I'm a child of the 80's, the beginning of the end. Boy did I ever have fun back then, mass snowball fights every recess & lunch hour in the winter, playing soccer, baseball, and red ass among other ball games in the fall & spring, and just being outside almost every day having a great time. We rode our bikes around the block and crashed trying to jump curbs and doing other stupid stunts, there was even a nice hump in a field where we'd all try to fly our bikes but usually end up crashing.
We'd climb trees, jump off swings, play king of the hill on those big snow piles on dead end streets, and if we the weather was bad we'd take take our toys apart or try to build slingshots and other improvised weapons. There was also a small grove of crab apple trees by our school and while waiting for the snow to fall we'd have apple fights with each other.
Pickup games of baseball and football took place every weekend, and once we all got sticks we also had pickup games of street hockey. Yes, we took a couple slapshots at parked cars too if you must know, oops I missed!
We all have scars from our various misadventures but no one ever got crippled or anything. Best part was we figured out how to climb the school walls so we could snag all the tennis balls that the other students had roofed, god they hated us for that!
Anyways, I can't imagine growing up as a kid today. Snowball fights are banned, playfighting gets you suspended, and everything that's fun seems to be outlawed. God it must suck, no wonder kids are all psycho these days, I'd lose it too if I were deprived of all my fun. To the good old days....
