How we grew up

[jeffandnicole]

While we're on the topic of children in car seats, I've noticed a lot of differences between when I was a kid and now.  When I was a kid, you would ride in a car seat until you were 3 or 4, then graduate to a regular seat.  Mandatory seat belt laws didn't exist until I was 10, but I'd usually be forced to wear mine anyway. And most back seat seatbelts were just the lap belt, not the shoulder belt.   I've noticed nowadays that kids tend to ride in the back seat until they are almost a teenager, despite the front passenger seat being empty.   I started "riding shotgun" when it was just me and the driver when I was 5.  I also used to ride in the back of trucks as well.  Never got hurt at all. 

My mom has told the story of when I was a kid - they used Consumer Reports to find the best carseat for me at the time.  After they got it, it was eventually recalled.   Apparently they way kids would sit in them allowed them to kick out certain parts of the carseat (including me)...which Consumer Reports' testers were unable to duplicate.

[kkt]

Big Wheels had a lower center of gravity than tricycles.  It was harder to tip, but you were less visible to cars.

[Brandon]

And it lasted into the 1980s as well.  Ride that big wheel!

[bandit957]

The radio station I listened to the most growing up was Q-102 (WKRQ in Cincinnati). There were usually other stations that I liked much better such as WCLU, but those kept coming and going.

Even in a county with 90,000, I don't think we had a community center when I was a teenager, because it was considered eeeeeeeeeevil. So there was really nothing positive for teenagers here to do. Recreation at the time consisted largely of staying home and listening to the radio.

[bandit957]

Also, my high school gave out so much homework that we didn't have time for recreation anyway. You hit the books when you got home, and you didn't stop until bedtime, except for supper.

I'm glad I got expelled.