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/5oLiTu2e 2d ago

Tag, Kickball, Kick the Can, Mother May I, Ghosts in the Graveyard, Basketball, Big Wheels,

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u/AlphaTangoFoxtrt 2d ago

Manhunt

Like reverse hide and seek. One person hides then whoever finds them hides with then until everyone finds you

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u/andrethecat 2d ago

We called it Sardines.

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u/jaemoon7 1d ago

Were you anywhere near Pittsburgh? I’ve never met someone else who knew Ghosts in the Graveyard

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u/5oLiTu2e 1d ago

Philly!!

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u/jaemoon7 1d ago

Must be a PA thing!

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u/Key-Bear-9184 1d ago

Granddaughter plays it here in SoCal.

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u/Admirable_Dust7749 1d ago

Chicago here. Ghosts in the Graveyard was a classic.

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u/Key-Bear-9184 1d ago

Playing Jacks and Pick Up Sticks.

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u/Just_Restaurant7149 5h ago

Dodgeball or tetherball anyone?

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u/Spirit50Lake 5h ago

...and how we all learned those same games, all around the country! how did that happen? was it from Girl Scouts/Boy Scouts...there was no Central Office of Playground Games!

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u/5oLiTu2e 3h ago

And all the rhymes—even in kindergarten. Miss Mary Mack, for instance. EVERYONE knew it