60s may recall having a note taped to their shirt and dropped off at the City Bus to get their child to their destination, something that would never happen these days.
18. Bullying
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Boys were quite means to each other in this decade. It was common for “friends” to be rough, both physically and verbally, with each other. And running to mommy or the teacher wasn’t an option because the child would then just get further ridiculed.
Bullying is still a huge issue in today’s schools, and thankfully, society (and teachers and parents- for the most part) take such a problem more seriously.
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