Hey 80s kids, remember this?

Wasn’t being a kid in the 80s totally rad?

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Everyone had Trapper Keepers, Cabbage Patch Kids, and a Walkman with one very worn-out mixtape.
A vintage 80s school photo of a smiling girl with big glasses, feathered bangs and a red bow

Say cheese!

Your family shot one roll of film a year, then waited a week at the Fotomat to find out who blinked

A teen in a 1989 t-shirt and acid-wash shorts stands by the open door of a white station wagon

Yes, that is really one of our staff. Bonus points for the 1989 tee.

80s kids remember Saturday morning cartoons, MTV, and getting up to change the channel

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Computers were beige, games came on cartridges, and the arcade ate all your quarters

80s kids blew into Nintendo cartridges, typed in BASIC programs from the back of magazines, and knew every ghost’s pattern in Pac-Man. Nobody had a phone in their pocket, but everybody knew where the nearest pay phone was.

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Somewhere in Boone County, a kid is waiting for Player 2.

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Every child deserves a memorable childhood like so many 80s kids had

We had a great childhood in the 80s. Our school photos prove it, and so does the hairspray.

A school photo of a freckled girl with feathered hair in a striped top
A school photo of a curly-haired girl in a Scotty dog sweater
A teen with teased hair wearing a pink t-shirt covered in friends' signatures
A young girl in pastel clothes poses in front of a formal garden
A girl in a black jumper and red shirt stands in front of a flower bed and a red barn
A smiling teen in a purple t-shirt sits next to her school books
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