When I Was a Kid....

When I was a kid we could play all day and night and not worry about being snatched now you need bodyguards to watch over your kids even when sleeping in their own beds.:rose::(
 
WIWAK, we used to go play on Wimbledon Common all day, or go shuttling back and forth on the trains, not safe to do either now
 
When I was a kid I told some kid I knew he couldn't stay up as late as he told me he did because that's when Santa came for his visit and he might see him and spoil everything.

Also, my best friend used to open all the presents for him BEFORE Christmas. I was with him.
 
WIWAK we'd quote lines from Bugs Bunny cartoons. "Tea gives me a headache." "Shut up shuttin' up, Rabbit."
 
WIWAK, we used to go play on Wimbledon Common all day, or go shuttling back and forth on the trains, not safe to do either now

WIWAK and growing up in Wimbledon, I looked for Wombles when playing on Wimbledon Common.....and there were red tube trains on the district line
 
WIWAK Friendships were stronger, easier to maintain too despite the complexities of growing up. The word Friends meant the same thing to all kids.
 
WIWAK people were kinder to one another and all I had to worry about was making sure I was home by the time the porch lights came on
 
WIWAK you could scuff your knees up, go outside and play without a bomb suit and get your ass whipped without someone calling CPS on your parents.
 
WIWAK getting a homecooked meal wasn't a treat. It was the standard. We had mickey dees once a year, if that.
 
WIWAK you could get in a fight on the playground, and be best friends with the kid an hour later. You didn't have to worry about him coming to school with a gun the next day, and shooting you and your friends.
 
WIWAK it was expected that my siblings and I did the dishes because my Mama did all the cooking
 
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