If you grew up in the 1960s...you remember this - PART 1

My most prominent memory is the feeling of independence as a kid! We would hop on our bikes and explore all day, come home and eat dinner, rush back out, then have to be home when the street lights came on! It was a great time to be a kid! Ignorance is bliss and w/out the dangers of the world on our radars, we were mighty blissful!

Best things about being a kid in the 60s? No social media…no cellphones…no internet…no game consoles…

The nice thing about growing up in the 60's, was growing up in our own little world, instead of the whole world at one time.

" It is remarkable how much long term advantage people like us have gotten by trying to be consistently not stupid , instead of trying to be very intelligent."

I was born in 1957 ... our neighborhood was full of kids everywhere. We played from 7 in the morning to dinner time when my mom would yell a kinda tarzan call to get us! I remember how long summer felt and we were allowed to stay up longer at night. I remember going to the drive in movie in our pajama's and dad would drop the tail gate and we would eat popcorn mom would make. I remember going to the beach all day long and mom wold pack our sammy's and for a treat she would give us each a dime and we could get any treat we wanted at the stand. I remember the day President Kennedy was shot and seeing my dad cry for the first time. I remember having my Nana and aunt Tiss and aunt MImi and uncle Geno over for every birthday and every holiday. I remember how simple my life was. I remember how much my parents did sacrifice for us. I remember it all and I thank you !

My cousins and I spent a lot of time looking for empty soda bottles in our little town, then turning them In at the grocery store to get change, and then spending it at the candy store. Those were good times!

As I sit here and watch this video ,I truly miss growing up in the 60s .I honesty don't think today's world is better.

Best thing about being a kid in the '60s: (With exceptions) our parents and grandparents were still alive!

Early 60's in suburbs, summer days, moms sitting on the front porch chatting with one another while the kids caught lightening bugs and put them in jars, or played hide and go seek. The whole neighborhood outside enjoying the cooler evenings. The ice cream truck came by playing music and all the kids begging their parents for some money to get their favorite treat.

Born "57 baby boomer and this really hits so many great memories, even for a lower middle class black child. Pops did have a station wagon in which we took summer trips to visit family (either Detroit or Birmingham). We as kids walked to school and took public bus everywhere safely (nobody got shot, robbed or snatched). We moved into a home in '69 and every household on the block had children of various ages. Have kept in touch with so many neighbors and had great conversations about the almost idyllic childhood atmosphere we grew up in. In summer we rode our huffy and banana bikes to the corner lot and played softball games with kids from other blocks, and in the summer months could sit on the neighbor's "hang-out" porch (when the street lights came on had to be on the block) goofing off and laughing with each other all night. Parents did indeed talk with each other (and have their own get togethers at times) and know exactly where we were. It was definitely a simpler time.😊

Born in 61.... Still can't believe our country has came to this!

60s was a great time to be a kid 70s was a great time to be a teenager 80s was a great time to be a young adult 90s was a great time to be a parent 2000 was a great time to start growing old... it's been a Wonderful Life😎

Oh the memories!!! I was talking with my brother last week about us playing outside ALL day~ Our neighborhood had so many children of different ages and we played many different games outside. Baseball, inny-inny over, tag, bicycling, skateboarding to name a few. We walked A LOT and pretty far sometimes, usually going home for lunch. If we missed lunch we would get fruit off someone's tree (everyone had fruit trees), or go to someone's garden. Everyone was friendly and didn't mind us doing that. I just realized something: I don't remember anyone being overweight back then, maybe chubby but not like you see today. So sad those times are over...............I miss them.

I grew up in the 60s. I miss those days SO much. Sometimes I cry when I think back.

One of the best things about growing up in the 60's was the trust you had towards everyone. As a kid, I trusted total strangers to help me out, and they did! You don't find that kind of trust nowadays.

Let's not fail to mention the great soundtrack to the 60's. We'll never hear the compilation of music from bands like the Beatles, Rolling Stones, The Who... the lineup goes on.

I was born in 1947 and I remember the 50s and 60s very well. I graduated from high school at Northside High School in 1966 Fort Wayne, Indiana. I then went into the Marines for four years and I went to Vietnam. Coming home from Vietnam was one of the happiest days of my life. I came home March 1969. My Dad cried and my Mom cried and would not let go of me for about 5 minutes. In

The 60’s truly were “The Wonder Years”.

Being born in 1963, we never had to lock our doors, we didn't have to worry about being kidnapped, food tasted way better and was healthier. I remember the whistle of the Helmsman and the drawers he would pull out full of donuts! And walking miles to school was safe no matter what age you were!

We were blessed to have grown up during that time. I miss the innocence of that era and I always will.