Great theme, @ jacor. I also grew up in the 80s but in Russia. Childhood in general a good time, and I remember mostly good things. We also did not have foreign TV programs as now, children's films and cartoons were shown only by one serian a day, if a movie or a cartoon was a serial, the next series could be seen only on next day. Gummy Bears appeared in the early 90s). We also played on the street with friends. Our country at that time was more bigger and called the Soviet Union, and I had the opportunity to travel to the republics of the USSR (Ukraine, Moldova, Lithuania, Georgia and others) My dad was a navy man and also was a part of the elite (and of course I wanted to be like him). He had a good salary and we were one of the first who got different kind of innovations such as a car or a tape recorder. It was great!!!