1

"When your mom runs into another mom at the grocery store and you know you’re gonna be stuck there standing around for half an hour"

2

"The Presidential Fitness test (probably for a select group of Millennial kids)"

3

"I knew nothing about periods when I got mine at 13 in the year 2000. I told my mum I got my period and then asked “how many more minutes until it’s over?” She was like “oh honey, you’re going to bleed non stop from anywhere between 3 to 10 days”. I cried lmfao

I really thought a period was having blood come out for 10 minutes once a month and that’s it"

4

"Our dads all making us drink that gross cough medicine and standing there with a threatening aura waiting for us to drink it"

5

"The midwestern goodbye"

6

"Giving a presentation in front of the class when you’re not used to it."

7

"When my first pet (a beloved hamster named Rascal) died, I was devastated. My stepfather b#tched about me using a box one of his ties had been purchased in to bury Rascal. He was never going to use that box again, and I was so upset."

8

"That final week of a long school break. (depends on where you live)We used to have 2 months during summer. 2 months is an eternity for a child.

Then that final week came. It was always so depressing. You get used to the freedom you have and you finally enjoy living. Then suddenly you see the banners around town:“Schools have started again.”Every adult is reminding you schools are about to start again and suddenly you see the days closing in very fast.

Then Mom decides staying up late was done because I needed to get used to the rhythm of school hours again. Suddenly you notice the sun already starts to set quite early. Temperatures decrease. Rain starts to fall.

I hated it. I really hated it."

9

"People who didn’t have braces cannot understand how awful that sh#t is. I don’t regret it as I had f@#ked up teeth as a kid, but that pain for the first few days after them being tightened and hardly being able to eat anything, and having that dull throbbing ache in your teeth, f@#king awful. Plus just the general pains of getting food stuck in your braces, especially stuff like bread. It’s not a fun time."

10

"My dad forgot his wallet once and filled up his tank. This was back in the day when you’d pay inside after you filled up. He left me at the gas station for collateral while he went home to get his wallet. It was an awkward 15 minutes."

“I’ve forgotten my wallet, hold on to my daughter for a while and I’ll go get it”

11

"Eating alone in the cafeteria because you moved to a new state quickly made friends and then they all decided to bully and hate you for seemingly no reason."

12

"Your dad screaming about how math has changed while trying to help you do your math homework."

13

"Having to say stuff about you in front of the class

Or

“Where do you see yourself in five years”"

14

"Getting your eyes checked and having them shoot air in your eye"

"For me, it was being yelled at for not keeping my eye open when they blow that burst of air in it."

15

"The universal dread of hearing the ice cream truck’s music, rushing outside with coins in hand, only to watch it drive away before you could catch it. That moment of disappointment is a shared childhood heartbreak, a cruel lesson in the fleeting nature of opportunity and joy."

16

"The lice checks"

17

"Waking up at 6am-7am to get ready for school"

"There’re so many studies showing that kids need more sleep than adults that pushing school start time back is now a cornerstone of public policy. My family had a 45-minute commute so more often than not we had a 5:30/6am wake up call. Absolute torture as a kid, and I enjoyed school."

18

"Getting lost in a store or crowded place. The overwhelming panic and fear of being separated from your parents, even for a few minutes, is a universally dreaded childhood experience. It’s a moment of helplessness and vulnerability that stays vivid in our memories."

19

"Taking showers after gym…horrid"