Was this normal in the 90's

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I'm trying to sort in my head some of the things my parents did when me and siblings were growing up to see what was normal and was was not.

When my parents used to go into town ie the high street, if they had their shopping to do or something like a bank appointment they would drop us at the toy store and leave us there playing with the toys until they'd finished and then they'd come back. Probably used to leave us for about an hour but I'm not sure if it was longer. We were about 4/5 when they started doing this
I can't imagine doing this. It was early 90's though so I don't know if it was normal or not.

I am surpised that so many people think that huge prams were the norm in the 1970s. My son was born 1973 and he was either on reins or in a foldable pushchair/buggy (for getting on and off public transport) once he could not be carried in a seat or put in the trolley seat.

Prams really were NOT normal and supermarkets were available with trolleys (with seats)

My mum had a huge pram with me in 1978. It was good for sticking shopping in apparently . It was a silver cross that was given to her.

I had a huge pram in 1995 when d's was born , although I also had a smaller pushchair .

I'm sure lots of people had huge prams and not everyone drives so many people used smaller shops . Bit difficult to push a pushchair and a shopping trolley round asda when you've walked there with the pushchair

@bunnybuggs

I am surpised that so many people think that huge prams were the norm in the 1970s. My son was born 1973 and he was either on reins or in a foldable pushchair/buggy (for getting on and off public transport) once he could not be carried in a seat or put in the trolley seat. Prams really were NOT normal and supermarkets were available with trolleys (with seats)

I guess it depended where you lived, my mum had a big pram in the 70s but walked everywhere. As it wouldn't fit on the bus.

@bunnybuggs

I am surpised that so many people think that huge prams were the norm in the 1970s. My son was born 1973 and he was either on reins or in a foldable pushchair/buggy (for getting on and off public transport) once he could not be carried in a seat or put in the trolley seat. Prams really were NOT normal and supermarkets were available with trolleys (with seats)

Big prams were still common then, especially if you had several children, and needed to use a pram seat for a toddler. We weren’t buying new baby stuff for each one, as seems to happen quite a lot these days. Also, the trolley ‘seats’ were only suitable for babies who could reliably sit up. They were no good for young babies.

No I don’t think that this was normal in the 70s, 80s or 90s . It was very normal in the 70s to be left in the car whilst the adults went in to a pub though.

Leaving children at the pick and mix while parents do the shopping, sorry I find this hilarious 😂😂😂

i dont think i left my dc at the woolworths pic and mix but i think they might have found their own way there

@MrsLargeEmbodied

in the 1970s we were left in the car while adults were in the pub

Yes!

Probably not at that age, but from around 6 or so I would have begged to be left in the car, and sometimes waited there for an hour or so. I don't have kids but imagine that it's not the done thing now

I was a kid in the 90s and nope wasn't even allowed to play in the street with other kids without adult supervision. Lived in east London tho.