Perhaps you've already noticed, but millennials tend to be a nostalgic bunch. We love revisiting movies from yesteryear, re-watching commercials for those batsh*t crazy toys, and lamenting over the chocolate frosted sugar bombs we once had for breakfast that are, shockingly, no longer available. And now that millennials are becoming parents, we are remembering childhood in the 90s with longing, wonder, and shock. Still, nostalgia aside, we can't help but admit that being a toddler now, is better than being a toddler in the 90s.
Sure, toddlers in the 90s probably had more freedom and definitely watched more television and ate things that parents, today, wouldn't even dream of feeding their children; but they probably weren't as safe and have far more entertainment options now and, well, the future is always brighter, right? I watch my toddler play, and then think back to the days I sat in front of the television watching Nickelodeon, and can't help but think, "Yeah, my kid has it made."
For the sake of disclosure, I technically spent the majority of my toddler years in the 80s, however, the plethora of 90s memories that I cling to allows me to bring this all full circle. I don't think I would have fully appreciated everything the final decade of the millennium had to offer, or the many parenting lessons of the 90s, had I still been in diapers while it passed, unable to truly remember what it was like. So, kick off your Doc Martens, crank up the Backstreet Boys, and put on your Lip Smackers, because we're about to dig in to how toddler life today is much better than it was in the 90s.