GenX coming in at ONLY #2 for the most terrifying generation?? I disagree 🤣 #genx #genxcrew #genxkid #90skids #80skid #70skids #generationx #bekind #therealslimsherri
We got close to losing a friend on a teeter totter during a stunt gone bad...luckily, it only cost the poor girl her eye. We were back at it before she even rolled away in the ambulance.
@@AriesBaller14 I grew up with cats but once I became an adult rescue dog adoption has been one of the great experiences of my life onward. Dogs can sense and react appropriately to human emotion, horses and dolphins have been proven the same. Cats seem aware of human emotion but they don't react like dogs do. They're both a-ok cats have their up sides too. I had a bad@$$ Russian blue when I was young he could climb trees amazing athlete 🐈⬛
Right? I remember having an argument with my best friend in 6th grade and I cried all the way home and when I got there went in my room and cried for quite awhile. The only response I got from my mom was a sarcastic “it must have been VERY bad!!” She never asked me what was wrong or even knew why I was upset, but that was the response I got and after that I realized that feelings were not important in childhood in our generation
My Silent Generation parents were busy having their totally justified feelings about others in the family. I, the GenXer, just kept my head down and my nose stuck in a book.
That was the same for me! And if my dad had to go outside and whistle at a ridiculously high decibel for us to hurry home, we knew we were in trouble!! Where were you raised out of curiosity? I was in Orange County,CA then.😂
I was taught how to drive a stick shift car at age 11 and did pretty well too. I was 10 when I started cooking dinners for my family because I had a single mother who worked nights. My older sister who was 11 served as a babysitter for me, my youngers sister who was 5 and my little brother who was 2. I had to get a job at 16 to buy my first car ($500 1971 VW what was 17 years old then). I had to figure out for myself (using books at the library), how to pay for college. I moved out of my parents' house at age 18. I was taught how to swim in the deep end of our pool by being thrown off the diving board and there was no one to catch me cuz my dad WAS ON THE DIVING BOARD WITH ME!! I'm tough as nails and I have accomplished hard things. I am GenX
Gen Xers were the last generation that survived without being coddled. We were taught right about what to do and what not to do, respect for others, how to care for ourselves and others. We were well loved and knew it. When we reached adult stage we were prepared to enter the world and contribute unlike every generation afterwards who were unable to enter the world and contribute without extensive outside training. They also contributed to the higher crime rate and me generation problems!
Gen X.. we were the last generation that lived like lord of the flies.. there were 3 channels on TV and it signed off with the National Anthem.. we didn't have the internet...
As a Gen Xer with Boomer parents, I can confirm that feelings did not exist back then!! 😂 There’s not a day that doesn’t go by without me asking my daughter if she’s Ok! She can’t even begin to understand why how she’s doing is so important to me 🥹❤
You hit the nail on the head man. I was 5 when I walked to kindergarten by myself. And yes, a stranger in a car offered me a ride. I had enough sense to say no and ran over to a group of kids I didn't know. Never mentioned it to my parents.
The other part, finally hearing what your PARENTS got away with as children because now that the "kids" are all adults, they start opening up as well and reminiscing with their siblings.
@@catlady9123yeah like the time I found out that my dad broke his foot running from the cops after getting caught sniffing airplane glue. That came up when his doctor asked if he had ever broken a bone. 😅 I was 48 when I learned that.
😂 my parents still tell me, and I’m 43, I’m never too old to get smacked. Of course they haven’t but I don’t curse in front of them cuz I know they mean it!
I had a number or answered yes to every question. I was a boomer, born in 59, but you described my life. My parents didn’t give a shit where I was or what I was doing. I grew up fast, I had to.
Right? I was thinking that my childhood was not all that different from how my parents, aunts and uncles grew up. Not all that different from my grandparents either.
@@Patrice11300 It makes sense to me. I don’t feel any kinship towards boomers. I have to be honest, I have never heard this mentioned before, so I looked it up on wiki, damn they certainly describe me from the 2020’s on. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generation_Jones
Younger generations simply don’t understand the freedom we had! I was 8 years old and rode my bicycle 2 miles each way to our local swimming pool. My grandparents NEVER even knew I had left home
Same! We rode the two miles to lessons in the morning (because at 16 lifeguarding would be one of our jobs), then ride home, make lunch to be ready at the exact time our parent got home for lunch, watch all my children, then when the parents went back to work, we rode back to the pool, then we rode back and made dinner….then if it wasn’t crazy hot we’d play outside until my mom rang a bell, at which time it was dark and all went home….unless we had plans for games one likes it dark for…or drinking…
I grew up in a really small town. Both parents worked so I had a key to let myself in the house. When I was in middle school as soon as I got home from school.I would grab my .22 rifle and hop on my Honda 4 wheeler an go back on the canals and shoot carp.
My mom knew I wasn't home. She just didn't know which of our haunts we'd be at. The mall was my furthest, 5 miles away. Barely made it back before the street lights came on. 😅
I feel bad for kids and teenagers for this reason.. the stupid mistakes you make as a kid.. now kids will have reminders of all that stuff and they won’t be able to forget about it and move on 🥲
No cell phones but if the neighbor or the church lady caught you doing something wrong you got yelled out from them and then yelled out by your parents when you got home.
I used to go to the base pool by myself. Age 9-11. Children were given swimming tests and if you passed, you could go alone. Dad would drop me off on his way to work. It was wonderful!!
My husband said his mom got him a swim pass at a local motel and would drop him off in the morning and pick him up in the late afternoon. He spent the whole day there ALONE. No mom, no siblings or no friends. WTF?
My gen x dad as a gen z child would join me when I wanted to go to the pool, but no friends were available. He'd swim and play with me for hours. Go on water slides, buy me ice cream or some fries from the little food stall. I see how it was a wonderful thing back then, but I would never wanna miss making these memories together with my parents there
@@KIxYOSHI2077 Your memories of you and your dad sound wonderful! I too enjoyed time spent with my parents. Most of my time. Mom would bike or walk to the beach with me and my friends. We played paddle ball on the sand. Played in the water for hours. Jumped rope. Got ice cream and freshly made chips from local vendors. Dad would sail his boat onto the sand to pick me up. We loved to sail together. It seems we both have beautiful memories of play time with our parents! 💛
Talked about feelings every time mom got the belt. “This is going to hurt me more than it’s going to hurt you.” When I said, “I call BS”, she made sure it turned out to be a lie.
I don't know if I should be in awe of you, or terrified! I made the mistake of whispering WHILE I WAS FACING AWAY AND BENT OVER, "I find that hard to believe!" Oh, Maaan! I wasn't sure if that beating was ever gonna stop!
When I explained my friend that firearms training came when I got keys to the house so I could let myself in after school as a latch key kid. She was shocked as someone who grew up with a nanny and went to private school, lol.
Yeah, I got screamed at till Mom's voice cracked when I tried to talk to her about anything. And the only compliment I ever got I think I was 3 years old. I was playing in a dark hallway with my toys quietly and my cousin came over asking where I was the whole time when I walked out of the hallway. My mom gushed how good I was because I stayed in there and was quite. That was also the day my cousin taught me to tie my shoes because my mom couldn't be bothered to do that.
I mean...we were mostly neglected because our parents had no fucking clue what they were doing. Not to be a whiny bitch but when we know better, we do better. My childhood was hell....BUT because I walked everywhere and cooked for myself - I was free. But then....40 years later healing begins and although it's beautiful, it sure would've been nice if I didn't have to do it.
When you don’t have a father who cares. It was a long time till I figured out some people actually know how to care. I was always surprised that my mom said, ‘you know your dad loves you?’ Because he just didn’t. It wasn’t a problem. But when someone actually loved me? Whole different story.
My dad told me to stop being a wuss, and stop crying. I sliced my shin open and needed 14 stitches at 3 y.o. I never again cried while he was home. My mom told me, if you cry, I'll beat you again, as blood dripped down my legs. (She whipped the backs of my thighs until she saw blood, and then she would get triggered to stop, but she didn't care I was bleeding. She didn't want blood on her floors). I haven't shed a tear in 50 year, and I cannot cry anymore. My tears have all dried up. My own child had asked me, why I never cry, but I look sad. I had to learn how to smile, and keep smiling.
@Ninjanimegamer I hear ya. I broke my wrist in baseball at 11 years old and never shed a tear. I broke part of my knuckle off my right thumb in football. I played two more downs, came in and had coach wrap my thumb into a fist and the next series of downs proceeded to punch the opposing lineman for breaking my thumb knuckle. I wrestled in Jr high at a tournament with a broken rib. Never cried. I could go on fkr pages on all the times I got hurt and never cried. Just sucked it up and moved on.
First used a firearm at 9. Was given my first .22 rifle for my 10th birthday. I bought lots of BB Guns in my youth. And one of my early jobs was teaching others how to use firearms safely.
Cooking by standing in a chair at the stove at 6 Babysat at 9 Explored miles from home on foot and bike alone I care what my friends think of me. Everyone else can go to… Got slapped for displaying my feelings People are usually swooping in to help me before I realize i need help Veteran in the family went to war at 15, is almost 100, stands straight as a board, sharp as a tack, and walks like soldier even though ha lost one leg. Some old high school friends are veterans. Female cousin is a veteran. Outside all day, camped out and explored the neighborhood at night. Built bonfires in the back yard. Fun times. Never once coddled. Although it might be nice to try that now. 😂
What any of us did that was bad, wasn't unusual. We normalized all of our delinquent behavior. We rarely were "in trouble", because no one cared enough to want to deal with us. Anything I saw, or participated in was, at the time, considered normal. It's strange how the world changed and now made everything we did illegal. We can't even talk trash, or tell yo mamma jokes without getting stopped by h.r., or the pc police. CZcams will block what I'm about to say...and this is the world we now live in.
Sherri, you’re so gorgeous!!! First time holding a gun, I was 4. Climbed trees like Tarzan & could never remember how many fights I’ve been in. Always pretty disturbed when I hear how many new adults have never been punched in the face before! 😅 My daughter’s 29 & she’s never fought anyone. Our generation would say you don’t even know what you’re made of until you’ve been in a fight…and lost.
My friend and I as GenX were just laughing the other day about how it was normal to be up in the trees even as girls, we loved climbing trees and yes fist fights were normal. We even fought disrespectful boys and would win. 😂
That's the reason we have self entitled people in the world. They never saw a fight or got punched in the face. Otherwise they wouldn't be out harassing other people for no reason.
My eldest son & I are veterans & retired military. My youngest son was on deployment when Joe went to the office when I pulled him off deployment to come home. I started training horses at age 4. Piano recitals at 5. Sewing & bought my own clothes & babysitting at 9. Paid for my food & bought my own car at 15. By the time I left home at 18, my car was just about paid off. For any offenses, my sister did like not doing her chores or called my mother b*tch I got horse whipped. Feelings nobody cared & they were wrong. I get sick it was always in my head. To this day, I go to work sick because I can be suck at work just the same as at home, thanks military. Your husband beats you up well, and that's life & he really loves you. It took 40+ years before I was able to stand alone on my two feet & I love being single for the last 25 years. I know the outside world & I know you can not trust, believe, or even think they care about your feelings. That's fine. I have my home, my family, & my cats❤
Outside by 7 am daily. Was outside until 8 or 9 pm. Started babysitting when I was 9. Cooked first time when I was 8. Started working a job when I was 12. Walked in the dark when I was 6. Never once talked to my Mom about my feelings, that would surely bring trouble. I have tons of vet friends. I have wounds that should have been stitched but was told to "toughen up" so I did. I never ask for help, I was raised to do everything myself. I wish this generation could have experienced the freedoms we took advantage of.
Nearly ditto to most of your answers. I remember taking the bus at 11 across town just to go BABYSIT for my sister. 🤣 We walked to school (my feet got more mileage than a car) everyday, even on CRUTCHES! 😞 but I enjoyed it as long as I didn’t have to stay home! 🤷🏽♀️
My brother and I roamed the neighborhood within a 2-3 mile radius (born 1970 and 1971). The only requirement my mom had was, "Tell me where you're going. If you change locations, come back to the house and tell me, be back within yelling distance when those street lights come on." Needless to say, no overweight children in the area cause we all had to get back to the house to report the new location before we headed out. We would be gone for HOURS at a time and it was 1976-1979, so 5 and 6 years old to 8 and 9 years old.
Born ten years before you. Out the door by 8, no matter the weather, not allowed back in till supper except for pbj’ and Kool-aid at lunchtime and a change of clothes if we fell in the pond. No lie. NOBODY knew where we were. Or what we ere up to
@@judychurley6623 our big brothers and sisters (at least in my case). Anyway, they taught me to ignore what mom said half of the time. You just had to know which half she was serious about
I remember that I spoke to the school counselor when I was in six or seventh grade. she asked me if I felt comfortable with sharing my feelings with my mother. I told her" my mother doesn't do feelings." She proceeded to advise me to write my feelings down in a note and just slip it under my mother door. well, about two minutes after that my mother proceeded to fling my bedroom door open. She had the note crumpled up on her hand and she threw it in my face. She said "if you got something to tell me you tell me to my face! " yeah, I definitely was not cuddled! 😂
As a boomer with 6 siblings, there were some things that didn’t happen early because I had older brother and sisters. So no cooking until I was 12 but because Mom went to work by the time I was 14, I was cooking dinner every night. I started babysitting for other families when I was 12. At 11, I got a job cleaning houses so every Saturday I rode my bike the 3 miles to my morning customer to clean their house, turned around and rode 4 miles to the 2nd house. I had a paper route from 12 to 15. I also did yard work. At 16, I started working at Howard Johnson’s as a waitress. I worked fast food and retail. I volunteered and did office work for my US Representative for my 11th American History class project. Always working and saving because I had to save money to pay for college. No money from my parents. My siblings were the same. And I got away with a lot more just because on Friday or Saturday night (when I wasn’t working), I would be out drinking (underage) but I would call my parents late at night and tell them I would be home at 1 am. I was always on time, even though I was drunk. My parents asleep so they didn’t know.
As a gen x-er, the whole "how often did you talk to your parents about your feelings?" question hit me DEEP! Not only was that NEVER, it went so far as, when I had to separate from my husband at the age of 26 with a two year old , and moved home, (I had two jobs, sold Avon and I was going to school at night to keep me going in the right direction and to get myself and my child back out of that house ASAP) My parents sat me down, after moving back , to tell me that my CRYING (as I processed my husband's drug addiction, mental abuse and threats, and having to accept the end of my marriage and future plans) was upsetting them! So, this latch key kid bottled up her feelings even more. It resulted in me clamping down so hard on my emotions, that instead I would wake up from a dead sleep actually crying in the middle of the night. This happened quite a bit. But at least I didn't get any noise complaints from my parents after that. In contrast my nine years younger sister lost her dog to some rather tragic veterinarian negligence, and she was allowed to go into a depression, seek counselling, and cry all she needed to. Coincidentally that dog passed the night BEFORE I was to undergo an open abdominal myomectomy, to remove 3 tumors from my uterus, with a huge complication rate, but had to just keep MY ANXIETY and FEAR in check, because of this new Family tragedy.
Yep I know what you went through for the part( as to hold back your emotions but your siblings got away with crap and you didn’t) most people that actually get to meet my family and then they get know what I went through when I was a kid say ( wow they are lucky you still talk to them!)
@@yvonnem6361 I am working on my detachment issues. I have a tendency to self-isolate, because that is how I survived. What doesn’t kill us makes us stronger.
Wow!! Sounds like you have an extremely toxic family! I don’t know you but I do know that nobody deserves that. If it were me, I would completely cut ties and try to salvage every bit of sanity and self worth I was able to build around them, and I would distance myself as far away physically and figuratively as possible. Just because someone is “family “ doesn’t mean you need to have them in your life.. I pray that you are able to heal from this and find true Love and happiness!✌️❤️
As a latch key kid I was treated the same. Only my older sister was and is the golden child and at 5 yrs old I was told why I was "just not thought of sometimes," because I am a rape mistake. So I also pushed my feelings down so far that even in my 10yr marriage he has to remind me that my feelings matter and that he's got my back. I hope you, and your baby are doing better. Keep going. Us latch keys are feared FOR A REASON. Remember that. We latch key women are terrifying and ferocious. Keep your claws out and your roars loud.
We were made to have adult responsibilities but reminded to stay in a childs place through physical and emotional abuse. Yet we couldn't complain about anything since our parents always had it worse.
Okay, I’s born Jan 81, in elementary school I noticed the generation change. From 1st to 5th grade, the older kids were like in a different reality. My class could get on with all the younger classes, but the older classes and our grade had this invisible impenetrable wall between us. I moved schools a lot after that, but it was always kind of the same. ❤ cool vid! Thanks for being there!! 🎉❤
I was ten when i realised my name wasn't "luffarunge" (i'm Swedish,born in 1983) and it means bum-good-for-nothing-kid 😂😂 i was raised as gen x,if i got in a fight all my parents said was "i hope to god you whopped their ass" 😂😂
I think i was seven when i made a cobbler by myself when no one else was at home. I found a can of pears in the cupboard that had been in the far back of the cabinet forever. I followed the directions in the cookbook except i added the can of pears instead of fresh peaches or berries. It turned out surprisingly well. I babysat for neighbors when i was 11. I walked everywhere, including the time I walked home from a school field trip without telling anyone. It was about a 2.5 mile walk from my house, I was in third grade, so 8 years old. Took a wrong turn had to walk until i saw a landmark i recognized to get back in the direction i needed. Made it home, and never heard a word from school or my mom about it.😂 We played outside everyday with other kids in the neighborhood. We got into fist fights often. We thought we got away with a lot more than we probably did.
1-Cooking ? 10 2- babysat ? 14 3- walked everywhere without supervision 4- Was taught to shoot and ride a motorcycle at 8 years old. i was 5 foot 11 at 8 . 5- fights 3 or 4 but can't say everybody i fought with knew how to fight with fists. 6- Don't care what most people think of me . 7- talking about feelings as a child could get us a whipping . 8- i only ask for help if i really need help . 9- i know lots of veterans. i am 1 . 10- we always played outside unless the weather was too bad .but we knew when the streetlights came on to head home . 11- not coddled 12- got away with more .
1. Cooking: 10 2. Babysat: 9 paired with older siblings 3. Hiked unsupervised 4. Taught to shoot at 13. 5. Zero fistfights. 6. Don't give two hoots what others think of me. Care A LOT what God thinks of me. 7. TaLK abOuT FeElings?! 8. I'm MUCH more comfortable GIVING help than getting it, but improving about asking for it when truly necessary. 9. I know/knew TONS of veterans and knew many senior citizens when I was a child. 10. Played outside a lot. 11. Not coddled 12. Drove myself to success while others my age were screwing around. The few times I acted up, I did NOT get caught.
I'm also 1961 and I could relate to all of them. I'll go one more. I knew how to do basic automotive repairs like change a tire and can READ A MAP!!! Btw...thank you for your service.
I was born in 1983, so by definition I'm a millennial. But having 2 older siblings, I feel closer to the gen X than I am with millennials. The playing outside question made me laugh because when I was a kid, punishment ment I couldn't play outside. Now with our teenage boys, punishment is being sent outside so they can't be on their electronics
A lot of us genXers grew up in single parent homes. It was after Woodstock and the whole being free from responsibilities. Us kids were left on our own to raise ourselves. Having older siblings, the oldest looked after the others. The oldest taught the younger to defend and protect. When i was about 40 years old I started taking martial arts, when I was asked if I studied before, I said " no, I took little sister 101". It was my job to feed and take care of the next youngest. We didn't cry about bullying, we took care of it ourselves. We fished crawfish out the ditches and caught frogs. Ditched school and was glad for older sibling that could forge momma's hand writing. Drank from creeks and water hoses and didn't get sick. Still alive and kicking at 60.
At the age of 8, the coast guard picked me up and brought me back to shore, because I wanted to see how far I could swim. My mom was asleep sun bathing, she had no idea.
Ha! Me too! I jumped off the end of the Santa Monica pier, on a dare, and started swimming laterally to the shore. The boy that dared me followed and when he caught up he was trying to help me. I've always been a strong swimmer and did not need help. The life guard came to bring me to shore and scolded me for a stupid stunt. I have no idea where my mom was. Lol
In the middle of a Scottish summer, huge red jelly fish would turn up in the water. Someone's mother would spot them, put down her Georgette Heyer, and shout to the kids in the water " Swim round the jelly fish and the call would go up from mother to mother often accompanied by circular arm movements. At no point did it occur to any adult to tell the kids to leave the water because we all knew how precious swimming time was in those rare sunny days in West Coast Scotland. That no one was ever stung was a miracle. But we knew the rules. Dock leaves for nettle stings, plantain leaves for insect bites. Walk round the edges of a field. Never go near cows with calves. We knew to shut gates, but we never opened them anyway. Climbing over them every time. Avoid the big boys who'd chase us and the big girls, who'd report us to our mum. (Who'd want to see an elder sibling anyway) and then there was always that one strange adult who wanted to be our friend and every kid kept away from because our survival instincts were strong and we KNEW that there was something not quite right.
I hope you decide to have a couple of your own. It's so much different when they are yours! You would be good at catching all they're "tricks," too, lol! I did some babysitting, but had my son at 18, without a clue what I was doing. Glad I had a strong natural instinct. My daughter use to put her two boys inside of they're dad's t-shirt, face to face, when they were fighting. They were little then of course. I still think that is so hilarious, and a great way for them to make up. I never taught her that, I think she is a better mom than me, because she thinks of those things, but I'd like to think I did something right to get her there!! I used to tell people, you need to have at least 2 kids. That way they have someone to bitch to, about you, when you are old!!!😂
It was not called babysitting, it was called “Americans give money? Shame on them, don’t even think about it we are not Americans. Is your duty for having siblings and cousins.You are lucky you are never alone” … those bitches to this day are terrible 😅
Yeah, I worked in a day care center at 11 years old until 1 am on weekend nights and then walked home. Lol. Started babysitting for randos at the same age. I used to watch a kid who was deathly allergic to bees, of course she played outside the whole time. Parents gave me a quick tutorial on how to give her a shot and left...it was a kit with an actual syringe..it would never have occurred to me not to do it or be freaked out. The whole time I was growing up I knew the adults around me didn't have a clue...and I grew up with college educated parents. I was constantly thinking, "this isn't right..." lol.
No that was my money so she did not have to use her money to buy me stuff. Years later she said YOU MAKE ME OUT TO BE A MONSTER. IT IS WHAT IT IS. OWN IT. CANNOT CHANGE THE PAST.
@@jeannesmith1141watching other people's kids can destroy relationships with kids. Not everyone is equipped to be a parent, nor does everyone want kids. Just read through these comments, and notice how many of us were neglected and/or abused. No, it won't necessarily be different with our own kids. Many of us are afraid we might, or some have actually have abused their kids, because that's how we were all raised. The better way to respond is, I hope you found peace inside yourself, and have learned you're worth more than what your mom forced you into.
OMG I walked to the store by myself when I was 6 or 7 years old ! We were given a pass to get away with stuff because we had it tough and became adult's by the time we were 9 !
Cooking 7 Babysat 11 Walked everywhere 8 fist fights No talk of feelings with parents My friend and I were just laughing about how it was normal to be up in the trees even as girls. Not only did we love climbing them, but we even had a tree house made out of a small camper. It had a little window that you could open and a small screen door. I remember eating little green crab apples and honeysuckle from the vines.. Those were the days
When you & your friend describe trees by whether or not they're good climbing trees, that's a sign of a good childhood. Loved crab apples, honeysuckles & wild blackberries. Not once did we ever make it back home with enough for a cobbler. Lol
12- cooking & babysat for pay. 7- babysat without pay, 6/7- walked home by myself. Used firearm- 39, unknown # fistfights. I've lost count, others' opinions- don't care at all, spoke with feelings w/parents- once/twice, ask for help- rarely. If I do ask for help, it's a last resort & I truly need it, # vets I know play- many. I graduated HS with a lot of them, mom let me play outside when we'd go to the park or she had company, coddled- have never been coddled, caught/got away with more- got away with more.
When I was 13, A neighbor tattled to my Mom that she saw me smoking. My Mom asked me to go around to the back of the house to smoke, so she didn't have to listen to the neighbors.😂 Everyone we knew smoked.
Born 1998 1- Cooking: according to my mom I was making myself breakfast by age 3 (sinple stuff like poptarts and oatmeal) but was cooking full on dinners/meals by age 5-6 2- Babysat: not until I was... 12? But that's cause I was the youngest until I was 6 and then once my lil bro hit 6 I started watching him when my soster wasn't available. 3- Did I walk everywhere without supervision? Yes. Was I supposed to? No. 4- I did not learn the basics of how to use a firearm until 16, and the only reason I learned was cause I asked my uncle to teach me. My mom got... rather upset when she found out he did so. 5 - Fights? ....more than I'd like to admit and definitely more than I got punished for. 6- Nope. (Much to the confusion of my friends and sister.) 7- it depended. As long as I could be understood and wasn't rambling, then it could be... discussed. She was very big on "your free to feel however you want about something, that's your right. But it doesn't change the reality of the situation and you're going to have to live with that." 8- it depends on what I'm asking for help on and from who. From family, I'm more willing since my family's values are that we always have eachothers backs (excluding a few circumstances). The friends I consider family are similar to above but less likely to be asked the others... very little if at all... unless it's something I *need* help on and asking my family is out of the question. 9- yeah, a lot of my family on both sides are vetrans. I've actually been to a military base quite a few times because of this. (On base christmas parties are more fun than one would expect for a kid) 10- as long as I wasn't grounded for bad grades, getting an attitude, or fighting with my sister I was almost always outside. Specifically in a field behind my apartments that had wild plums and blackberries everywhere that had a willow tree that us kids made into a base. 11 - I wouldn't say coddled, but I wouldn't say she up and threw me into the deep end without a life jacket either. It was a balance of "you're a big kid. Figure it out." and guiding me through things if I asked for it and/or was actively struggling. 12 - Overall, I got away with more. And I can't help feeling I would of gotten away with more if my sister hadn't told my mom whatever she could.
Cooking - 9 Babysitting- 14 Went to the store by myself - 4 Fired a rifle - 11 Talk about feelings - Feelings? We had feelings? Asked for help - Never Played outside - Who played inside? Caught - The nosey neighbors were our Ring Bell back then. The few times we got caught - Our friends were our Alibi Veterans - Everybody's Dad
I totally got away with more! Grateful there were no cell phones, door cameras, etc. I’ll never be able to run for president …. Waaaay too much “stuff” in my background. 😂😂
Baby boomer here; I could answer all those answers the same way she did! I walked all over SAN FRANCISCO by myself! Wouldn’t do that today with an army behind me 😂. Had 3 younger brothers, the oldest of which was 41/2 years younger then myself. I helped raise them. My income? Babysitting neighbor’s children and working in the snack bar in high school (got paid by the district)! Great times then, but yes, we didn’t question authority until the 60’s! 😮😊
I was a helluva bartender at 8! My parents had pool parties nearly every weekend and would drink Highballs all day. I watched my dad make so many I asked if I could try one. That was the start of my bartender days while the adults and kids had a blast by and in our pool! I thought I was badass! Mom even came up with a signal if the person asking for a drink was too hammered. 1 subtle finger up = just a single shot, 2 fingers = 2 shots are okay, and a cough into her closed fist was 90%water, a drop of alcohol! No one ever knew or cared! I had an awesome childhood!
cooking - 6-7 babysat - 12 walk as a child - I cannot remember when that started, feel like it was my whole childhood Firearm - 5 Fist fights - at least 3, although if you add hair pulling then who knows other peoples opinion? what is that Feelings - all the time, like this "you better dry up those tears before I give you a reason to cry" ask for help - very rarely Veterans - too many to count Play outside - every freaking day coddled - what does that mean LOL and I def got away with more since I was not supervised most of the time
I'm only a bit older than Gen X.Much the same except for guns. We played shooting at each other with bb guns pumped low when we lived out in the country when I was about 9,and I shot a 22 at a target when I was 11. Feelings were usually one of the things we did talk about when needed even if it didn't always help things. And my grandma did spoil us a bit when she wasn't drinking too much.
I'm a boomer, and this aligns exactly with my experience. Also, by 12 I was doing laundry and ironing. I didn't make trouble at all because it would have been like poking a hornet's nest with my nutso mom. I got yelled at for practicing my piano lesson because it stressed her out.
Cooking 5 Babysitting 7 Walked everywhere Was hunting big game at 12 so around 6 Too many fistfights Other people have opinions that I should care about? Feeling with my parents? I was not a fan of getting my ass whooped Ask for help? Only if I need a truck Tons of Vets Outside every day Had to look up coddled in the dictionary You wish you got away with as much as we did
Born in 1970, and falling OUT of my chair LMAO after watching this because every bit of what she said is true! 😂😂😂 As for the last, I'd say we got away more than being caught, BUT from just my own experience, we weren't really supervised except like at school. Also in my case, however; when my class entered high-school as Freshman, by our 2nd year ( '85), we would be the reason that (in our town) these people called "skip busters" were 1st conceptualized and hired. Why? Well, despite getting detentions/grounded by parents and whatnot for cutting class, they really couldn't control us. 🤭🤭🤭
I had my first drink of liquor at 3 years old and I had beer often because it kills worms according to my family. I started smoking at 8 years old and got my behind tore out the frame. As an adult I don’t smoke and I only drink on special occasions. When I came home from boot camp my father bought me my first pint of liquor said if I was old enough to fight I was old enough to drink( my father is a marine). At age 7 I was taking care of my mom because she had gotten sick. I took care of her up until 2 years ago when my father died. I was cooking full meals by the time I was 12 years old. Gen X is built different.
Born in 1974-no gun, but my granddaddy made the most amazing slingshots carved from tree branches. They were beautiful, and I was a “sharp shooter” with one. We walked, yes, but I rode my bike mostly. Grew up in a small town, so we rode bikes everywhere. ❤
My mom is gen x and I'm gen y. She is the sole reason my grandparents didn't let me get away with shit. So I got good at "convincing " others to not rat me out. Thanks mom❤
5 years old, 9 years old, absolutely 5 years old. Too many to count as the smallest kid in school until I was 16 and legally blind. Lots of fights I had to be meaner and tougher I don't care about other people's opinions. I did have quite a few heart-to-hearts with my parents and I don't really ask for help under 90% of circumstances I know a lot of veterans played outside of the house everyday whether I wanted to or not. I was a big gamer myself. Play might not be the right word. A lot of times too. I worked my butt off with my dad. If he had something to do we were helping wasn't cuddled at all. My mom did not want me to use my vision as a crutch so she made me or let me do everything else. Everybody did and I had three brothers and sisters in the house older than me so I watched their mistakes. So you can just guess rather I got away with or got caught on various things that I will not confirm or deny
They had to put an actual ad on the TV saying "it's 10 pm do you know where your children are????"
Or the egg crack " this is ur brain and this is ur brain on drugs😂"
I remember thinking, "These jackasses don't even know the difference between drugs and breakfast. A bong hit would straighten that out. lol
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 I remember those!
OH MY GOD!!! I remember that!!! Mostly because I grew on PR and as a girl I was at home but I was wondering where was my brother?
In Dallas it was Bob Gooding who always opened the 10 o'clock news.
Basically, if you're a gen x, we were adults by age 7😮
I was born in '84 but yes by 7 I was on my own
Say it again cause we were but, weren't. 🤔
FACT
It was this way for most of history 😂 not special at all, gen z is the first generation this isn't true due to a literal virus killing millions
@@jtowensbyiii6018the pandemic was a test of obedience and maladaptive behavior.
“Children should be seen and not heard”… we were ninjas from the start
We learned to survive with little parental supervision. We also were not afraid to call out BULLSHIT when we encountered it.
I did that once. Same result as cussing the first time. I had a bar of soap for dinner.
I still call it out when I encounter it. I don't have many friends now days.
As long as we didn’t take a life or bring one into the world, our parents really didn’t care.
Amen😂😂😂😂
Facts!
Say it again for the folks in the back!!!
We got close to losing a friend on a teeter totter during a stunt gone bad...luckily, it only cost the poor girl her eye.
We were back at it before she even rolled away in the ambulance.
That pretty much sums it up
Our generation spent so much time outside, being told to come indoors was like a prison sentence.
Most likely because that's where all the instruments of torture were...
Indeed. 😂😂😂
Now, they don't even want to LEAVE the house! 🙄
haha truth. It was just about pitch black by the time we came in, and only because we were threatened to or else lol
Yes! 😂
We were basically treated like self reliant cats, as opposed to being treated like stupid dogs on a leash.🙏
... dogs are superior to cats in terms of intelligence 🤔🐕💘
@@DouglasRichardson-er4kyActually, cats are considered more intelligent, but dogs are more easily trainable.
@@AriesBaller14 I grew up with cats but once I became an adult rescue dog adoption has been one of the great experiences of my life onward. Dogs can sense and react appropriately to human emotion, horses and dolphins have been proven the same. Cats seem aware of human emotion but they don't react like dogs do. They're both a-ok cats have their up sides too. I had a bad@$$ Russian blue when I was young he could climb trees amazing athlete 🐈⬛
This is a great analogy and very accurate
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣Yes!
Feelings???😂😂😂 gave me a good laugh
Right? I remember having an argument with my best friend in 6th grade and I cried all the way home and when I got there went in my room and cried for quite awhile. The only response I got from my mom was a sarcastic “it must have been VERY bad!!” She never asked me what was wrong or even knew why I was upset, but that was the response I got and after that I realized that feelings were not important in childhood in our generation
Isn't that a song by Offspring? 🎶Feeling, whoa oh oh feelings🎶
"I'll give you something to cry about!"
To the last question:
Thank you Jesus that there was no ring camera in my day.😂
or mobile phones.. dear gods...
Baaabaaay ...Whew thank you Jesus!
Amen
Can you even imagine? I'm pretty sure we're the reason they exist now, though.
I'm almost sure that is a tit pic I took at fourteen somewhere out there on polaroid. So glad there was no social media 30 years ago
Our parents didn't know we had feelings.
Oh they knew, but they didn't give a sh***
Or care about the ones we had... Because in our generation kids were NOT the center of the world.
That’s true
My Silent Generation parents were busy having their totally justified feelings about others in the family. I, the GenXer, just kept my head down and my nose stuck in a book.
My parents told me I had no feelings lol 😝 then I got a new toy 😂
_My mom had one rule don't let the street light beat your ass home_
😂
I’m so old that I don’t even know how you italicized that comment on CZcams!!
we had the street light rule…must be universal.
That was the same for me! And if my dad had to go outside and whistle at a ridiculously high decibel for us to hurry home, we knew we were in trouble!! Where were you raised out of curiosity? I was in Orange County,CA then.😂
This one right here
I was taught how to drive a stick shift car at age 11 and did pretty well too. I was 10 when I started cooking dinners for my family because I had a single mother who worked nights. My older sister who was 11 served as a babysitter for me, my youngers sister who was 5 and my little brother who was 2. I had to get a job at 16 to buy my first car ($500 1971 VW what was 17 years old then). I had to figure out for myself (using books at the library), how to pay for college. I moved out of my parents' house at age 18. I was taught how to swim in the deep end of our pool by being thrown off the diving board and there was no one to catch me cuz my dad WAS ON THE DIVING BOARD WITH ME!! I'm tough as nails and I have accomplished hard things. I am GenX
This!!!
i started to do cooking a few days a week by at least 12…my mom hated to cook…i loved to eat….i’m a baby boomer
Gen Xers were the last generation that survived without being coddled. We were taught right about what to do and what not to do, respect for others, how to care for ourselves and others. We were well loved and knew it. When we reached adult stage we were prepared to enter the world and contribute unlike every generation afterwards who were unable to enter the world and contribute without extensive outside training. They also contributed to the higher crime rate and me generation problems!
Gen X.. we were the last generation that lived like lord of the flies.. there were 3 channels on TV and it signed off with the National Anthem.. we didn't have the internet...
I LOVED turning on the TV at 6am and hearing the national anthem!
We had 5 channels
❤😂❤😂❤😂
@@-sz8gibut true...❤❤❤
3 channels that only came in by messing with the bunny-ears on top the TV!!
BWAHAHAHA! ITS ALL TRUE. of course we got away with more, getting caught meant getting beat 😂😮
Challenge accepted 😆 🤣
I'm so glad cameras were a thing then. 😆 🤣
Right?! 🤣 my dad was an electronic linemen. He had parts of his climbing belt he used for our butts😂😱😭
When police threatened to call our parents, we would ask them to take us to jail. That would guarantee release EVERY time...
Yeah. Like go pick a switch
Not getting caught was always part of the plan.
Thank God there were no cell phones in our day!! 😂😂
with the app the gives your location away....
That last quest= PALEASE!!!
It’s like 97% / 3%
Most of us were smart enough to keep it on the DL.
To this day!
Exactly.
Facts! Being slick still serves us well 😂😂😂
That’s crazy!! Walked to school by myself in kindergarten. No crossing guards. 😅😅😅😅
I’m a boomer. We didn’t have kindergarten but I walked to and from school from Grade one through to Twelve mostly by myself.
I was a crossing guard at 9 years old.
I almost got run over crossing the street when I was 8 to get to school, and the driver got out and yelled at me 😂
Same but with crossing guards
no kinder garden ,straight first grade! figured it out on my own! if get bullied you figured that out on your own!
"...Feelings... with your parents." LOL
Since when did feelings matter to gen Xs.parents 😂.
As a Gen Xer with Boomer parents, I can confirm that feelings did not exist back then!! 😂 There’s not a day that doesn’t go by without me asking my daughter if she’s Ok! She can’t even begin to understand why how she’s doing is so important to me 🥹❤
Yeah I don’t ever remember even hearing the word feelings when I was a kid.
Unless it was “Aw did that hurt your feelings? Get over it!” 😂
That’s where I lost it, too! Pppfffft! Feelings??? What’s THAT?!! 😅😅😝🤣
GenX here- I remember people were allowed to have feelings, but it wasn't us kids. Only parents were allowed to freak out and yell. We had to shut up.
Never talked about feelings, huge difference from the way other people are today
Right on. I remember the phrase, "Children are meant to be seen, not heard".
I'm 76 and I've talked about these things with young people. They think I'm lying.
If you’re 76 and calling yourself a Gen Xer-you _are_ lying!
@@isaackellogg3493 I actually call myself "Don". Others call me a boomer.
Many blessings upon your house, good sir.
Sht, the street light raised me!
In Boston it was necessary 😂
Exactly 💯
Stop you bring up old ish..I'm not telling nothing today cus I don't feel like it ish 😂,🙏
@tracikillebrew9026 yaaaa thats bc the video we are commenting on is about that old ish :)
That's right .off to new ish🙏🤣
When you consider what our generation has been through a lot, more of us should be locked up dead or missing,we really are badass..
Original Gangsters❤
😂😂😂 ❤
I got away with more 😂
Badass, or scared survivors running like hell to stay alive?
Lol. We got new neighbors who are about 30 years younger than us. They invited me over and introduced me as OG. I had no idea what it meant.😂
You hit the nail on the head man. I was 5 when I walked to kindergarten by myself. And yes, a stranger in a car offered me a ride. I had enough sense to say no and ran over to a group of kids I didn't know. Never mentioned it to my parents.
All of these questions were very direct, and I felt each one. 😂
I'm a genx....i approve this message. She's 💯 correct.😁😁😁😁
Best part of becoming a grown man, telling my parents how much stuff we got away with lol. Got grounded for a week, I was already married
Exactly. I waited until my mid thirties and early forties to admit to what I got away with to my mom.
LOL 😂
The other part, finally hearing what your PARENTS got away with as children because now that the "kids" are all adults, they start opening up as well and reminiscing with their siblings.
@@catlady9123yeah like the time I found out that my dad broke his foot running from the cops after getting caught sniffing airplane glue. That came up when his doctor asked if he had ever broken a bone. 😅 I was 48 when I learned that.
😂 my parents still tell me, and I’m 43, I’m never too old to get smacked. Of course they haven’t but I don’t curse in front of them cuz I know they mean it!
The last one, none ya business and mind ya business!! 😂😂
I had a number or answered yes to every question. I was a boomer, born in 59, but you described my life. My parents didn’t give a shit where I was or what I was doing. I grew up fast, I had to.
Right? I was thinking that my childhood was not all that different from how my parents, aunts and uncles grew up. Not all that different from my grandparents either.
Same...born in 1963.
We’re the Jones Generation, a micro generation from the late 1950s-1965.
@@Patrice11300 It makes sense to me. I don’t feel any kinship towards boomers. I have to be honest, I have never heard this mentioned before, so I looked it up on wiki, damn they certainly describe me from the 2020’s on.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generation_Jones
@@Patrice11300that explains why I relate more to Xers than boomers. Born in 1962.
Younger generations simply don’t understand the freedom we had! I was 8 years old and rode my bicycle 2 miles each way to our local swimming pool. My grandparents NEVER even knew I had left home
They knew. You just didn't know it.
Same! We rode the two miles to lessons in the morning (because at 16 lifeguarding would be one of our jobs), then ride home, make lunch to be ready at the exact time our parent got home for lunch, watch all my children, then when the parents went back to work, we rode back to the pool, then we rode back and made dinner….then if it wasn’t crazy hot we’d play outside until my mom rang a bell, at which time it was dark and all went home….unless we had plans for games one likes it dark for…or drinking…
I grew up in a really small town. Both parents worked so I had a key to let myself in the house. When I was in middle school as soon as I got home from school.I would grab my .22 rifle and hop on my Honda 4 wheeler an go back on the canals and shoot carp.
My mom knew I wasn't home. She just didn't know which of our haunts we'd be at.
The mall was my furthest, 5 miles away. Barely made it back before the street lights came on. 😅
They will also never know how many near-death experiences a kid can have lol. WTF is adult supervision?
I definitely got away with more. No cell phone, no evidence. Thank God😂
I feel bad for kids and teenagers for this reason.. the stupid mistakes you make as a kid.. now kids will have reminders of all that stuff and they won’t be able to forget about it and move on 🥲
😂yeah 😂
No cell phones but if the neighbor or the church lady caught you doing something wrong you got yelled out from them and then yelled out by your parents when you got home.
Your expressions are hilarious.
I love the face you made for the fist fight question..
I used to go to the base pool by myself. Age 9-11. Children were given swimming tests and if you passed, you could go alone. Dad would drop me off on his way to work. It was wonderful!!
My husband said his mom got him a swim pass at a local motel and would drop him off in the morning and pick him up in the late afternoon. He spent the whole day there ALONE. No mom, no siblings or no friends. WTF?
My gen x dad as a gen z child would join me when I wanted to go to the pool, but no friends were available. He'd swim and play with me for hours. Go on water slides, buy me ice cream or some fries from the little food stall.
I see how it was a wonderful thing back then, but I would never wanna miss making these memories together with my parents there
@@KIxYOSHI2077 Your memories of you and your dad sound wonderful! I too enjoyed time spent with my parents. Most of my time. Mom would bike or walk to the beach with me and my friends. We played paddle ball on the sand. Played in the water for hours. Jumped rope. Got ice cream and freshly made chips from local vendors. Dad would sail his boat onto the sand to pick me up. We loved to sail together. It seems we both have beautiful memories of play time with our parents! 💛
I lived at the pool during the summer. Got there at 8 for swim team practice and Mom picked me up at 5. Best summers ever.
That's why we're so independent! ❤🎉
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Exactly!
That's why we still are.
Talked about feelings every time mom got the belt. “This is going to hurt me more than it’s going to hurt you.” When I said, “I call BS”, she made sure it turned out to be a lie.
My dad would say, do you want it before or after supper.
He never did it angry and only 3-5 hits.
I only got it twice, but my brother's got it more.
I never got the belt and I only remember one spanking my dad gave me but I have ALWAYS remembered it and that was the point.
I don't know if I should be in awe of you, or terrified! I made the mistake of whispering WHILE I WAS FACING AWAY AND BENT OVER, "I find that hard to believe!" Oh, Maaan! I wasn't sure if that beating was ever gonna stop!
Brave foolish man. Glad you made it.
Respect the belt
Every F'N DAY! Staying indoors was death sentence for us 😳!
When I explained my friend that firearms training came when I got keys to the house so I could let myself in after school as a latch key kid. She was shocked as someone who grew up with a nanny and went to private school, lol.
"Feeling" you did'n't have "feelings' til your parents told you, you can have "feelings".
"I'll give you something you can feel"!😂
And don't forget “I’ll give you something to cry about”. 🤣
Feelings don’t pay the bills, neither does crying about it.
"talk about feelings with parents".. um NEVER! Had a good laugh with that one!
Yeah, I got screamed at till Mom's voice cracked when I tried to talk to her about anything. And the only compliment I ever got I think I was 3 years old. I was playing in a dark hallway with my toys quietly and my cousin came over asking where I was the whole time when I walked out of the hallway. My mom gushed how good I was because I stayed in there and was quite. That was also the day my cousin taught me to tie my shoes because my mom couldn't be bothered to do that.
Hilarious, since Gen x’s kids are the most emotional kids ever.
I still can't... to this day, her response is "crying doesn't solve anything, stop it already "
@@pipinato My mother's favorite line was to quit crying or she would give me a reason to cry. And she meant it.
Feelings . . . I'll give you feelings . . . as your mother gives you a dope slap to the back of the head.
Millennial here, and I can answer the same for pretty much every question.
Same 😂
Then thank your parents for allowing you to be raised independently.
That look you gave at the end was priceless!!! LOL!!!!🤣😎🤘🔥
So blessed to be part of a generation that experienced life as it should be. So grateful!
Like your grandparents didn’t have ‘life as it should be’? Have a think about what you just said 🤔
I mean...we were mostly neglected because our parents had no fucking clue what they were doing. Not to be a whiny bitch but when we know better, we do better.
My childhood was hell....BUT because I walked everywhere and cooked for myself - I was free.
But then....40 years later healing begins and although it's beautiful, it sure would've been nice if I didn't have to do it.
@@TK-ij2xi nicely pointed out. You write a good comment. 🎉🥰🎉
Yesssss cause THIS ERA SUCKS!!!
Me too! We lucked out.
I lived the perfect Discovery of Life by being from the X Generation. We raised ourselves. We still do
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I was considered a LatchKey kid, so you know I raised myself.
@@idresufts5849I think a ton of us were.
Heck I think we're the only thing keeping the Nation going to be honest
I made homemade tortillas with my mom at age 4! Thank You Jesus for my mother🙏❗️
As an Elder Millennial I definitely relate to these more than those younger than me.
One thing I know is that my dad always said, "feelings are worthless. Nobody cares about how you feel. Suck it up and move on."
When you don’t have a father who cares. It was a long time till I figured out some people actually know how to care. I was always surprised that my mom said, ‘you know your dad loves you?’ Because he just didn’t. It wasn’t a problem. But when someone actually loved me? Whole different story.
Do you remember "Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me?"
My dad told me to stop being a wuss, and stop crying. I sliced my shin open and needed 14 stitches at 3 y.o.
I never again cried while he was home.
My mom told me, if you cry, I'll beat you again, as blood dripped down my legs. (She whipped the backs of my thighs until she saw blood, and then she would get triggered to stop, but she didn't care I was bleeding. She didn't want blood on her floors).
I haven't shed a tear in 50 year, and I cannot cry anymore. My tears have all dried up.
My own child had asked me, why I never cry, but I look sad. I had to learn how to smile, and keep smiling.
How unhealthy. Feelings matter but they don’t control you.
@Ninjanimegamer I hear ya. I broke my wrist in baseball at 11 years old and never shed a tear. I broke part of my knuckle off my right thumb in football. I played two more downs, came in and had coach wrap my thumb into a fist and the next series of downs proceeded to punch the opposing lineman for breaking my thumb knuckle. I wrestled in Jr high at a tournament with a broken rib. Never cried. I could go on fkr pages on all the times I got hurt and never cried. Just sucked it up and moved on.
There's always "shut up when I'm talking to you". And "what do you have to say for yourself?" Then not knowing what to say.
Don't forget "I DON'T KNOW IS NOT AN ANSWER!" and "WIPE THAT DUMB LOOK OFF YOUR FACE!"
First used a firearm at 9. Was given my first .22 rifle for my 10th birthday. I bought lots of BB Guns in my youth. And one of my early jobs was teaching others how to use firearms safely.
Cooking by standing in a chair at the stove at 6
Babysat at 9
Explored miles from home on foot and bike alone
I care what my friends think of me. Everyone else can go to…
Got slapped for displaying my feelings
People are usually swooping in to help me before I realize i need help
Veteran in the family went to war at 15, is almost 100, stands straight as a board, sharp as a tack, and walks like soldier even though ha lost one leg. Some old high school friends are veterans. Female cousin is a veteran.
Outside all day, camped out and explored the neighborhood at night. Built bonfires in the back yard. Fun times.
Never once coddled. Although it might be nice to try that now.
😂
We absolutely did some MAJOR WILD SHIT!
And no video to prove anything ))
And still doing it... In a different format 😂❤
What any of us did that was bad, wasn't unusual. We normalized all of our delinquent behavior. We rarely were "in trouble", because no one cared enough to want to deal with us. Anything I saw, or participated in was, at the time, considered normal. It's strange how the world changed and now made everything we did illegal. We can't even talk trash, or tell yo mamma jokes without getting stopped by h.r., or the pc police. CZcams will block what I'm about to say...and this is the world we now live in.
@@cruzinsweetsntreatslove it!! x 😂
Sherri, you’re so gorgeous!!! First time holding a gun, I was 4. Climbed trees like Tarzan & could never remember how many fights I’ve been in. Always pretty disturbed when I hear how many new adults have never been punched in the face before! 😅 My daughter’s 29 & she’s never fought anyone. Our generation would say you don’t even know what you’re made of until you’ve been in a fight…and lost.
I felt that comment to my soul!!
Wait wait wait..... ALL GEN X ARE MANDALORIANS!!!
My friend and I as GenX were just laughing the other day about how it was normal to be up in the trees even as girls, we loved climbing trees and yes fist fights were normal. We even fought disrespectful boys and would win. 😂
the first rule of the fight club is...
That's the reason we have self entitled people in the world. They never saw a fight or got punched in the face. Otherwise they wouldn't be out harassing other people for no reason.
I definitely need this as a questionnaire for hiring lol😂😂❤❤
My eldest son & I are veterans & retired military. My youngest son was on deployment when Joe went to the office when I pulled him off deployment to come home. I started training horses at age 4. Piano recitals at 5. Sewing & bought my own clothes & babysitting at 9. Paid for my food & bought my own car at 15. By the time I left home at 18, my car was just about paid off. For any offenses, my sister did like not doing her chores or called my mother b*tch I got horse whipped. Feelings nobody cared & they were wrong. I get sick it was always in my head. To this day, I go to work sick because I can be suck at work just the same as at home, thanks military. Your husband beats you up well, and that's life & he really loves you. It took 40+ years before I was able to stand alone on my two feet & I love being single for the last 25 years. I know the outside world & I know you can not trust, believe, or even think they care about your feelings. That's fine. I have my home, my family, & my cats❤
Outside by 7 am daily. Was outside until 8 or 9 pm. Started babysitting when I was 9. Cooked first time when I was 8. Started working a job when I was 12. Walked in the dark when I was 6. Never once talked to my Mom about my feelings, that would surely bring trouble. I have tons of vet friends. I have wounds that should have been stitched but was told to "toughen up" so I did. I never ask for help, I was raised to do everything myself. I wish this generation could have experienced the freedoms we took advantage of.
Nearly ditto to most of your answers.
I remember taking the bus at 11 across town just to go BABYSIT for my sister. 🤣
We walked to school (my feet got more mileage than a car) everyday, even on CRUTCHES! 😞 but I enjoyed it as long as I didn’t have to stay home! 🤷🏽♀️
Whaaaaaa?? I was taking public transportation to and from school with a whole HOUSE KEY around my neck at 7! Lmaooo the memories!! 😂😂😂
I missed this by a year and it still absolutely applies. This made me lolll
I used to ride the city bus when I was 8, in Chicago
Yeah, you definitely pass the test 😂 damn
My brother and I roamed the neighborhood within a 2-3 mile radius (born 1970 and 1971). The only requirement my mom had was, "Tell me where you're going. If you change locations, come back to the house and tell me, be back within yelling distance when those street lights come on." Needless to say, no overweight children in the area cause we all had to get back to the house to report the new location before we headed out. We would be gone for HOURS at a time and it was 1976-1979, so 5 and 6 years old to 8 and 9 years old.
Born ten years before you. Out the door by 8, no matter the weather, not allowed back in till supper except for pbj’ and Kool-aid at lunchtime and a change of clothes if we fell in the pond. No lie. NOBODY knew where we were. Or what we ere up to
True for us in the 50s and 60s, too.
@@StretchingExercises-qg5rb That was also me. Amazing adventures!
@@judychurley6623 our big brothers and sisters (at least in my case). Anyway, they taught me to ignore what mom said half of the time. You just had to know which half she was serious about
Be home by dark was our rule
I remember that I spoke to the school counselor when I was in six or seventh grade. she asked me if I felt comfortable with sharing my feelings with my mother. I told her" my mother doesn't do feelings." She proceeded to advise me to write my feelings down in a note and just slip it under my mother door.
well, about two minutes after that my mother proceeded to fling my bedroom door open. She had the note crumpled up on her hand and she threw it in my face. She said "if you got something to tell me you tell me to my face! " yeah, I definitely was not cuddled! 😂
Sounds like all our moms
And you think that's a good thing?
@@MomeGnomeworked for us
@@aa-hj2fd"worked for us" I'm sure it did and you don't have any lasting effects
@@ekinie3854 like what?
As a boomer with 6 siblings, there were some things that didn’t happen early because I had older brother and sisters. So no cooking until I was 12 but because Mom went to work by the time I was 14, I was cooking dinner every night. I started babysitting for other families when I was 12. At 11, I got a job cleaning houses so every Saturday I rode my bike the 3 miles to my morning customer to clean their house, turned around and rode 4 miles to the 2nd house. I had a paper route from 12 to 15. I also did yard work. At 16, I started working at Howard Johnson’s as a waitress. I worked fast food and retail. I volunteered and did office work for my US Representative for my 11th American History class project. Always working and saving because I had to save money to pay for college. No money from my parents. My siblings were the same. And I got away with a lot more just because on Friday or Saturday night (when I wasn’t working), I would be out drinking (underage) but I would call my parents late at night and tell them I would be home at 1 am. I was always on time, even though I was drunk. My parents asleep so they didn’t know.
Hey Sherri I love how you are still processing some when the next question hits 😂😂😂 love ya
As a gen x-er, the whole "how often did you talk to your parents about your feelings?" question hit me DEEP! Not only was that NEVER, it went so far as, when I had to separate from my husband at the age of 26 with a two year old , and moved home, (I had two jobs, sold Avon and I was going to school at night to keep me going in the right direction and to get myself and my child back out of that house ASAP) My parents sat me down, after moving back , to tell me that my CRYING (as I processed my husband's drug addiction, mental abuse and threats, and having to accept the end of my marriage and future plans) was upsetting them! So, this latch key kid bottled up her feelings even more. It resulted in me clamping down so hard on my emotions, that instead I would wake up from a dead sleep actually crying in the middle of the night. This happened quite a bit. But at least I didn't get any noise complaints from my parents after that. In contrast my nine years younger sister lost her dog to some rather tragic veterinarian negligence, and she was allowed to go into a depression, seek counselling, and cry all she needed to. Coincidentally that dog passed the night BEFORE I was to undergo an open abdominal myomectomy, to remove 3 tumors from my uterus, with a huge complication rate, but had to just keep MY ANXIETY and FEAR in check, because of this new Family tragedy.
Yep I know what you went through for the part( as to hold back your emotions but your siblings got away with crap and you didn’t) most people that actually get to meet my family and then they get know what I went through when I was a kid say ( wow they are lucky you still talk to them!)
@@yvonnem6361 I am working on my detachment issues. I have a tendency to self-isolate, because that is how I survived. What doesn’t kill us makes us stronger.
Wow!! Sounds like you have an extremely toxic family! I don’t know you but I do know that nobody deserves that. If it were me, I would completely cut ties and try to salvage every bit of sanity and self worth I was able to build around them, and I would distance myself as far away physically and figuratively as possible. Just because someone is “family “ doesn’t mean you need to have them in your life.. I pray that you are able to heal from this and find true Love and happiness!✌️❤️
Some of us feel your pain.
But we didn't go catatonic and drop out of society, we worked our way through it and took responsibility for ourselves.
As a latch key kid I was treated the same. Only my older sister was and is the golden child and at 5 yrs old I was told why I was "just not thought of sometimes," because I am a rape mistake. So I also pushed my feelings down so far that even in my 10yr marriage he has to remind me that my feelings matter and that he's got my back. I hope you, and your baby are doing better. Keep going. Us latch keys are feared FOR A REASON. Remember that. We latch key women are terrifying and ferocious. Keep your claws out and your roars loud.
Damn, I'm a Boomer. I remember comparing burns from ironing clothes with my friend in Second Grade!
Gen-x - when i was five, the way i knew my left from my right is that i had a burn scar from the iron on my left pinky finger. It's still there.
70s super kid here and We were NEVER coddled!! If we were hurt but no visible redness was seen we were told to get back outside
I'm recently 36 and i answered the very same. Sometimes it depends on where and who you were raised by, has nothing to do with the year we were born!
We were made to have adult responsibilities but reminded to stay in a childs place through physical and emotional abuse. Yet we couldn't complain about anything since our parents always had it worse.
i dont consider it abuse now, made me a man
I was not part of that "we" group. I was never treated that way.
@@AriesBaller14 then your not gen x you are the 15 percent shielded ratio of genx which is a real stat
Thank God we didn't have cellphones. 😂
Lmaooooo 🤣😂🤣
I Love 💕 it lol 😂
Coming from a sister GenX
She is SPOT on!!
Every answer… ME too lol 😂
Okay, I’s born Jan 81, in elementary school I noticed the generation change. From 1st to 5th grade, the older kids were like in a different reality. My class could get on with all the younger classes, but the older classes and our grade had this invisible impenetrable wall between us. I moved schools a lot after that, but it was always kind of the same. ❤ cool vid! Thanks for being there!! 🎉❤
I was 14 yrs old when I learned my name wasn’t “get more firewood “
😂😁🤣😂
Until I was 8, I thought I was God. Because every time my father opened his mouth I heard, "Jesus Christ Almighty, ..." and he would rant on.😂
I was ten when i realised my name wasn't "luffarunge" (i'm Swedish,born in 1983) and it means bum-good-for-nothing-kid 😂😂 i was raised as gen x,if i got in a fight all my parents said was "i hope to god you whopped their ass" 😂😂
EVERY ONE of her answers were TRUTH! Next gen has no idea what we got away with, and we’ll never tell all.
And neither will video or pictures, I thank God ther was no video or pictures taken daily!!
If these kids these days would leave the house , they could get away with stuff too. 😂
That fist-fight question got me dead, we scrapped all the time. For fun, to settle disputes, etc... And no one cried about it, win or lose.
I think i was seven when i made a cobbler by myself when no one else was at home.
I found a can of pears in the cupboard that had been in the far back of the cabinet forever. I followed the directions in the cookbook except i added the can of pears instead of fresh peaches or berries.
It turned out surprisingly well.
I babysat for neighbors when i was 11.
I walked everywhere, including the time I walked home from a school field trip without telling anyone. It was about a 2.5 mile walk from my house, I was in third grade, so 8 years old. Took a wrong turn had to walk until i saw a landmark i recognized to get back in the direction i needed. Made it home, and never heard a word from school or my mom about it.😂
We played outside everyday with other kids in the neighborhood.
We got into fist fights often.
We thought we got away with a lot more than we probably did.
1-Cooking ? 10
2- babysat ? 14
3- walked everywhere without supervision
4- Was taught to shoot and ride a motorcycle at 8 years old. i was 5 foot 11 at 8 .
5- fights 3 or 4 but can't say everybody i fought with knew how to fight with fists.
6- Don't care what most people think of me .
7- talking about feelings as a child could get us a whipping .
8- i only ask for help if i really need help .
9- i know lots of veterans. i am 1 .
10- we always played outside unless the weather was too bad .but we knew when the streetlights came on to head home .
11- not coddled
12- got away with more .
if it was raining, we were all sliding down the muddy hill for distance
Nice that you answered. I'm 1961, but can relate to many of these Q&As. 😊❤😊❤
1. Cooking: 10
2. Babysat: 9 paired with older siblings
3. Hiked unsupervised
4. Taught to shoot at 13.
5. Zero fistfights.
6. Don't give two hoots what others think of me. Care A LOT what God thinks of me.
7. TaLK abOuT FeElings?!
8. I'm MUCH more comfortable GIVING help than getting it, but improving about asking for it when truly necessary.
9. I know/knew TONS of veterans and knew many senior citizens when I was a child.
10. Played outside a lot.
11. Not coddled
12. Drove myself to success while others my age were screwing around. The few times I acted up, I did NOT get caught.
I'm also 1961 and I could relate to all of them. I'll go one more. I knew how to do basic automotive repairs like change a tire and can READ A MAP!!! Btw...thank you for your service.
I was born in 1983, so by definition I'm a millennial. But having 2 older siblings, I feel closer to the gen X than I am with millennials. The playing outside question made me laugh because when I was a kid, punishment ment I couldn't play outside. Now with our teenage boys, punishment is being sent outside so they can't be on their electronics
That last one made me smile like the grinch😅 Being a GenXer is awesome🎉
A lot of us genXers grew up in single parent homes. It was after Woodstock and the whole being free from responsibilities. Us kids were left on our own to raise ourselves. Having older siblings, the oldest looked after the others. The oldest taught the younger to defend and protect. When i was about 40 years old I started taking martial arts, when I was asked if I studied before, I said " no, I took little sister 101". It was my job to feed and take care of the next youngest. We didn't cry about bullying, we took care of it ourselves. We fished crawfish out the ditches and caught frogs. Ditched school and was glad for older sibling that could forge momma's hand writing. Drank from creeks and water hoses and didn't get sick. Still alive and kicking at 60.
Walked everywhere, played outside all the time and got away with more 😂😂😂😂❤❤
At the age of 8, the coast guard picked me up and brought me back to shore, because I wanted to see how far I could swim. My mom was asleep sun bathing, she had no idea.
Ha! Me too! I jumped off the end of the Santa Monica pier, on a dare, and started swimming laterally to the shore. The boy that dared me followed and when he caught up he was trying to help me. I've always been a strong swimmer and did not need help. The life guard came to bring me to shore and scolded me for a stupid stunt. I have no idea where my mom was. Lol
😂😂😂😂😂💀 As a Floridian this made me laugh so hard!!!!
In the middle of a Scottish summer, huge red jelly fish would turn up in the water. Someone's mother would spot them, put down her Georgette Heyer, and shout to the kids in the water " Swim round the jelly fish and the call would go up from mother to mother often accompanied by circular arm movements. At no point did it occur to any adult to tell the kids to leave the water because we all knew how precious swimming time was in those rare sunny days in West Coast Scotland. That no one was ever stung was a miracle. But we knew the rules. Dock leaves for nettle stings, plantain leaves for insect bites. Walk round the edges of a field. Never go near cows with calves. We knew to shut gates, but we never opened them anyway. Climbing over them every time. Avoid the big boys who'd chase us and the big girls, who'd report us to our mum. (Who'd want to see an elder sibling anyway) and then there was always that one strange adult who wanted to be our friend and every kid kept away from because our survival instincts were strong and we KNEW that there was something not quite right.
I started babysitting at age 10 and never stopped. My mother pimped me out. Til this day cannot watch kids now.
I hope you decide to have a couple of your own. It's so much different when they are yours! You would be good at catching all they're "tricks," too, lol! I did some babysitting, but had my son at 18, without a clue what I was doing. Glad I had a strong natural instinct. My daughter use to put her two boys inside of they're dad's t-shirt, face to face, when they were fighting. They were little then of course. I still think that is so hilarious, and a great way for them to make up. I never taught her that, I think she is a better mom than me, because she thinks of those things, but I'd like to think I did something right to get her there!! I used to tell people, you need to have at least 2 kids. That way they have someone to bitch to, about you, when you are old!!!😂
It was not called babysitting, it was called “Americans give money? Shame on them, don’t even think about it we are not Americans. Is your duty for having siblings and cousins.You are lucky you are never alone” … those bitches to this day are terrible 😅
Yeah, I worked in a day care center at 11 years old until 1 am on weekend nights and then walked home. Lol. Started babysitting for randos at the same age. I used to watch a kid who was deathly allergic to bees, of course she played outside the whole time. Parents gave me a quick tutorial on how to give her a shot and left...it was a kit with an actual syringe..it would never have occurred to me not to do it or be freaked out. The whole time I was growing up I knew the adults around me didn't have a clue...and I grew up with college educated parents. I was constantly thinking, "this isn't right..." lol.
No that was my money so she did not have to use her money to buy me stuff. Years later she said YOU MAKE ME OUT TO BE A MONSTER. IT IS WHAT IT IS. OWN IT. CANNOT CHANGE THE PAST.
@@jeannesmith1141watching other people's kids can destroy relationships with kids. Not everyone is equipped to be a parent, nor does everyone want kids. Just read through these comments, and notice how many of us were neglected and/or abused. No, it won't necessarily be different with our own kids. Many of us are afraid we might, or some have actually have abused their kids, because that's how we were all raised.
The better way to respond is, I hope you found peace inside yourself, and have learned you're worth more than what your mom forced you into.
Im 35 and I was raised like this, and all the kids in my neighborhood!
OMG I walked to the store by myself when I was 6 or 7 years old ! We were given a pass to get away with stuff because we had it tough and became adult's by the time we were 9 !
I was raised by veterans. I learned how to fend for myself and defend myself with honor.
Cooking 7
Babysat 11
Walked everywhere
8 fist fights
No talk of feelings with parents
My friend and I were just laughing about how it was normal to be up in the trees even as girls. Not only did we love climbing them, but we even had a tree house made out of a small camper. It had a little window that you could open and a small screen door. I remember eating little green crab apples and honeysuckle from the vines.. Those were the days
When you & your friend describe trees by whether or not they're good climbing trees, that's a sign of a good childhood.
Loved crab apples, honeysuckles & wild blackberries. Not once did we ever make it back home with enough for a cobbler. Lol
@@SheriHosaleyes my childhood memories with friends was wonderful! parents not so much 😂
12- cooking & babysat for pay. 7- babysat without pay, 6/7- walked home by myself. Used firearm- 39, unknown # fistfights. I've lost count, others' opinions- don't care at all, spoke with feelings w/parents- once/twice, ask for help- rarely. If I do ask for help, it's a last resort & I truly need it, # vets I know play- many. I graduated HS with a lot of them, mom let me play outside when we'd go to the park or she had company, coddled- have never been coddled, caught/got away with more- got away with more.
I plead the 5th. Thank you to all the veterans in my family! And thanks to all service members!
When I was 13, A neighbor tattled to my Mom that she saw me smoking. My Mom asked me to go around to the back of the house to smoke, so she didn't have to listen to the neighbors.😂
Everyone we knew smoked.
😂😂😂
Kudos for displaying one of our generations' abilities toward the end. Holding up your end of the conversation with just facial expressions.
Born 1998
1- Cooking: according to my mom I was making myself breakfast by age 3 (sinple stuff like poptarts and oatmeal) but was cooking full on dinners/meals by age 5-6
2- Babysat: not until I was... 12? But that's cause I was the youngest until I was 6 and then once my lil bro hit 6 I started watching him when my soster wasn't available.
3- Did I walk everywhere without supervision? Yes. Was I supposed to? No.
4- I did not learn the basics of how to use a firearm until 16, and the only reason I learned was cause I asked my uncle to teach me. My mom got... rather upset when she found out he did so.
5 - Fights? ....more than I'd like to admit and definitely more than I got punished for.
6- Nope. (Much to the confusion of my friends and sister.)
7- it depended. As long as I could be understood and wasn't rambling, then it could be... discussed. She was very big on "your free to feel however you want about something, that's your right. But it doesn't change the reality of the situation and you're going to have to live with that."
8- it depends on what I'm asking for help on and from who. From family, I'm more willing since my family's values are that we always have eachothers backs (excluding a few circumstances). The friends I consider family are similar to above but less likely to be asked the others... very little if at all... unless it's something I *need* help on and asking my family is out of the question.
9- yeah, a lot of my family on both sides are vetrans. I've actually been to a military base quite a few times because of this. (On base christmas parties are more fun than one would expect for a kid)
10- as long as I wasn't grounded for bad grades, getting an attitude, or fighting with my sister I was almost always outside. Specifically in a field behind my apartments that had wild plums and blackberries everywhere that had a willow tree that us kids made into a base.
11 - I wouldn't say coddled, but I wouldn't say she up and threw me into the deep end without a life jacket either. It was a balance of "you're a big kid. Figure it out." and guiding me through things if I asked for it and/or was actively struggling.
12 - Overall, I got away with more. And I can't help feeling I would of gotten away with more if my sister hadn't told my mom whatever she could.
Cooking - 9
Babysitting- 14
Went to the store by myself - 4
Fired a rifle - 11
Talk about feelings - Feelings? We had feelings?
Asked for help - Never
Played outside - Who played inside?
Caught - The nosey neighbors were our Ring Bell back then. The few times we got caught - Our friends were our Alibi
Veterans - Everybody's Dad
I totally got away with more! Grateful there were no cell phones, door cameras, etc. I’ll never be able to run for president …. Waaaay too much “stuff” in my background. 😂😂
"Sh*t Thr Streetlight Raised me!" comment had my born in 1971 ass nodding my head yes chanting"Said THAT SH^*!"
Baby boomer here; I could answer all those answers the same way she did! I walked all over SAN FRANCISCO by myself! Wouldn’t do that today with an army behind me 😂. Had 3 younger brothers, the oldest of which was 41/2 years younger then myself. I helped raise them. My income? Babysitting neighbor’s children and working in the snack bar in high school (got paid by the district)! Great times then, but yes, we didn’t question authority until the 60’s! 😮😊
I was a helluva bartender at 8! My parents had pool parties nearly every weekend and would drink Highballs all day. I watched my dad make so many I asked if I could try one. That was the start of my bartender days while the adults and kids had a blast by and in our pool! I thought I was badass! Mom even came up with a signal if the person asking for a drink was too hammered. 1 subtle finger up = just a single shot, 2 fingers = 2 shots are okay, and a cough into her closed fist was 90%water, a drop of alcohol! No one ever knew or cared! I had an awesome childhood!
cooking - 6-7
babysat - 12
walk as a child - I cannot remember when that started, feel like it was my whole childhood
Firearm - 5
Fist fights - at least 3, although if you add hair pulling then who knows
other peoples opinion? what is that
Feelings - all the time, like this "you better dry up those tears before I give you a reason to cry"
ask for help - very rarely
Veterans - too many to count
Play outside - every freaking day
coddled - what does that mean LOL
and I def got away with more since I was not supervised most of the time
I'm only a bit older than Gen X.Much the same except for guns. We played shooting at each other with bb guns pumped low when we lived out in the country when I was about 9,and I shot a 22 at a target when I was 11. Feelings were usually one of the things we did talk about when needed even if it didn't always help things.
And my grandma did spoil us a bit when she wasn't drinking too much.
I'm a boomer, and this aligns exactly with my experience. Also, by 12 I was doing laundry and ironing. I didn't make trouble at all because it would have been like poking a hornet's nest with my nutso mom. I got yelled at for practicing my piano lesson because it stressed her out.
Boomers still number one toughest. How many gen-xers lied about their age to enlist and go to a major war?
Cooking 5
Babysitting 7
Walked everywhere
Was hunting big game at 12 so around 6
Too many fistfights
Other people have opinions that I should care about?
Feeling with my parents? I was not a fan of getting my ass whooped
Ask for help? Only if I need a truck
Tons of Vets
Outside every day
Had to look up coddled in the dictionary
You wish you got away with as much as we did
Coddled means being babied. Ie overly fussed over, mother henned, etc.
I lol'd at "talk about your feelings with your parent." 😂😂
I think everyone did.
Born in 1970, and falling OUT of my chair LMAO after watching this because every bit of what she said is true! 😂😂😂
As for the last, I'd say we got away more than being caught, BUT from just my own experience, we weren't really supervised except like at school. Also in my case, however; when my class entered high-school as Freshman, by our 2nd year ( '85), we would be the reason that (in our town) these people called "skip busters" were 1st conceptualized and hired. Why? Well, despite getting detentions/grounded by parents and whatnot for cutting class, they really couldn't control us.
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I had my first drink of liquor at 3 years old and I had beer often because it kills worms according to my family. I started smoking at 8 years old and got my behind tore out the frame. As an adult I don’t smoke and I only drink on special occasions. When I came home from boot camp my father bought me my first pint of liquor said if I was old enough to fight I was old enough to drink( my father is a marine). At age 7 I was taking care of my mom because she had gotten sick. I took care of her up until 2 years ago when my father died. I was cooking full meals by the time I was 12 years old. Gen X is built different.
Born in 1974-no gun, but my granddaddy made the most amazing slingshots carved from tree branches. They were beautiful, and I was a “sharp shooter” with one. We walked, yes, but I rode my bike mostly. Grew up in a small town, so we rode bikes everywhere. ❤
The firearm and fistfight questions cracked me up. 😅
My mom is gen x and I'm gen y. She is the sole reason my grandparents didn't let me get away with shit. So I got good at "convincing " others to not rat me out. Thanks mom❤
5 years old, 9 years old, absolutely 5 years old. Too many to count as the smallest kid in school until I was 16 and legally blind. Lots of fights I had to be meaner and tougher I don't care about other people's opinions. I did have quite a few heart-to-hearts with my parents and I don't really ask for help under 90% of circumstances I know a lot of veterans played outside of the house everyday whether I wanted to or not. I was a big gamer myself. Play might not be the right word. A lot of times too. I worked my butt off with my dad. If he had something to do we were helping wasn't cuddled at all. My mom did not want me to use my vision as a crutch so she made me or let me do everything else. Everybody did and I had three brothers and sisters in the house older than me so I watched their mistakes. So you can just guess rather I got away with or got caught on various things that I will not confirm or deny