Not To Make You Feel Old, But These 22 Things You Probably Did All The Time As A Kid Are Basically Extinct For Gen Alpha

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“My parents thought nothing of going out for dinner with friends, leaving my siblings and me at home alone. My sister was 8 when she started ‘babysitting’ my brother (6) and me (4). We had the phone number for the restaurant, but that was about it. Today, that would be seen as neglect!”

—ellie4me

“I was 10 when people started letting me babysit their 2-7-year-old children.”

—awkwardgoblin2358

“I had a full-blown babysitting business by the time I was 11. Someone left me with a 9 month old at age 12. I was left with my sister and cousins by the time I was 9 or 10. I have a 9-year-old now, and none of her babysitters have ever been younger than 15. And the 15-year-olds were former students whose parents I knew well. They weren’t just the oldest kid in the neighborhood.”

—francesjoys