Community Chat

[sceniccoast]

@Carolina925 

My childhood was very similar to yours:

3 tv channels, early bedtime, rare phone calls, do your homework first, go out & play, NO personal electronic devices for EACH kid, much more respect, we couldn't wait to get jobs at 15-16 yrs. old & earn our own $$.  The 4 of us offered to pay our Mom "room & board" to help her out.  Very little was given to us .. through it all, we loved & respected our parents.  Humble beginnings for so many .. 

[AngelPuppy1]

I remember my childhood as being being similar to Carolina925!

We never said Life is Not Fair or I'm bored!  We might have thought it occasionally, but we would have never voiced it, because we would have been given extra chores to busy us up!  And --- we would have been given a talking to about how lucky we were to have what we had and be where we were, etc.!  In actuality, I don't remember being bored that much, even though I often had to amuse myself.  Luckily, I had a good imagination and was good at coming up with things to keep myself busy and entertained!  We did have chores to do and we had rules.  T.V. was limited for us, also and most of the time shows were put on that the whole family would watch together.  And phone time was definitely limited.  We were on a party line, too, so that was a consideration!  We didn't have a lot of fancy stuff, but we didn't know any better and we were happy!!!  It was the happiest time of my life!