Teeter totters to play on which are banned from many parks.
No umbrella strollers. No car seats, although I support their use. Tape recorders. I would sing and listen for hours. Jumpropes for kids. Marbles. Chinese jump ropes. Pantyhose. People didn't care much about exercising or know about healthy food. Not a gym on every corner. I support fitness too but nobody knew much about it back then. Lots more smokers and no understanding of the health risks .
I remember when, at least in my area, mom's stayed at home with their minor children. Many woman did not drive. Men didn't do housework (that wouldn't fly now...lol).
Ah just some thoughts from my old days.
I didn't realize teeter-totters have been banned from parks. Wow, just wow! What a namby-pamby society we live in, with a bunch of namby-pamby people drafting up asinine laws such as this one.
No baby car seats, no umbrella strollers, and no disposable baby bottles, I remember all of those, just as I do marbles, jump-rope, and pantyhose!
I was the stereotypical housewife/mother that smoked. Days were spent swinging my cigarette back and forth as I moved from room to room in the house doing things, and when I could get away with it, I'd perform chores and duties with a cigarette dangling from my mouth, chores such as hanging laundry out on the clothesline, folding laundry, even changing diapers!
I know all about men not doing housework, which, if they work outside the home, and the wife/mother is at home (fulltime), they shouldn't have to, but still, little things such as changing diapers, preparing a bottle, or helping with other simple tasks, isn't difficult to do, however, men (back in the day) didn't even do that.
I remember my mom and I changing the diapers of baby siblings, while dad sat at the kitchen table reading the newspaper or snoring on the couch with the television on. Dad never change a single diaper in all the time us kids were little. Don't remember other dads changing diapers either, and even in the homes I babysat at, it was the moms who dealt with the diapers.