Yep. Doors were definitely locked in my neighborhood. It was so common there was even had a name for it in the 70's and 80's. "Latch key kid."
I had to enter through the garage and use the key (which my mother made we wear under my shirt around my neck) when the bus dropped me off from school.
Yeah what do people think the "latch key" part meant? How else were we going to get in when we came home from school a couple hours before our parents got home from work?
I'm not going to say that we would shoot arrows straight up over our heads with bows and then run to get out of the way of the descending return flight of the sharp metal-tipped arrows...
... cause no one in their right mind would have ever done that.
We did not leave our doors unlocked in the 80s. I don't know anyone who ever did that.
Yep. Doors were definitely locked in my neighborhood. It was so common there was even had a name for it in the 70's and 80's. "Latch key kid."
I had to enter through the garage and use the key (which my mother made we wear under my shirt around my neck) when the bus dropped me off from school.
Yeah what do people think the "latch key" part meant? How else were we going to get in when we came home from school a couple hours before our parents got home from work?
In the 60s ----- we had a mom at home full time
We made our own skate boards ---- and lawn darts.
Speaking of lawn darts...
I'm not going to say that we would shoot arrows straight up over our heads with bows and then run to get out of the way of the descending return flight of the sharp metal-tipped arrows...
... cause no one in their right mind would have ever done that.
Survival of the fittest they say.
Well, I'm still typing today. 🏹🤦🏻♂️