‘Clapping at TV shows’: Former kids share weird things their families did while raising them

Every family has those little quirky things they do differently than other families. I come from a mother and a father who were always clinically early to every event we have ever attended together. On a good day, we would get to extracurricular activities or movie theaters a good 15-30 minutes early. I know that …
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A Kaleidoscope of 90’s Nostalgia Way Deeper Than the Ball Pit at McDonalds

I remember the 90’s. It was a time of unbridled commercials, spiky hair, fiery shirts, and a drifting moral compass that sugared us up better than Kool-Aid Jammer. We didn’t have Uber, cellphones, or Amazon Fresh–we had bicycles, gummy worms, and if we were lucky, a hand-me-down pager. We’d talk to our friends on the …
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‘She got her lips stuck together’: 8-year-old exacts perfect lipgloss-based revenge on bully

If you’ve ever been a kid (which is everyone) you know that kids can be brutal. They have no filter and a desire to hurt. Sure, people can be mean all the way into adulthood, but nobody’s meaner than a 5th grader with something to prove. The scars left by elementary and middle school bullies …
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31 Y2K Memes That Won’t Charge You $0.99 for a Ringtone

There were so many things about the early 2000s that were iconic. Firstly, when the clock struck midnight on the last night of the 90’s, the world thought it was going to vanish in a big puff of exploding glitter, but actually what came next was an epically unhinged era of the Internet. Before all …
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34 Childhood Nostalgia Memes to Guzzle Straight Outta the Hose (January 21, 2024)

We were there. We were there when the VHS became a DVD. We were there when child stars drew Mickey Mouse ears with a glow stick before every commercial break. We were there when tyrannical big sisters were the meanest characters in every cartoon.  We. Were. There.  For those of us feeling a twinge of …
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‘GOOD HUMAN ALERT’: Kindhearted commuter discovers a long-lost plushie on the train tracks; rescues, refurbishes, and reunites the toy with the child who lost it

Every kid has a favorite toy growing up. Whatever toy that kid has decided to latch onto– whether it’s a football, a plushie cow, a doll, a Lego set, or just a silly, crooked spatula –you better believe that that toy will be glued to the hip of that little kid for as long as …
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28 Childhood Nostalgia Memes to Guzzle Straight Outta the Hose

Half days, no phones, drinking from the hose, and running home before the street lights came on– that’s what childhood was all about. We would play games outside with our friends, climb a tree, dig a hole, and put human clothes on the dog to stave away the boredom, but when Mom gave in and …
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Teenage Babysitter Exacts Ultimate Revenge on Overly Meticulous Mom

Babysitting, like teaching, is one of those professions that are vital to a functioning society but that is woefully under-appreciated and under-compensated. These are our young minds we’re talking about. The future of society whose imaginations and intelligence need to be nurtured. The people in charge of them should be paid handsomely for their efforts. …
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Millennials Share Relatable Childhood Pleasures They Were Told to Outgrow but Never Did

In life, we hear that we’ll eventually move on from childhood fads, bizarre obsessions, and quirky habits. But as the witty minds of Reddit users remind us, some quirks are here to stay, defying the laws of adulting. As Reddit users reminisce, they also remind us of the universal truth that we never truly outgrow …
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People Admit to Times They Feigned Naivety as Children to Gain Cuteness Points From Adults

Kids can be way cleverer than they look. Some children have a talent for being straight up emotionally manipulative. Case in point: @Howlingmutant0’s recent post in which they admitted to (as a child) deliberately acting in a way they knew grownups would think was cute, turned into a viral Twitter thread full of similar confessions …
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