If you grew up in the 90s, chances are you didn’t realise you were living through the end of an era. Nobody announced the last time you’d rent a film from Blockbuster. There wasn’t a national farewell to the Argos catalogue or a minute’s silence for dial-up internet. These things just quietly disappeared while we…
Every summer my social media fills up with “100 things to do with kids”, colour-coded activity planners and enough craft supplies to open a branch of Hobbycraft. Meanwhile, I’m just trying to answer one question: When did letting kids make their own fun become bad parenting? I don’t remember my mum feeling guilty because I…
Because if it ain’t broke… If you’re reminiscing about 90s summer toys, you’ll probably remember a time when summer holidays didn’t need expensive entertainment. We spent entire days outside with a football, a scooter or a packet of chalk and somehow never complained that we were bored – which can sometimes seem a far cry…
If you were one of us 90s kids, chances are you spent half your childhood terrified of completely made-up dangers. Our parents didn’t have Google – hey had confidence, and somehow they convinced an entire generation that swallowing chewing gum was basically a life sentence, turning the big light on would bankrupt the family, and…
Remember what 90s kids bedrooms looked like? From inflatable chairs and lava lamps to glow-in-the-dark stars, here are 25 things every child had or desperately wanted.
If you grew up in the 90s, there’s a good chance your childhood was one long health and safety violation. Looking back, it’s a miracle any of us made it to adulthood, because the best 90s toys weren’t just entertaining – they actively tried to injure us. Somehow our parents looked at giant spikes, exploding…