Parent like it's: 1950s, 1970s and 1990s - here is what they have in common:
Free-range play
Home-cooked meals
Reading aloud
Gardening together
Board game nights
Handmade crafts
Family storytelling
Picnic outings
Neighbourhood gatherings
Nature walks
Traditional celebrations
Looks good to me, but then what is different today? One article says that play has evolved from free-range to finely-tuned - parents driving all over the place picking up children from highly organized, time-defined activities does seem to be the norm now. We know what's happened to home cooked meals by walking up the middle aisles of a grocery store. And search for home-cooked meals and you will find that they can be delivered directly to your home.
Some of these others seem suspect: who gardened together in the past - children had garden chores.
As I look at that list a bit more, these things seem like a hundred years ago. Picnic outings, for example. What does a picnic look like today? AI has an answer for me - a blend of rustic charm and modern aesthetics. There is only one page of picnic articles, including the information that Picnic day is in March, an odd time of year for a picnic. Then the "picnic" topic turns to what Prince Archie looks like now, Steven Kwan's future, what the iPhone 18 Pro looks like and May Day Italy 2026. Picnics are not much of a 2026 activity.
What if this is one of those filler ideas that is fun to read? It does have a nostalgic sense for those of us who were children in that nuclear family of the 1950s to the 1970s. A little nostalgia has made its way into the retro parenting topic.
I have three bee houses for native bees. I put one of them on the top shelf of the potting bench to keep it out of the rain. I now share the potting bench with the bees who come and go. These aren't honey bees who have a hive to defend and would sting. Our native stinging bee - the bumble bee - is too big to fit into any of the holes.
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