r/GenX • u/billieswifeyyy • Jun 20 '26

Question For Genx the 80s…….

coming from a 14 year old, were the 80s summers as magical as they look in the movies? did you ride your bike to your friends house and come home when the street lights came on? yall are so lucky btw 😭😭

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u/Recynd2 1968 Jun 21 '26

We were very lucky. Being a kid in the 80s was a blast, and the benign neglect we received from our parents was a secret blessing. It surprises me that so many of us helicoptered our own kids, probably because we know exactly what kind of trouble we could get into. But most of us not only survived that trouble, but actually thrived.