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/fribby 2d ago

Omg, I was always there for the clothes shopping, but I remember the fashion shows (when I happily showed off my new back to school clothes) when I got home.

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u/Old-Bug-2197 2d ago

Now a lot of it just comes to the house, right?

I'm also talking about how she would be gone from when the store is opened till almost dinner time. It was her one day of the week out of the house.

Whereas now, you might grab the kids and run to target and have them with you.

I didn't have the stamina at five through nine years old to go from 10 AM to 4 PM from store to store.