15 Things Only the Parents in the 1980s Will Remember

14. Watching TV with your kids was a regular occurrence.

Kids these days rarely even watch TV—all the good stuff is on YouTube and Netflix, or so we’ve been told—and they certainly wouldn’t sit down to watch the same shows that their parents are watching. In the ’80s, though, pretty much every television show could be shared with the whole family. Cheers, Hill Street Blues, Family Ties, M*A*S*H—they were all programs mom and dad could (and did) watch with the kids, and everyone enjoyed them equally.