Take a Nostalgic Trip Back to the 1980s With These 31 Snapshots From Your Childhood

As a parent today I am doing all I can to provide my kids with the most comfortable, safest and accident free childhood I can. For some reason I have decided that that is the best childhood I can give them. But when I look back at my own childhood, it was as far removed from that as possible - It wasn't safe, it wasn't comfortable and it absolutely wasn't accident-free. Yet it still was a very happy and fulfilling childhood, and I wouldn't change anything about it.

I used to get hurt A LOT; I broke one arm and one leg, I chipped my teeth, I got scratched , smashed, bashed, cut and very, very dirty every single day and I was happy! The more I got hurt, the tougher I became. So why am I protecting my kids from that same experience?! I have no Idea. Being a parent is weird.

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Absolutely justified

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02
You spelled "47 year old" wrong

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Apparently this was better than pop rocks

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It's just a Sixth Scale figure of the Lost Boy's David, Michal

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05
Only true nerds remember

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Never had one, Still want one

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Would sir like a carton of Gatorade, perhaps?

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08
Shall we begin?

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This was considered a robot back in the day

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And we loved it! (until it deflated after a few hours)

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11
Welcome to castle greyskull

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So many core memories on this beast!

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It's fully operational

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14
Remember when we completely solved hunger in Africa?

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Micro Machines

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Mattel Agent Zero Rapid Rifle

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17
This movie is so good!

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Our parents would look at this and say "Hell yeah"!

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Remember when this was the "worst influence on kids"?

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20
Everything was creepy back then

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This was our VR headset

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This was our Game console

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23
This was our 3d printer

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This was our laptop

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This was... a weird toy when you stop and think about it

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26
This was just a barrel of monkeys

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"We have Pop-tarts at home."

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I loved this show as a kid

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29
Radio AND cassettes? This thing has EVERYTHING!

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30
"Mom, I'm going to the arcade"

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"McDowell's"

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