From chenille bedspreads to comic books and tabletop radios, these 12 items were common sights in kids' bedrooms in the 1950s ...

From paper routes and candy to go-karts and staying outside until dark, these things kids did in the 1950s and 60s bring back a different childhood.

“Here’s a picture of my wife, Cathy Tantillo, in 1951, in front of her childhood home in Stanton Island, New York,” says Charlie O’Brien. “She was 5 years old at the time and thought that if she ...

If you grew up in the 1950s, your childhood probably included at least one treasured collection carefully stashed in a shoebox, cigar tin, or dresser drawer. From sports heroes to shiny pocket change, ...

When it comes to music, there may not be two eras more different than the 1950s and 1960s. In many ways, the 1960s were a direct response to the decade prior. The time period was trying to push the ...

In a recent post I contended that a major cause of the continuous rise in teens’ suicides from 1950 to 1990 was a continuous decline over this period in opportunities for kids to engage in the sorts ...

Have you ever seen a kid take a marker or crayons to a phone or iPad? If so, you might be able to imagine what it was like to see kids of the 1950s drawing all over the fantastic new technology of the ...