If you could choose would you have preferred to be a Teenager today

I was a child of the late 50s, 60s. I didn't have any choice in the matter. So if I were growing up now, it would be the same. I don't have a choice in the matter. I don't believe we are really aware of what is going on arounds us at that age. We are just too consumed by what some kid said or didn't say, and about being accepted, etc. So I doubt that the era in which we were teens, probably had a huge impact on us, except for a few significant events.
 
Irwin said:
If I were a kid in this day and age, I wouldn't hold much hope for my future -- not in the U.S., anyway. Of course, growing up in the '60s and '70s, there was always the threat of having to go fight in Vietnam looming in our future. I'm not sure I thought about it that much, though. I'm not sure I knew that much about it. We didn't have the easy access to information that we do now, and my parents didn't subscribe to a newspaper that I can remember. We had the evening news. That was about it.
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we were lucky. in this country there was no conscription here in the 60's & 70's....
 

fuzzybuddy said:
I was a child of the late 50s, 60s. I didn't have any choice in the matter. So if I were growing up now, it would be the same. I don't have a choice in the matter. I don't believe we are really aware of what is going on arounds us at that age. We are just too consumed by what some kid said or didn't say, and about being accepted, etc. So I doubt that the era in which we were teens, probably had a huge impact on us, except for a few significant events.
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The concept of not being aware of what is going on around us is not true for ALL of us. I grew up in a household in which the news was on much of the time, either on radio or TV and we often discussed the events of the day. Maybe there were folks growing up insulated from the real world, but I didn't seem to know many of these folks since the people I knew at school also seemed aware of what was going on. Also, as an 18 year old teenager, I was in Vietnam, so maybe that contributes to my different view from yours.

Tony
 
Oh most definitely I wouldn’t want to be a teenager today. I’m not even nuts about being an old person today 😂. I liked the uncomplicated, uninformed, world of the 50’s and 60’s. I admit that the 60’s were when things started to go crazy, but I’d still rather have that crazy than this one. When my grandson was about 9 or 10, I was telling him about how wonderful it was growing up in my day. I finished and he looked me in the eyes and said, “Boy Grandma... I’m glad I wasn’t alive back then!”
😂😂, cracked me up 💕
 
Kathleen’s Place said:
Oh most definitely I wouldn’t want to be a teenager today. I’m not even nuts about being an old person today 😂. I liked the uncomplicated, uninformed, world of the 50’s and 60’s. I admit that the 60’s were when things started to go crazy, but I’d still rather have that crazy than this one. When my grandson was about 9 or 10, I was telling him about how wonderful it was growing up in my day. I finished and he looked me in the eyes and said, “Boy Grandma... I’m glad I wasn’t alive back then!”
😂😂, cracked me up 💕
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Several years ago I answered some questions my 6yr-old granddaughter asked about when I was a kid. The last question was "Was everything in black and white?" and naturally I figured she meant in film and TV. She didn't. She actually thought everything was colorless back then.
 
Murrmurr said:
Several years ago I answered some questions my 6yr-old granddaughter asked about when I was a kid. The last question was "Was everything in black and white?" and naturally I figured she meant in film and TV. She didn't. She actually thought everything was colorless back then.
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lol...yes I've had those type of questions too when mine was small.

One question DD asked me very seriously when she was around 6 was.. '' mummy, did they have electricity in the caves when you were a little girl ''... :ROFLMAO:
 
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