For children of the 1980s, buying toys wasn't as simple as the click of the mouse. It usually required hours of begging your parents, who then had to venture to the toy store and hope they still had ...

The 1980s is one of those decades that seemingly never grows old. Everyone who experienced it loves to look back on this time of teased hair and bright neon styles with fondness. Even those who had ...

Growing up in the 1980s was a different world, before smartphones, car seat regulations, and playground lawsuits. Kids roamed free, built backyard ramps, stayed home alone, and took way more risks ...

For children of the 1980s, buying toys wasn’t as simple as the click of the mouse. It usually required hours of begging your parents, who then had to venture to the toy store and hope they still had ...

Many parents today frame their interactions and relationships with their kids around breaking generational cycles, according to a survey shared by Talker Research. While it often crafts more open, ...

Children in the 1980s routinely spent entire days outside without adult supervision — a norm that has nearly vanished from American childhood. Crime rates were actually higher in the 1980s than today, ...

Every once in a while, a doll captures the imagination of a generation. For many Long Islanders who grew up in the 1980s, that doll was a Cabbage Patch Kid — and some people who “adopted” them have ...

Gen Xers, the kids who grew up mostly in the 1980s, are coined the “latchkey generation” for a reason. They were not only often expected to let themselves into their homes after school, but many of ...

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Little Rock has witnessed Easter egg stampedes since at least 1905, when the Arkansas Gazette reported that the Little Rock Railway & Electric Co. planned to hide 2,000 chicken eggs in Forest Park.