Another incoming 'in the good ole days' post.
Got my free roaming card when I was 7. My sister was 9, and was 'in charge' lol, yeah right. My mom was a realtor, and would be gone most days in the summer, and we fared just fine. We mastered the art of PBJ sandwiches and KD at a young age. My sisters idea of in charge, was punting me out of the house so her friends could come over, and me and my buddies would just terrorize Lake Bonavista all day on our BMX bikes.
The $5.00 my mom would give me was an absolute fortune for the day. You know how much penny candy you could buy at Mr. Soft Drink for 5 bucks? Went swimming at the Lake unsupervised, built epic BMX tracks in Fish Creek park. Watched scrambled Playboy channel on the old Rogers box... (sometimes you got lucky and the picture didn't quiver all over the place, and you got photo negative boobs.) and when you hit the allowance or Birthday fund jackpot, it was up to Consumers Distributing on the bikes to snag a sweet ass Atari game.
Then we would tie an onion to our belt, and yell at clouds.
Now I think with the GPS trackers, and every kid pretty much having a cell phone, it would be way safer to let your kids live that kind of lifestyle.
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