Parenting: 90s vs Today

I'm still pretty nostalgic about baggy jeans and hose water but the @T-Mobile SyncUP KIDS Watches are pretty slick too! #parenting #backtoschool #TMobilePartner

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Hi! I'm Taylor Calmus, a rural South Dakota born and Colorado-based actor/comedian. I started Dude Dad© two weeks before my son Theo was born as a way to stay creative while learning to be a father. My wife Heidi and I now have 4 kids and over 500+ videos. We also have a TV show on the Magnolia Network called Super Dad. My purpose for the channel is to entertain, enlighten and inspire.

Parenting: 90s vs Today

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[DudeDad]

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[juliechildress]

I really miss the 80s and 90s now. Being kids was so much simpler without social media.

[morghan_]

As a child of the 80s I relate to this SO hard. My dad would stand on the front porch and whistle (with his mouth) and we could hear it for at least a mile 🤣🤣 Hose water, playing in drainage ditches, and reappearing as the street lights came on. Those were the days!!

[TimeBucks]

This video gives me such mixed feelings.

[wolfbandit]

I can't imagine parents today allowing their kids to be at a park without them, regardless of the SyncUp watch.

[Holly]

Hose water was delicious. It strengthened the immune system

[amandarobb]

I was born in the 70s, raised in the 80s...and raise my kids "old school". They play outside with sticks and imaginations when their toys are boring them, get straight A's (or Bs for my son), stay out of trouble, and are the most polite kids around! They aren't perfect, nobody is, but doing it "old school" isn't bad either! All the best!

[LnWlfBlck]

Being a kid in the 80s and 90s was way more fun and exciting then now. We could go out and play pretty much anywhere and your parents didn’t worry unless you weren’t home in time for dinner or before the street lights came on. We built things, tried things, got hurt and picked ourselves back up and tried again.

[ProtoMario]

The 90s were so crazy because you were never home and your parents never cared.

[xxTeamTakagixx]

The 90s was pretty much my childhood except my dad had the gigantic VCR camcorder that he carried on his shoulder.

[MaterMultis]

Funny you just made me realise that I've parented through three decades. I have to say that the 90s were easier but not simple. Parenting today is much more hands on and dangerous. Especially with online stuff. The mind is easier to damage than the probability of being hit by a train.

[TwighlightAngelRose]

As a person that basically grew up in the 90s I LOVED it. I felt so free when I was able to walk down to the park on my own or go over to the gas station to get that slurpy in the summer. That whole railroad track thing made me laugh so much because a lot what we did back then would be considered dangerous and a hazard these days such as drinking from the hose or more so jumping around in the creek with no shoes on and running around like a maniac before dinner with no shoes as your mom calls you in for dinner only to sit down and watch things like the Simpsons 😂 I do miss those days.

[benjamin.kelley]

The water balloon on the hose spigot (and breaking of course) unlocked a whole level of childhood for me.

[bridgetbanerjea]

This is great! My favorite was the random scenes-Heidi stirring an empty bowl, Taylor grilling bananas 😂

[mtthriller]

Man, this video made me happy and depressed at the same time. I feel like the entire point was to poke fun at how overprotective parents have become in the last couple of decades. However, the capstone was a pitch for a digital leash that enables non-stop helicopter parenting.

While I am all for child safety, there is a lot of value in *figuring things out for yourself*. I was born in 85' and am happy to have "survived" the 90's. Growing up in Arizona, you learned to let the hose water run out first to avoid burning your face off 😅

[Watchoutforsnakez]

So much denim. Moms sideways parted hair. Kids making bike jumps. Disposable cameras. Nailed it.

[salty]

Heidi looks great in 90s attire, it fits her personality so well. Thank you for the great content.

[carolynridlon]

I'm a child of the 60's & 70's - even more basic & simpler times. Definitely the hose water, being courteous by letting mom know where I was going & actually doing it, the metal lunch boxes & thermos, less issues & more freedom.❤❤ ❤❤❤

[erinbickler]

As a child who grew up in the 90s, I never realized how much danger I actually was in! This is so spot on! Brilliant!

[BigDaddy-drgf]

If you are old like me, you remember when there were only three TV stations and cartoons we only on Saturday mornings. During the summers your mother would kick you out of the house first thing after breakfast, you came home for lunch and then back out until diner, then back outside until the street lights came on. If you told your mother you were bored and could not find anything to do, you would find yourself mowing the lawn or cleaning your room ; I was never bored. We built underground forts and treehouses. Played tackle football without protective equipment. Had BB gunfights (head shots were not allowed). Contest to see you could climb the highest in the elm trees. Went swimming at the local pool without parental supervision. We would have wheelie and ramp jumping contest on our bikes. We made our own skate boards out of 2x4's and metal skate wheels. I'am very surprised any of us survived. We were definitely abused children.