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Would you prefer to be a child today than the era you grew up in?

SharpshooterTom · 2020-05-18 20:08:33

Seems a lot of people I know around my age generally disliked their childhood growing up in the 80's and 90's how much they hated it and how horrible it was. Children look back and think how did kids back as late as the 90's survive without the internet, phones, social media, its looks like a life of complete misery to…

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#92 21-05-2020 10:17pm
andekwarhola

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Pointless comparing them. You have a good childhood or bad childhood, whatever the era. Most of the stuff people eluogize about their childhood, my kids - and I'm sure lots of others - still do: playing out all day and evening in summer, games, football etc.

That said, the only thing I'd despise about this era for my kids is the ubiquity of social media amongst kids, where any lapse of judgement can have huge public consequences.

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