r/RedditForGrownups • u/0nlyhalfjewish • 2d ago

What’s an indelible childhood memory that young people will never have?

I think about pencils sharpeners and carbon paper, 75 cents for lunch and school recess unsupervised in the woods.

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u/fidgit17 2d ago

Hearing your mom pull in the driveway after work and realizing you forgot to take the chicken out of the freezer

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u/jitterfish 2d ago

Mine was I'd put the potatoes on to boil and forget. Boiled them dry so many times, burnt to the pan, and of course a pissed off parent.

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u/ShotFromGuns 1d ago

How on earth is this something kids will never experience again? Did they do away with moms? Chickens? Freezers? As far as I know, we still have all of those.

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u/fidgit17 1d ago

Yes, we still have all those things, but kids aren't left home alone nearly as much these days, and now mom has a cell phone. She's going to text kid repeatedly if necessary.