What was life like for children in the 1980s?

Games like ‘stuck in the mud’ and ‘mr crocodile’ were played in the playground and the street. More toys and games were becoming electronic, including musical instruments. Toys were increasingly brightly coloured and fun to play with. More toys could make sounds and even talk at the press of a button.

What were kids called in the 80s?

Basically those born in the 70s era (mid to late Gen Xers) are 80s kids, those born in the 80s era (early Millennials) are 90s kids and those born in the 90s era (late Millennials) are the 2K kids. To be considered a child of a certain decade, you need to have most of your childhood memories in that decade.

What was life like as a child in the 1980s?

As a child growing up in the 1980s (I was born in 1975 so the pivotal years of my childhood and teens, from ages 5 to 15, took place in this decade) our life was vastly different then from the world we know now. Like seriously different. My kids even call the 80s the “olden days”.

What do you miss the most about being a kid?

When we’re kids, we can’t wait to grow up. When we grow up, we miss being kids. Here are some of the things we miss the most (little kid through high school): Saturday morning cartoons. Snow days.

What are some 80s things that kids today can’t handle?

Try living in…the 80s. Here are the things about that decade that kids today just couldn’t handle. 1. Walking. If you needed to get somewhere 30 years ago, you had to send messages from your brain down to your legs. Your legs then engaged in a motion-based phenomenon known as ‘walking’.

What was the weirdest thing about the 1980s?

Perhaps the weirdest thing about the 1980s was its strict adherence to the concept of time. If you wanted to meet your mates down at the video arcade on Friday at 7pm, you were forced into doing this bizarre thing where you all agreed to meet at that time, and then when that time came around, you all turned up at that time.