Comparing Parenting Styles: Today vs. The 1980s
This meme highlights the generational shift in parenting expectations regarding child supervision and communication. The left side depicts a modern parent requesting constant updates via text message, including arrival times, social contacts, and departure notifications. In contrast, the right side portrays a parent from the 1980s with a more hands-off approach, simply saying goodbye as the child leaves. The visual contrast emphasizes how the rise of mobile technology has fundamentally changed the nature of parental oversight and the independence granted to children when they are away from home.
And be home before the street lights come on
I loved the 80's ...was born with black lungs and could drink strong liquor immediately.
The west was safer
Apparently a county in USA recently arrested a mother after cops seeing her child alone just 800 meters away from her home. Child got taken away from the mother and the mother is told that she can get her child back if she promises to buy a gps tag and placing on her child. I am
What is the racial demographic of the us in each of those years?
And the fact that we didn't use to own a mobile phone helped. I used to have limited time. For instance: they asked me how much time I needed when I went out and after that, they decided what time I'd be back. I could spend the night out, but if I promised I'd be back by or at 3
when i was 14, my friends and I would take our tents on friday after school, and camp in the forest until sunday evening. No mobiles then.
Yeah well kids in the 80s didn't eat tide pods and possessed necessary real life skills.
More like if you will not get home in time, you're dead
Reality check, 80s parent: "Okay then, but come back till 8pm" Arrived at 9pm: "You little shit, I told you to come home till 8pm." <Flying flip-flops>