I grew up in Yugoslavia, after that in Serbia.
We walked to school and came back with friends. Our dinner time was at 7 p.m.
Lunch at the restaurant never happened. There was simply nothing.
You took off your school clothes as soon as you got home and put on your clothes for the game. We had to do our homework before they let us play outside. We had dinner at the table.
Our phone was mostly in the hallway and had a cable attached, so private conversations didn’t exist
The TVs only had a few channels! We actually had to ask before changing channels
We played hide and seek, hid and searched, football, basketball, between two fires
Staying in the house was a punishment and the only thing we knew about "boredom" was --- "You better find something to do before I find you!"
We ate what mom prepared for dinner or we didn't eat anything.
Everyone was welcome, and no one came out of our house hungry
There was no water in the bottle, we drank from the tap or garden hose outside (and everyone was healthy).
Our favorite treat was a slice of white bread spread with butter and allspice, sometimes with homemade plum jam (it was even tastier with friends)
We watched cartoons on Saturday mornings, and rode bicycles for hours, swam in rivers, walked through forests, meadows. They climbed trees, ate fruit from the branches.
We were not afraid of anything. We played until dark ... the sunset was our time to return home (and our parents always knew where we were).
If anyone had an argument, it was instantaneous and we were friends again the next morning
We respected the elders because all of our aunts, uncles, grandfathers, grandmothers, and our parents ’best friends were extensions of our parents, and you didn’t want to tell your parents if you misbehaved!
These were the good old days. So many children today will never know what it feels like to be a real child.
Good times
Effects of digital age. But still, i want my daughter to experienced those things. Maybe after this pandemic