I had to quickly throw this up on the blog because it was just too funny not to share. Thestir.com wrote the
20 Signs Childhood As We Knew It Is Gone For Good and a lot of them are so true! I can relate to a lot of these I bet you will too! Enjoy!
Childhood Then: Mom taught you to avoid that empty house down the street.
Childhood Now: We teach them to avoid high fructose corn syrup.
Then: When you complained about your food, your mom told you about the starving kids in Ethiopia.
Now: If they really think they have it rough, they could try living under Joseph Kony.
Then: Ernie & Bert were our favorite babysitters.
Now: The only babysitter we trust speaks three languages and has a PhD in child development.
Then: Mom worried we'd get in trouble for trading Garbage Pail Kids cards on the playground.
Now: Our kids would get suspended if they brought a peanut butter sandwich into the cafeteria.
Then: You couldn't wait until your pictures came back from the developer and Mom picked them up.
Now: They wish we'd stop sharing every single thing they do on Facebook.
Then: We came back inside from playing when the street lights came on.
Now: What do you mean "go outside?"
Then: The lucky kids got Wonder Bread with Goober.
Now: The lucky kids don't have to eat kale chips.
Then: Casey Kasem provided the soundtrack for the lives of everyone in the family.
Now: Radio? We only let them listen to Kidz Bop.
Then: Mom magically paid for toys by writing out a check at the department store.
Now: BPA-free, wooden toys magically appear on the front porch after we order them online.
Then: Movies were a Saturday afternoon day out at the theater, paired with popcorn that was absolutely soaking in butter.
Now: Movies are popped in the DVD player, Pirates Booty is poured into a bowl and plopped in front of them, and we vamoose out of the room as fast as we can.
Then: Itchy bug bites were coated in Calamine lotion, and we were sent back out the door.
Now: We take their clothes off and send them straight into an organic oatmeal bath.
Then: Friday meant family game night with pizza.
Now: Friday means dad's on the Xbox, mom's on Facebook, and the kids are playing Angry Birds on their iPads.
Then: You fought with your brother over who had shotgun.
Now: They won't be riding in the front seat until they're in college!
Then: You had to wait until Mom had time to take you to the library to do research for your school project.
Now: They can look up whatever thy need on their laptops.
Then: Visiting with Grandma and Grandpa meant making cookies and staying up late for snuggles on the couch.
Now: We set them up on Skype so they can talk to our parents.
Then: Three words: raw cookie dough.
Now: You just found a recipe on Pinterest for carob brownies made with free-range eggs and zucchini hidden inside that looks fabulous.
Then: Kool-Aid stained our teeth.
Now: Organic Honest Tea is a rare treat. Otherwise it's a stainless steel bottle full of water.
Then: You brown-bagged your lunch to school.
Now: They have a monogrammed, insulated bag made from sustainable fabrics.
Then: You had to sell candy door-to-door for the PTA.
Now: You take an order form to work because the school has forbidden the kids from actually selling to a real, live person in case they're pedophiles.
Then: There wasn't enough room in the car for all your friends, but the squished in anyway.
Now: Your only child can move their booster seat to any of a variety of seats in the minivan.
