Oh this is fun!
I was a child of the mid-60s to the early 70s. I lived in a very small town. I remember spending whole days outide entertaining ourselves. we played in thew woods and the cornfields. I always watched Gilligan's Island and the Brady Bunch when I came in early enough to see it.
I remember riding my boke with friends everywhere, all day long. the only rule was to be home before dark. No one was trying to accost kids back then.In fact, if it rained or got too windy, and adult would always pick up you and your friends, throw your bikes in the trunk, and drive you home!
We would ride our bikes out around Bass Lake, which was at least an hour away, and we would get an ice cream cone near the beach. I liked the Blue Moon flavor.
The back door was always oen, and we never locked the car. Everyone knew everyone else, and it took forever to get through the grocery store because my mom had to talk to everyone she saw.
Our kitchen was decorated in Harvest Gold and Avacado Grteen. My mon decorated the kitchen in Mushroom decor form Sears, and we also had flocked wall paper.
I had to wear either a dress or polyester dress pants to school, and the Gideons stood by the exit to the school every year, and handed out Bibles as we headed for the bus. (gasp!) We also prayed in school (gasp!)
I rode a bike with a banana seat and plastic flowers on the basket. Do they even make bikes with baskets now?
And yes, we got spanked when we did something really bad, and no one called child protective services on my parents because they spanked their kids too! :0)