Wild Things That Baby Boomers Grew Up Doing

No Daughter's Dating

Dating culture has been changing rapidly over the years. With dating apps becoming all the rage, it makes sense that girls and guys alike are dating a lot. However, boomers used to have some pretty strict rules. No dating until a certain age was commonplace, especially for the daughters...

Chasing Cars

Poisonous pesticides were not a big issue back in the day, or so people thought. The neighborhood kids would chase after pesticide trucks like a game of tag. These very trucks, against their better knowledge, were really spraying poisons to kill pests and mosquitos, and could harm them!

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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.