13 Pictures That Hilariously Sum Up Parenting In The '70s

As a kid who grew up in the '90s, I have no idea what it was like to have grown up in the '70s, but let me venture a guess:

There was a lot more smoking... like a lot more. And the kids did it too. 
There was probably also a complete disregard for basic road safety. Not just because people didn't wear seat belts, but because drinking and driving seemed like a fun-filled pastime that, like, never got anyone killed.


The pants were awesome. Everyone in photos from the '70s was wearing cool pants. I mean, you couldn't wear them today, you'd become a social outcast, and rightfully so. But back then, they seemed cool.

And that's about the extent of my knowledge on the 1970s. Oh yeah... the music was awesome.

Let's reminisce together about old times I was never alive for. Whaddya say?

1. The 1970s: 

A time when even white people crammed themselves into truck beds to work underpaid jobs on the weekend.

2. Inside a Lego toy from the 1970s

This isn't inherently funny until you remember that now, in 2016, letting little boys build doll houses has turned into a social justice movement.

3. These threats were actually followed through on.

4. Parents smoking indoors. Around their kids. At the dinner table. During dinner

5. Can you believe they're on the road and not wearing helmets?!

That's abuse, right? That's gotta be child abuse... they're going to get run over and then abducted.

6. I grew up in the '90s and played with this. Man, drawing circles was so fun back in the day.

7. "Keep your kids entertained for whole minutes!"

This is actually a fake game system, but Mattel actually did release a handheld gaming device in 1977.

8. That look your parents made when the chorus of Jefferson Airplane's "White Rabbit" came on.

9. "Hey buddy, I got you that fancy toy you wanted. The one with the stretchy arms."

And it cost a whole $3.99, which was damn robbery at the time.

10. "Remember kid, just one."

11. The high definition TV shows broadcasted in full color on a 20" TV made parenting a lot easier.

12. 1970s kid: "Mom, I don't like broccoli..."

1970s mom: 

13. A leather car seat that'll allow your baby to look good as it projects from the front seat of your car at 65 mph.

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