Millennials have kids already? Christ, they are starting early. I don't even know what they liked as kids? Dora and Hannah Montana, probably not Star Wars.
We played bum's up/out. We played a variation where the use of hats to catch the ball was allowed, but not gloves (banned them ourselves after a while). We found allowing kids to use caps increased participation, but kids using caps to catch were just as likely to drop the ball.
A further variation of bums up at Collingwood Elementary was the fact that there was a steel angled shutter awning thing on the wall we played on as well as a extension of the roof parallel to the ground that went about 2 feet. This allowed a variation of the bounces and increased the frequency that we'd have to run to the wall. I wonder if this wall is still there... according to google map images, it is. The wall in front of the blue hoop thing.
Do kids still play red rover? I'm surprised more kids didn't dislocate shoulders playing that game.
Dog piling was probably close to being phased out by the time I entered elementary school. A couple suffocations, that sort of thing.
That wall gym equipment stuff. I remember there would only ever be a few kids who could climb the full 15 feet to the top of the rope.
Crazy carpets... You could tell which kids played with them due to the bruises on their knees. Two handles on the top, so to get speed, you'd literally jump and land on your knees like some WWE finishing move prior to sliding down the hill. I didn't realize they were banned. I had always found tubing down a hill more scary and dangerous than crazy carpets.
Off topic: On a recent tour of an elementary school, I was extremely pleased to note that the game bump is still alive and well. (Two basketballs, one hoop, cannot touch opponents basketball with your hands, but can smack it away with your ball, don't let someone behind you score before you, you star with 3 lives, be the last kid standing)
I wish millennials would stop forcing their kids into liking things they liked as kids. When little snotty Johnny and smelly Sally find Star Wars on their own they'll probably love it.
Are you insane? This is one of the best parts of parenthood. There's a slim grouping of years where you're actually kinda cool and they just watch ghostbusters/Star Wars/Batman on repeat. If you don't get to them early you just end up watching Paw Patrol until you hate everything.
Crazy carpets... You could tell which kids played with them due to the bruises on their knees. Two handles on the top, so to get speed, you'd literally jump and land on your knees like some WWE finishing move prior to sliding down the hill. I didn't realize they were banned. I had always found tubing down a hill more scary and dangerous than crazy carpets.
Crazy carpets aren't banned. My daughter and I bought one at Canadian Tire when visiting over the holidays. Different brand name but exact same thing.Flimsy plastic piece with two holes in front to hang on to. Not as fast as I remember.
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Crazy carpets aren't banned. My daughter and I bought one at Canadian Tire when visiting over the holidays. Different brand name but exact same thing.Flimsy plastic piece with two holes in front to hang on to. Not as fast as I remember.
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Crazy carpets aren't banned. My daughter and I bought one at Canadian Tire when visiting over the holidays. Different brand name but exact same thing.Flimsy plastic piece with two holes in front to hang on to. Not as fast as I remember.
We'd just stick our feet in those and point it downhill.
Millennials have kids already? Christ, they are starting early. I don't even know what they liked as kids? Dora and Hannah Montana, probably not Star Wars.
Millenials having kids? So that's like three generations living under most roofs?
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Nope, Millennial means "coming of age" around the Millennium. Kids born on/around the millennium are called "Gen Z"/"Post-millennials"/"Homelanders"/"iGeneration"/etc. depending on which website you are reading.
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