Parenting In The ’80s Vs. Parenting Now

Via The Babylon Bee

As children of the 1980s now having our own kids, we often look back at our own childhoods and think: “I can’t believe my parents let me do that.” Parenting back in the 1980s was simply a different ball game than parenting today. Anyway, without any further yappin’ from us, here are just a few of the differences between parenting now and parenting in the ’80s:

’80s: Strap excess children to roof of car

Now: Required to put children in rear-facing car seats until age 25

’80s: You’re not entirely sure where your kids are between 3 and 9 pm

Now: Embed Apple AirTag under child’s skin so you can track him in real time

’80s: Eat out at a restaurant as a special treat once every few months

Now: Have a home-cooked meal as a special treat once every few months

’80s: Kid asks you for $10 so he can go to dinner and the movies with his friends

Now: Kid asks you for $100 so he can get a value meal at McDonald’s

’80s: Teach kids to say no to drugs

Now: Prescribe kid 17 antidepressants

’80s: Tell your daughter it’s OK to be a tomboy; not every girl is the same

Now: Cut off her boobs

’80s: Kid delighted to receive totally rad He-Man castle playset for Christmas

Now: Kid upset he only got last year’s model iPhone for Christmas

’80s: Check under kid’s mattress for pornography

Now: Check kid’s school library for pornography

’80s: Tell kid to stop playing video games ’cause they’ll rot his brain

Now: Tell kid to stop playing bad video games like Fortnite and play the classics on your old NES instead

’80s: Complain about how lazy and entitled kids these days are

Now: Same

There you have it. Whether you parented some bad-to-the-bone kids in the ’80s or are trying to parent some lazy entitled Gen Zers today, we can all agree: kids are weirdos.

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