PICK: What was the best decade for being a kid?

Does your childhood belong in the '50s, '60s, '70s, '80s or '90s?

 

We are all nostalgic for different eras — and not necessarily the ones in which we grew up. Movies, television and memories have a funny way of doing that to us. 

Whether you are a Boomer, a Gen-Xer or a Millennial, you had some wonderful elements to your youth. But which decade would have been best suited for you?

Answer these deeply scientific (disclaimer: that is a joke) questions about candy, toys, bikes and shoes and find out! Let's settle this: Which was the coolest decade for being a kid?

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  1. Every kid needs some wheels. Which bike would be the coolest for riding around the neighborhood?
  2. So pull off a nifty trick with your bike. Which slang word is the most enjoyable way to declare that it is "awesome"?
  3. Choose a teen idol to idolize.
  4. Speaking of idols, every generation needs a boy band. Which group is the ultimate boy band?
  5. Which TV best captured teenage life?
  6. Every kid needs a cool pair of kicks. Pick some sneaks.
  7. All that jumping has made us hungry. What is the best thing to get as a kid at McDonald's?
  8. Time for some sci-fi bragging rights. What would have been the coolest movie to see the day it came out on the big screen?
  9. You can handle a little danger. Pick a banned toy to play with.
  10. Which class should they still make high school students take?
  11. Finally, it's Halloween. Which candy is the most exciting to find in your plastic pumpkin or pillowcase?

PICK: What was the best decade for being a kid?

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196 Comments

WilliamJorns 1 month ago
"You should be a kid in the 1960s." Guess what? I was born in 1958. I WAS a kid in the 60's. And yes, I was there for Beatlemania!
TexasGem 1 month ago
70s and 80s. What a time to be alive.
boomerdragon61 1 month ago
60s and 70s. Slumber parties, bell bottoms, platform shoes (ouch), patterned clothes that looked like you were wearing a TV test screen LOL! Half a dozen of us riding in the BACK of a pickup truck to go harvest pecans at one of the local orchards so we could help our moms make holiday treats from scratch...
dazeofwine 1 month ago
60s. And I got this before on another internet quiz.
KawiVulc 1 month ago
Well I *was* a kid in the 70's... #3 was really a NOTA though, not into idols. #11 though... pretty much all that crap is still rotting in the bottom of the old Trick or Treat bag come January...
Bret 1 month ago
You should be a kid in the 1970s
WVsassy 1 month ago
Yep! I got the 1970s! While being a teenager in the eighties was awesome, I miss being a kid in the seventies ❤️
Granny 1 month ago
50s kid. Which I was. It was the best decade to grow up in. I was a teenager in the 60s so some of the choices fit too.
Spaceseed 1 month ago
50s when kids were safe on the streets. Riding in a car, not so much.
JohnBates 6 months ago
1970's, Far out! Although my teenage years were in the 80's.
cripplious 11 months ago
Im an 80s kid. It finally picked it right.
Keeperofpeace64 32 months ago
Definitely the 70's... the music was better and those summer days back when us kids could still play outside and would..
Remember the song " Summer Breeze " by Seals and Croft... it sure brings back great memories..
Snickers 33 months ago
Says I should be a kid of the 60's, in fact I was a kid in the 60's and it was the best time of my life.
JERRY6 37 months ago
got that right should be a kid in the 60's
Zip 38 months ago
"You should be a kid in the 1970s
Flared pants, feathered hair and funk! Far out!"

Well, I WAS a kid in the 70's. It wouldn't be the decade I would pick personally though. Hated the fashion and the music. To me the best decade to be a kid was the 80's, and I was still a kid for some of it. But really, any decade before this current one would be the best.
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