Some music had to be removed due to YouTube copyright rules. This very 1983 reel is all about what to do and not to do when you are a latch key kid, taking care of yourself at home after school. Like so many of my generation, we were expected to be able to take care of ourselves, and this 16mm classic would help guide the uninformed. But in reality, we pretty much just did whatever we wanted. Enjoy!
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Oh, the Lacoste and belt buckles of the 80's! And I'd nearly forgotten about Le Tigre, the Lacoste knockoff! 😂
Begins with "Everyone wants to grow up". Cue television commercial from just a few years later that says "I don't wanna grow up, I'm a Toys "R" Us kid!". There's also this: "16 springs and 16 summers gone now/ cartwheels turn to car wheels through the town/ and they tell him, take your time it won't be long now, till you drag your feet to slow the circles down……" Joni Mitchell
The stop drop and roll stuff always reminds me of the one comedian who noted that, based on the fact that it was constantly drilled when you were a kid, that catching fire would be a lot more common than it actually is.
After my Dad died, I was home alone a lot…I had chores, and lots of hobbies/interests.. exclusively nerd prime stuff. In summer, I would go on long range " away missions" on my bike ( 50+ miles) . My one really scary moment ( in a cool way) was being out in a tropical storm on a bicycle. Having a 70+ MPH wind behind you is like hitting the " turbo boost" button on a Colonial Viper. Ten speed brakes become useless when wet.
Helicopter parents were a very rare thing in the '70s..
To get around the copyright thiefs claiming the music, you could use RTX-audio to isolate the voice and then put some royalty free music on, avoiding the awkward silences the noise gate gives.
This is very nice, but …. what if your name is John and the 'person' at the door is a Terminator?
OMG, These saccharin filled perfect kids, all smiles and happiness. Not one of them had a cigarette, joint or a drink. Or even turned the stereo on. Thats what I did at their age. LOL.
Home alone never. Mom was a stay at home mom. Dad had a 24hr Garage Service attached to the house. Usually we were far away from the house all day. Tell mom where you would be and she would have to trust you. Because most days i was no where near a phone. For up to 7 hrs at a time. First-aid came from a us army first aid field kit I bought and stocked. Thank goodness for Army Navy Stores.
In a more modern version their would be no dad and the mom would be lying on the couch wacked out on meth.
But what about when my parents were late back and i sat there crying trying to figure out how to live my life without my parents who most certainly were killed in some accident or something
I had it easy since we didn't have phones where I come from so no need to remember any important phone numbers.
Home alone without the shenanigans. 🙂 These movies you share from the archive are very enjoyable. Thanks for doing this. Greetings from the Netherlands.
Aww, is it the Stranger Things prequel? 😀
I love that this reel teaches kids to be assertive. Start them young!
Sometimes I wish my generation (and especially the younger part of it, i.e. those born in '90s) and the next ones would be given more freedom and responsibility when we were kids. It surely helps in adulthood.
Something interesting is that they didn't do that 555-1234 thing with the phone numbers in the various shots. I always hate that, and find a 555 number way more distracting. They might as well just write YOU'RE WATCHING A TV SHOW/MOVIE instead of the number. It takes me right out of whatever I was watching.
Most of the latchkey kids I knew would typically be left a note along the lines of "Yer Dad'll be home at six, there's a fiver on top of the telly, go the shop and get him 20 Bensons and a pie dinner."