I logged onto my Facebook account this morning only to run into this little group called “You Know You’re a 90′s Kid if You Remember This”, and I have seen it before a few times, even received invites to join the group but just looked at it as spam and didn’t bother with it. This morning, I figured, ‘why not? I’ve got a couple of minutes’. I read this list and honestly, I teared up. I remember 99% of the things on this list and how much each of these meant to me as a child growing up in the 90′s before iPods, Wii, and Text Messaging. Here is what the world has come to today: On many occasions, I have seen families out to dinner with their kids and heir kids are either texting, or listening to their iPods rather than talking to each other; I have seen school age children at school bus stops, where each one has some sort of device they are using or listening to, rather than talking to each other… I mean I couldn’t wait to see my friends at the bus stop and talk to them all the way to school! I have decided, since the first day my first child was born, that I would not give in to what I call “slack parenting”, where I could just use television, iPods, or computers to babysit my children. I have made it my mission, that my children will receive limits on the use of televisions, and computers and that they will be required to be kids. Play outside, play board games, read books! This is what childhood is all about and I cannot let them miss out on it. You have one chance in life to be a kid and then you are on your own, baby. I don’t want to ever regret not giving that to them and having them resent me for it for the rest of their lives. God help our children today. It has just gotten so bad.

Read this list, and I want to hear your thoughts, too!

You’re a 90′s kid if:

You can sing the rap to “The Fresh Prince Of Bel Air”

You know that “WOAH” comes from Joey from “Blossom” and that “How Rude!” comes from Stephanie from “Full House”

You remember when it was actually worth getting up early on a Saturday to watch cartoons.

You remember reading “Goosebumps”

You know the profound meaning of “Wax on, wax off”

You took plastic cartoon lunch boxes to school.

HELLO….HOT WHEELS!!!!!

You remember the craze, then the banning of slap bracelets and slam books.

You still get the urge to say “NOT” after (almost) every sentence…Not…

Where in the world is Carmen San Diego? was both a game and a TV game show.

You knew that Kimberly, the pink ranger, and Tommy, the green Ranger were meant to be together.

You remember when super nintendos became popular.

You remember watching home alone 1, 2 , and 3……..and tried to pull the pranks on “intruders”

“I’ve fallen and I can’t get up”

You remember boom boxes vs. cd players

You remember New Kids on The Block when they were cool

You knew all the characters names and their life stories on “Saved By The Bell”

You played and/or collected “Pogs”

You had at least one Tamagotchi, GigaPet or Nano and brought it everywhere

You watched the original Care Bears, My Little Pony, and Ninja Turtles

NANCY DREW AND THE HARDY BOYS WERE THE BEST MYSTERY BOOKS

Yikes pencils and erasers were the stuff!

All your school supplies were “Lisa Frank” brand.(pencils.notebooks.binders.etc.)

You made paper scrunchies to see who you’d end up marrying

You remember when the new Beanie Babies were always sold out.

You used to wear those stick on earrings, not only on your ears, but at the corners of your eyes.

You’ve gotten creeped out by “Are You Afraid of the Dark?”

You know the Macarena by heart.

“Talk to the hand” … enough said

You thought Brain would finally take over the world

You always said, “Then why don’t you marry it!”

You remember when everyone went slinky crazy.

You remember when razor scooters were cool.

When we were younger:

Before the MySpace frenzy…

Before the Internet & text messaging…

Before Sidekicks & iPods…

Before PlayStation2 or X-BOX…

…Back when you put off the 5 hours of homework you had every night.

When light up sneakers were cool.

When you rented VHS tapes, not DVDs.

When gas was $0.95 a gallon & Caller ID was a new thing.

When we recorded stuff on VCRs & paid $3.50 for a movie.

When we called the radio station to request songs to hear off our walkmans.

When the Chicago Bulls were the best team ever.

Tag.

Get Over Here!!!! means something to you.

Hide-n-Go Seek at dusk.

Red Light, Green Light.

Heads Up 7 Up.

Playing Kickball & Dodgeball until your porch light came on.

Hopskotch.

Tree Houses.

Hula Hoops.

Captain Planet.

Running through the sprinklers.

That “Little Mermaid”

Crying when Mufasa died in the Lion King.

Happy Meals where you chose a Barbie or a Hot Wheels car.

Getting the privilege to sit in the front seat of the car.

Drinking Sqeeze It “Squeeze The Fun Out Of It”

Or what about:

Hey Arnold.

Rugrats.

The Secret World of Alex Mac.

Rocco’s Modern Life.

Are You Afraid of the Dark?

Doug.

Magic School Bus.

Aladdin.

Pinky and the Brain

Sailor Moon.

Blossom.

Beavis & Butt-Head

Wishbone.

Bill Nye the Science Guy

MR RODGERS!!!!

Where everyone wanted to be in love after watching The Wonder Years.

Under the Umbrella Tree

PEE-WEE!!!

The Big Comfy Couch

Kool-Aid was the drink of choice.

Class field trips.

When Christmas was the most exciting time of year.

When $5 seemed like a million, & another dollar a miracle.

When you begged to go to McDonalds for dinner everyday.

When Toys R Us overuled the mall.

Go back to the time when:

Decisions were made by going ‘eeny-meeny-miney-moe’.

Money issues were handled by whoever was banker in ‘Monopoly.’

Being old referred to anyone over 20.

A chance to skate as a couple at the local roller rink was like winning the lottery.

When Ninja Turtles ruled the world.

When Aladdin was new, before the trilogy was complete.

Before we realized all this would eventually disappear

Who would have thought you’d miss the 90′s so much?