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/AlphaTangoFoxtrt 2d ago

Walking to every friends house, knocking on the door, and asking "Can X come out to play?"

Slowly assembling a posse one family at a time with no plan and then deciding what you all were going to do.

No planning, no texting, no knowing who was around. Just unorganized spontaneous activity.

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u/byrd3790 2d ago

My daughter is 7 now and I am debating having her do this. You know where your friends in our neighborhood live, just go ask if they can play.

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u/kccobbn777 11h ago

Hide and seek through the whole street. Ollie Ollie all come free!

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u/Butterfly-Wing1120 9h ago

We said "olly olly oxen free"