Raising kids now versus then: Is childhood really that different?
Have things really changed that much since we were little ones running around compared to now, watching our own little ones running around? Is the way we raise our kids so different from how we were raised? We’ve done the comparison – come and take a look and see if you agree!
Back in our day …
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The photo albums were fuller
There are so many things from my childhood that I still do today with my kids – backyard fires, camping trips, searching for seashells at the beach, playing with the slip ‘n’ slide in the backyard.
But perhaps the main thing that sets our childhoods apart is that while we may have done some of the same things, these memories live inside my mind and in countless photo albums stored in my parents’ living room, not on social media or on an iPhone.