[quote=@Gunther]
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I grew up during a time period when things like this were no big deal. Every kid I knew, when I was a kid, rode in the back of a pickup. We drank from garden hoses and rode our bicycles without helmets. WE played outside every day during hte summer and didn't go back inside until the street lights came on. If you wanted to see a friend or tell himself, you rode your bike to his house. We played games in teh street and didn't have a care in the world. It was a lot less restrictive. All the rules, aimed at protecting the greater good were placed by well intentioned people, but only served to degrade the condition in which we live.


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Well, I can't speak for others, but as someone who was born in 1999, most of that applied to my childhood. The only things that really don't apply are: riding in back of a pickup (only once so far in my life), playing outside every day during summer until dark (some days we did, some days we didn't) and riding a bike to our friend's house (it depended, sometimes I rode my bike, sometimes I got a lift to their house). But drinking from garden hoses, riding without helmets, playing games in the street (primarily 500, kickball, frisbee and four square), etc. was all pretty common growing up for me.