Back in the 70s, before helmets were required and warning labels were everywhere, kids had a different kind of childhood.

I’m a kid of the ’70s and ’80s. Nobody scheduled my afternoons. I rode my bike until the streetlights came on. I settled my own arguments. I got bored, stayed bored, and eventually invented something ...

For kids who grew up in the 1970s, Christmas was a slower, more analog kind of magic. Holiday wish lists were built with paper, ink, and patience, and the big moments happened on living room carpets ...

Without any kind of conscious effort, many of the things parents naturally did in the 70s and 80s taught their kids to be independent adults.

Gen Xers, who grew up in the 1970s and 1980s, have been called the least parented of all generations. They were taught independence, autonomy, and self-sufficiency from an incredibly young age, ...