Do you remember life before the internet?
I raised my children without the internet or cell phones. They were the last generation to know what life before was all about.
Raising children without these things was a different world that it is today. There was a whole different set of rules. It was either landline phones or face to face interaction which influenced the daily life or both parent and children.
No internet or cell phones we turned to books or relying on grandparents for help.
Parents had to trust children as they played outside. As they were free to roam neighborhoods, played outside until just before dark or when the street lights came on.Television was limited to cable or broadcast channels. There were cartoons and simple shows like, “saved by the bell.” Children listened to music on “boombox’s. I remember Nintendo came into the scene.
There were no GPS trackers or find my phone apps or Life360. I had to rely on trusting my neighbors and my children. But I also had to teach them about “stranger danger.”
This allowed children more freedom to become independent. But, disciplining children for wrong actions were on display and putting a child in time out was beginning to become a thing.
From Pity to Praise 