We may have experienced many things that gave us beautiful childhood memories. But unfortunately, those things don’t exist now.
A user asked the forum, “What is something from your childhood that no longer exists now?” Here are the top responses.
TOYS-R-US
![pretty woman looking angry, annoyed and frustrated screaming wtf or what’s wrong with you](https://mrsdaakustudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/5.-shocked-and-scream.jpeg)
“Toys-R-Us. I miss that place. I remember my dad taking me, and I wandered through the aisles, amazed at all the toys. I got one of my childhood favorite Barbie dream houses there.”
TOYS IN THE CEREAL BOXES
![Portrait of pretty unsatisfied furious lady raise arm palm complain questioned communicate you isolated on pink color background.](https://mrsdaakustudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Woman-with-a-wtf-expression.jpeg)
“The toys you get from cereal boxes.”
PRIVACY
![feeling stressed, worried, anxious or scared, with hands on head, panicking at mistake](https://mrsdaakustudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/wtf-3.jpeg)
“Privacy. Mostly because we didn’t have big meta mining our data/location.”
ARCADES AND MALLS
![Young caucasian overweight woman isolated on blue background confused and doubtful shrugging shoulders to hold a copy space.](https://mrsdaakustudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/wtf-1.jpeg)
“Arcades and Malls. They are just not the same.”
NICKELODEON
![Beautiful brunette young woman wearing glasses and casual clothes sitting on the table clueless and confused expression with arms and hands raised. doubt concept.](https://mrsdaakustudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/wtf-woman-.jpeg)
“Nickelodeon. It exists in some form, but it’s a dead network, far from the golden age of cartoons it was in the 90s.”
PHOTO ALBUMS
![confused and doubtful shrugging shoulders to hold a copy space.](https://mrsdaakustudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/wtf-man1.jpeg)
“Photo Albums. My mother has been cataloging some old photos she never got around to putting in albums. It is a different experience than looking through someone’s phone at curated pictures.
You would get the pictures back, and 90% of them would go in the album. No editing, no, my hair looks like a mess. You would find photos of yourself years later that you never knew existed.
When your grandparents die, you start looking through albums for their memorial and can reminisce. It is so nice.”
PUBLIC PHONE BOOTHS
![Young,Redhead,Housewife,With,Talking,By,Phone,And,Holding,Handset](https://mrsdaakustudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/90s-woman.jpg)
“Public phone booths (at least where l live).”
BOREDOM
![young pretty woman feeling clueless, confused and uncertain about which option to pick, trying to solve the problem](https://mrsdaakustudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/wtf-angry.jpeg)
“Boredom. With a battery on your phone and preferably an internet connection. You can’t be bored like we used to be when a wet weekend meant being stuck in the house with only four channels. Two showing black and white movies that were just filler and the other two showing sport.”
AFFORDABLE HOUSING
![Simple house exterior with tile roof. Front porch with curb appeal](https://mrsdaakustudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/house.jpg)
“Affordable housing in my hometown. My hometown is a mess, but it’s also only 50 miles from a very trendy coastal city, so now it’s expensive stuff. I won’t be moving back there.”
SATURDAY MORNING CARTOONS
![Don't know, sorry. Portrait of clueless uncertain confused curly-haired woman in urban style hoodie shrugging shoulders in questioning gesture, looking with indifference. indoor studio shot isolated](https://mrsdaakustudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/wtf-whatever-woman.jpeg)
“Saturday morning cartoons. Nothing beats the joy of waking up early on Saturday morning to watch five hours of your favorite cartoons, most of which were only on at that time on that day.”
THE HOUSE I GREW UP IN
![Colourful houses on the tropical island of Barbados in the Caribbean](https://mrsdaakustudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/3.-Barbados.jpeg)
“The house I grew up in. A tornado hit it in 1999, and my parents moved out of town. The people who bought the corner lot built the house facing the other street, so the address no longer exists.
That led to some fascinating confusion when I later had a job requiring a security clearance, and the investigator couldn’t find where I’d lived most of my life. No box was on the form for ‘house destroyed by the natural disaster.'”
THE SPECIALNESS OF GOING OUT WITH FAMILY ON THE WEEKEND
![Asian,Family,Planning,A,Trip,Mother,And,Daughter,Looking,At](https://mrsdaakustudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/travel-with-family.jpg)
“The ‘specialness’ of going on a family outing on the weekend. The movies, a museum, the zoo, an outdoor festival. Nowadays, parents feel obligated to take their kids out/keep them entertained Friday through Sunday night (universe forbid these kids should have to entertain themselves.)
Not to mention all of the fancy birthday parties kids go to that are purely experiential/ take place at a specialty venue. The sheer volume of day trips makes none of them stand out to the kids.”
PLAYING OUTSIDE
![Two pretty little girls learning to skateboard on beautiful summer day in a park. Children enjoying skateboarding ride outdoors.](https://mrsdaakustudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/kids-play-daughter-son.jpeg)
“Playing outside with all of the neighborhood kids. Everyone had to be home when the streetlights came on.”
BLACK BOARDS
![angry teacher shout to schoolgirl, posing at blackboard background - back to school and education concept](https://mrsdaakustudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Depositphotos_303341834_S-1.jpg)
“Blackboards that use chalk. It’s whiteboards everywhere now.”
ZOOM
![Frontal view of a repulsed woman, annoyed and rejecting what's put before her. Experiences something negative, inappropriate, revolting, she thinks it's enough!](https://mrsdaakustudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/4.-disgusted-woman.jpeg)
“The PBS show Zoom. I watched the original as a kid way back when. It got revived for a while in the 1990s to around 2005 as well.”
PHONE BOOK
![man with a phone screen time](https://mrsdaakustudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/man-with-a-phone-screen-time.jpg)
“4-inch thick yellow pages phone book. The white pages were only about 1 and 1/2 inches thick.”
FREE RANGE KIDS
![Four,Kids,Eating,Italian,Pizza,In,Pizzeria.,Children,Eat,At](https://mrsdaakustudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/kids-on-a-dinner-table.jpg)
“Free range kids. We went everywhere but were always home for dinner.”
NERF FOOTBALLS
![Photo of crazy funny young nerdy man stick tongue out fooling face joke isolated on blue color background.](https://mrsdaakustudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/1.-stupid-man.jpeg)
“Nerf footballs, hearing them whistle through the air nostalgic. You don’t see them anymore.”
RIDING BIKES OUTSIDE
![repair cycle](https://mrsdaakustudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/repair-cycle.jpg)
“Riding bikes outside with your friends. I should clarify: you no longer see kids riding bikes on the streets with their friends. We used to do it every day when I was younger.”
PEOPLE MINDING THEIR OWN BUSINESS
![Puzzled mature female in blue dress shrugs shoulders as does not know answer, being clueless and uncertain.](https://mrsdaakustudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/4.-whatever-woman-in-blue.jpeg)
“People minding their own business and not feeling like it’s required to document your whole life.”
CEREALS MADE WITH OAT FLOUR
![Young boy eating cereal in living room smiling](https://mrsdaakustudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/cereal.jpg)
“Cereals made with oat flour. Most cereals that used to be oat-based have switched to a corn-base that completely changes the flavor and texture profile.”
COLOR
![Beautiful young blonde woman wearing colored sweater afraid and shocked, surprise and amazed expression with hands on face](https://mrsdaakustudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/wtf-woman-3.jpeg)
“Color. Everyone keeps talking about how the world seems less colorful now that we’re older because it is. Ever is all about the boring gray, white, beige modernism. It’s sad. Just think of Mcdonalds then versus now.”
FREE STUFF
![Closeup photo of attractive terrified lady biting lips made big mistake, eyes full of fear feel guilty wear casual orange striped t-shirt isolated pastel purple color background](https://mrsdaakustudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/oops-guilty-mistake.jpeg)
“Free stuff. From the gas station: books, glasses. Book clubs would give the first for free. You can order freebies by sending a letter to certain companies. A summer fair would give free Pepsi; you could get as many as you wanted. These days, Costco is the only place with samples, and it’s only at certain times of the day.”
UNDEVELOPED LAND
![tropical beach in Dominican republic. Caribbean sea. Saona island](https://mrsdaakustudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/5.-Dominican-Republic.jpeg)
“Undeveloped land. When I was a kid, there were empty lots everywhere that we used to play and bike in. Now, the whole valley is filled in, and there are parks with ramps and bike/skating areas, but not as many as we need.
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This article was originally published on Mrs. Daaku Studio.