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A time capsule for 1970's kids

posted 15 years ago by tony_harden2001
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I have seen various movies at IMDB from the 1970's that posters have claimed were time capsules from the 1970's for various groups. I have seen movies that were said to be time capsules for teens and for Middle America from the 1970's.

My YOB was 1967 and so I am old enough to remember much of the 1970's but not quite old enough to have participated in very much of it. All of that said, The Bad News Bears is a time capsule of the 1970's for those of us who were kids during that era.

Being a kid of the 1970's was a little harder than being a kid today I think. Maybe we weren't shielded as much back then. I think that it's safe to say that in many ways the world wasn't as sanitized and maybe adults could be a little more crass in front of kids in those days. Most of us survived though.

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[–] liscarkat (18980) 3 years ago

It was a fantastic time to be a kid. Kids were allowed to go outside and play all over their neighborhood and beyond, with no adult supervision. They walked or rode their bikes to school. When they were out there in the world alone, or just with other kids, for hours every day, they made their own decisions and took care of themselves. It was great to be a kid then. If I was a kid today, a prisoner with adult eyes on me every minute of every day, confined inside my house or my back yard, I'd probably hang myself.