60 Things Every 1970s Parents Did That Would Get Them Arrested Today

In the parking lot of a Kmart on a hot July afternoon, a mother cracked the car windows two inches, told the kids in the back seat to sit tight, and went inside for forty minutes. Nobody looked twice in 1976, and today that same shopping trip could end with a police officer tapping on the glass and a report filed before she reached the register. Here are sixty things every 1970s parent did that would get them arrested today. Ask anyone who grew up in that decade and you will hear the same shrug: we were fine, mostly. If one of these sixty was a regular part of your own childhood, put it in the comments so the rest of us can compare notes. The laws caught up slowly, one car seat rule and one child welfare statute at a time. 1970sParents #1970s #70sKids #Nostalgia #RetroAmerica