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(9,809 posts) Thu Sep 22, 2022, 08:24 PM Sep 2022

To those who grew up in the last century, how did we ever survive childhood? [View all]

I enjoyed this. Brought back lots of happy memories.

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To those who grew up in the last century, how did we ever survive childhood? [View all] japple Sep 2022 OP

Thanks for posting, I enjoyed it as well. secondwind Sep 2022 #1

Woodburning sets, we made lead soldiers melted lead Walleye Sep 2022 #2

How DID we survive?! Deuxcents Sep 2022 #3

Good times! Wounded Bear Sep 2022 #4

Blasting Caps ThoughtCriminal Sep 2022 #5

For starters, we didn't have people eager to spread a lethal disease during a pandemic unblock Sep 2022 #6

Much more dangerous today. There were NO school shootings or massacres in churches/synagogues Hekate Sep 2022 #39

Good question..... paleotn Sep 2022 #7

As a NYC'r we'd go around our apt building, however... electric_blue68 Sep 2022 #59

for sledding, a cheaper version of a sled was a big trashcan lid Skittles Sep 2022 #8

Jarts have been banned for decades, but assault rifles are fine and dandy Blue Owl Sep 2022 #9

In 1800, the childhood (5 and under) mortality rate in the US VMA131Marine Sep 2022 #10

A sidebar to that... malthaussen Sep 2022 #17

Also the terrible working conditions in factories and on farms well into the 20th century sarge43 Sep 2022 #20

a friend of mine tried to compare life expectancy with zip codes. LeftInTX Sep 2022 #42

I think women had a 1 in 10 chance of dying while giving birth. Kaleva Sep 2022 #38

We're heading back there rapidly in this country, if the forced birthers get their way Hekate Sep 2022 #40

Many didn't. RIP to friends and relatives who didn't. uppityperson Sep 2022 #11

I had a blast! usonian Sep 2022 #12

"Sold over 1 million!" LOL. n/t malthaussen Sep 2022 #18

The truth of the Gilbert U-238 Atomic Energy Laboratory jmowreader Sep 2022 #21

No wonder I never got one :-) usonian Sep 2022 #22

Hypercard! That brings back memories jmowreader Sep 2022 #23

I have never used a database APP, only MySQL and similar server databases (No GUI) usonian Sep 2022 #24

My brothers got our older cousin's 50s chem set Genki Hikari Sep 2022 #37

You remember right: the Erector Set was something my brothers used... Hekate Sep 2022 #41

Welcome to DU! live love laugh Sep 2022 #43

Thanks! Genki Hikari Sep 2022 #52

Good for you that you had the interest and too bad that society was/is limiting. usonian Sep 2022 #44

By the time I took the ASVAB test in my 20s Genki Hikari Sep 2022 #56

Good for you! usonian Sep 2022 #61

Cool! The erector set - I don't think I knew about it. Or not at the right timing... electric_blue68 Sep 2022 #58

I like the kid banging together the original skateboard at the end Jack the Greater Sep 2022 #13

My dear brother (RIP) always claimed to have invented the skateboard. japple Sep 2022 #26

{a gentle hug} Sounds like he did some fun things. electric_blue68 Sep 2022 #34

OMG! I had one of those fruit box scooters womanofthehills Sep 2022 #27

When I was young, we learned how to use basic tools by building scooters and go-carts, Earth-shine Sep 2022 #14

My goodness. My grandfather, a carpenter from the old country, would straighten bent nails. usonian Sep 2022 #25

Sounds like your Dad and my Dad were from the same generation!!! japple Sep 2022 #29

Dad was born in 1915. usonian Sep 2022 #32

My grandfather Genki Hikari Sep 2022 #57

Me and my young friends had some close calls... Buckeye_Democrat Sep 2022 #15

One thing I miss about the "old" days? Genki Hikari Sep 2022 #53

I'm glad that you survived! Buckeye_Democrat Sep 2022 #64

I can't relate to the not sharing with parents thing Genki Hikari Sep 2022 #65

Interesting. Buckeye_Democrat Sep 2022 #66

Some of us didn't. malthaussen Sep 2022 #16

He doesn't mention going Around the World on a swingset. malthaussen Sep 2022 #19

My mother always said don't go in the bay water womanofthehills Sep 2022 #28

Thanks to everyone for the trip down memory lane. I remember when we used to ride our japple Sep 2022 #30

😮 omg! 😄 electric_blue68 Sep 2022 #35

In the early 70's I got a part time job at a community center in a low income neighborhood womanofthehills Sep 2022 #31

Lots of good memories there. highplainsdem Sep 2022 #33

Moments that got me Genki Hikari Sep 2022 #36

Yes, when I saw that little triangular window I remembered I think our first car at least had one. electric_blue68 Sep 2022 #60

My parents bought me a chemistry set. Dysfunctional Sep 2022 #45

Did you know that you can make a blowtorch with a match and a can of hair spray??? japple Sep 2022 #46

Did you know that if you mix Clorox with marine algae remover Ocelot II Sep 2022 #49

Note: Don't mix potassium nitrate and sugar Genki Hikari Sep 2022 #55

Sad thing, crime rates are generally lower now than they were back then, snot Sep 2022 #47

I was impaled by a lawn jart Texasgal Sep 2022 #48

Here is how..."Monopoly Games"....back then we had "electric trains" and Stuart G Sep 2022 #50

Sheesh. Genki Hikari Sep 2022 #63

Playground equipment was actually challenging and fun alphafemale Sep 2022 #51

I lived in the trees Tree Lady Sep 2022 #54

🤔 Biking w/on a helmet, tree climbing, sledding where you had to... electric_blue68 Sep 2022 #62