Im Gen X, I suppose. I was born in early 1965. When I was a kid in the summer, Id wake up around 7 and Mom would have to force me to eat breakfast before I was outside. Wed climb trees, swim, build forts, ride our bikes into town to get 10cent bottles of Townclub, play baseball at the school or football in the backyards. It was nonstop action all day until Moms would start calling the kids home around dark. Lunch was at whose ever house we are at at the time. Had to be home at exactly 5 for dinner and then by 530 after cleaning the kitchen for Mom right back outside.

We didnt have video games. TV had 4 channels and it was all garbage. We made our own fun. Every Saturday Dad would have us all outside at the buttcrack of dawn to do our 2 hours each of yard work. Couldnt do shit until the jobs were complete. He would give us each 2 dollars for the help so we could buy an ice cream. And that was on top of our 10 dollars allowance. Dont ask for extra money, there was none. I had my own paper route at 10 years old. Nobody helped me. I saved that cash and when I turned 16 had enough to buy my own car.

I raised my millennial kids this way. It took on two of them but the baby of the family was kinda spoiled. Shes the liberal of the family but not one of these outrageous liberals. Shes just got a big heart.