15 Things Only the Parents in the 1980s Will Remember

8. Car safety meant putting the kids in the “way back.”

Booster seats for kids in the ’80s were a luxury few families felt the need to invest in. The safest place for them, after all, was in the “way back” of a station wagon, where they could roll around with the groceries and cling to the back seat (or each other) during sharp turns.