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Parents had no idea where their kids were most of the time and it worked out just fine.
I was talking about this with my wife the other day. We were walking around my neighborhood, but on trails i'd go on with my childhood friends. I never took her (or the kids) there. I remember just walking out of the house in the morning, coming home for lunch, and immediately going back out, then coming home for dinner. Exploring abandoned factories, picking fruit from the trees, stealing corn from the fields, gasoline/firecrackers pranks etc. Nothing unusual, no one worried, no one calling the cops or anything. If i find out my kids went there (several km from the house) in a few years (when they will be my age when i did that), or did just 10% of the stuff we did, i'd probably lose it. Different times, i guess...
Another one I like to point to is cartoons. Cartoons in the 80's were fucking AMAZING! Cartoons today are gay as shit.
Memory bias I say.
I watch an unhealthy dose of cartoons with my kids and don't necessarily agree. While i did enjoy my time with He-man (i still get the chills when i hear the theme music), TMNT, Snorks, Danger mouse, Alf, BraveStarr, Dino Raiders, etc, cartoons nowdays are not as bad. Lot of the cartoons nowdays have a (relatively) good sense of PC, are non violent and have an interesting learning/teaching topic. As a parent, i appreciate that. I have two girls, and I'm glad there's Princess Sofia, Doc McStuffins, Superwings etc for them to watch (as a reward for good behavior).
When they grow up (slightly), there's stuff like Trollhunters, Star war rebels, Samurai Jack, etc. Superb animated shows. There is crap out there, but so was in the 80s.