23 Parents Whose Old-School Parenting Wouldn’t Pass Today
From eating sand on the beach to playing with cigarettes, most of us have all sorts of hilariously odd photos from our childhoods. Looking at the photos now, you can’t help but wonder how this old-school type of parenting would be looked upon today – probably not too well. Lucky for us, most of our parents had a great sense of humor and there are still photos out there that prove it.
People online are sharing vintage photos that make it look like everything was way more relaxed back in the day. After all, who’d let their kid ride a bear or take their child on a motorcycle ride these days? Check out the best vintage photos of hilarious questionable parenting in the gallery below!
#1 Me Back In 1991 Just Your Typical Aussie Kid Drinking Xxxxlight Beer(I Wasn’t Aloud Heavies Back Then) And Holding A Baby Crocodile
Image source: truthcrusade
#2 If Your Mum Didn’t Lay On The Ground Making Herself Into A Ramp For Your New BMX, Did She Even Love You? 1980’s
Image source: therealabv
#3 My Mother And Grandmother Demonstrating Safety Standards In The 1960s
Image source: thisisanendtable
#4 California Marijuana Initiative Rally 1972. That’s Me In The Box And My Parents In The Picture
Image source: 19blackdog72
#5 My Dad And His Veterinarian Mother, With Their Pet Lion Which They Raised For Two Years, 1959
Image source: ryanb99
#6 Princess Yvonne And Prince Alexander In Germany, 1955
Image source: Photo Tractatus
#7 A Couple Ice Skating With Their Baby, 1937
Image source: Gar1986
#8 Car Seat Safety In 1958. Not Strapped In To Anything, These Seats Relied On The Mother To Put Her Arm Out And Stop The Baby From Falling Forward
Image source: claire303
#9 Infant Me, My Mother & Father At A Bar Because That’s How Parents Rolled In The Early ’80s
Image source: areyoufknserious
#10 The Pinnacle Of Parenting: 1930s Swimming Lesson
Image source: cheml0vin
#11 My Mother-In-Law Riding A Bear At 2 Years Old
Image source: Homebrew-Joe
#12 Harley With A Baby Seat, 1962
Image source: Bob Sandberg
#13 My Hilarious Father (With The Magazine) And My Grandfather, Grandmother, And Uncle At His Bar Mitzvah In 1972
Image source: JasonPlatz
#14 My Dad Showing Off His Parenting Skills 1985
Image source: imakethenews
#15 A Photo Of Me Dressed Up As My Dad, With My Dad (1982)
Image source: fuuuuuckendoobs
#16 My Mom In The Hospital After Giving Birth To My Sister. Canada 1978. Smokes And Roasted Chicken
Image source: rookdanger
#17 Back In The Day. 1950s To Be Exact. Checkout That Car Seat
Image source: iworkondishwashers
#18 Me, 1958, Relaxing After My Bath With Toby, I Was Never Again This Cool
Image source: ickeyray54
#19 My Mom Showing Off Her Parenting Skills 1978
Image source: thedumone
#20 13 Y/O Dad Having A Taste While The Grownups Are Busy Playing Cards; Upstate New York, August 1954
Image source: stevierayfrog
#21 My Father And His Pet Lion Priscilla, California 1970’s
Image source: spencehord
#22 My Adorable (4 Year Old) Mother At A Zoo In Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, 1970
Image source: youngbarrister
#23 Just A Photo Of Yours Truly (At 11 Years) Petting A Full Grown Tiger. My Mom Calls It Her “Bad Parenting Moment”
Image source: reesmeister
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Correction for #22. It is not Ho Chi Minh city but Saigon. Saigon was renamed to Ho Chi Minh city in 1975. If the picture us from 1970, the correction way is called the city Saigon.
Edit: “the correct way to call the city is Saigon”