...To be more specific then...

80s kid: Born in 1975
90s kid: Born in 1985

A 70s kid. Although I'd rather not be pushing 41 right now.  :-\\

A 70s kid. Although I'd rather not be pushing 41 right now.  :-\\


Yeah, it would be fun being a kid in the 70s. But that's not what I'm asking here.

'90s kid. If I was around in the '80s I might not like them as much.

I'm happy being a '90s kid born in 1987.

'90s kid. If I was around in the '80s I might not like them as much.

I'm the same way. Fortunately, I was only in the '80s for a month.

I'm the same way. Fortunately, I was only in the '80s for a month.


I missed the '80s by about two weeks  :\'(

Depends on how old you mean when you say "kid."
I was a '70s child, but an '80s teenager.
I wish I had been older in the first half of the '80s because that's the apex of my pop culture tastes. The '80s were officially over by the time I was even old enough to go to "21+ shows"!

Sorry to say, I'm glad I was not a child in the 1990s, and even more glad I am not a child today!

I'd rather be what I was, a '90s kid, except maybe a little older.

Depends on when exactly. I was a little kid in the late '80s and early '90s and I thought it was ace. I would not have wanted to be a kid in the late '90s though, and even less so now.

80s kid: 1976 ;)

I'm kind of both, having spent my "under 13" years up to 1994.

Both decades actually I think were more "kid" oriented than the '00s and both have their good qualities and fun times to be a kid. But I lean slightly to the '80s, just because that's what defined me the most (e.g. playing Super Mario for the NES in 1988 at age 6-7). There were times I wished I was older, so I could've "experienced" the '80s more from an adult/teen perspective, but there were also times I wished I was younger, so I wouldn't be "embarrased" if I liked a Britney Spears song in 1999 when I was 17. ;D

Heck, at the time I even felt a little too old to admit liking some of the Disney movies around in circa 1994, when I just wanted to be an "adult mindsetted" 12 year old. Although I still really liked the kid culture then too.

I'm kind of both, having spent my "under 13" years up to 1994.

Both decades actually I think were more "kid" oriented than the '00s and both have their good qualities and fun times to be a kid. But I lean slightly to the '80s, just because that's what defined me the most (e.g. playing Super Mario for the NES in 1988 at age 6-7). There were times I wished I was older, so I could've "experienced" the '80s more from an adult/teen perspective, but there were also times I wished I was younger, so I wouldn't be "embarrased" if I liked a Britney Spears song in 1999 when I was 17. ;D

Heck, at the time I even felt a little too old to admit liking some of the Disney movies around in circa 1994, when I just wanted to be an "adult mindsetted" 12 year old. Although I still really liked the kid culture then too.


Definitely, people above 10 are more of the "adult mindsetted" sort of teenagers. Like they don't admit to liking Disney movies and all that, which is part of the reason I feel like the nostalgic part of my childhood was more pre-late 2000 or so, because that's when people start going through puberty in your grade and want to be focused more on trying to be adults. Do you agree that there were two types of '80s kids: the pre-1986 or so types who were more of the "video arcade"/Pacman/Transformers culture and then the late '80s type that you were?

Definitely, people above 10 are more of the "adult mindsetted" sort of teenagers. Like they don't admit to liking Disney movies and all that, which is part of the reason I feel like the nostalgic part of my childhood was more pre-late 2000 or so, because that's when people start going through puberty in your grade and want to be focused more on trying to be adults. Do you agree that there were two types of '80s kids: the pre-1986 or so types who were more of the "video arcade"/Pacman/Transformers culture and then the late '80s type that you were?


Agreed fully.

Yeah, there was sort of a change around 1986, just into the more digital era and slightly "less '80s" '80s (i.e. the Full House/Home Alone era of 1986-91 or so). I sort of envied the "Pac Man" type '80s kids sometimes, whom felt like a slightly different entity than me.

I'd estimate it sort of like this:

1972-77ers: Video arcade/early MTV generation/skating rink '80s kids (a few could squeeze in as '70s kids too).
1978-80ers: Full House/NES '80s kids.
1981-83ers: Bart Simpson/very early '90s "80s kids" (although this is more or less identical to the previous group, as they'd share alot of the same '80s memories).

Agreed fully.

Yeah, there was sort of a change around 1986, just into the more digital era and slightly "less '80s" '80s (i.e. the Full House/Home Alone era of 1986-91 or so). I sort of envied the "Pac Man" type '80s kids sometimes, whom felt like a slightly different entity than me.

I'd estimate it sort of like this:

1972-77ers: Video arcade/early MTV generation/skating rink '80s kids (a few could squeeze in as '70s kids too).
1978-80ers: Full House/NES '80s kids.
1981-83ers: Bart Simpson/very early '90s "80s kids" (although this is more or less identical to the previous group, as they'd share alot of the same '80s memories).


Yeah, I agree with that. I think that part of the requirement for being part of the brat pack is having remembered enough of the '70s to have been a '70s kid: E-Z bake ovens, Schoolhouse Rock, all of that. Here's how I'd put the '90s kid progression:

1984-1987ers: Early-mid '90s kids, stuff like the basketball cards and yo-yo fads, and pogs.
1988-1990ers: Late '90s sort of kids of the Spice Girl era, which I think I fall into. Much, much too old for stuff like Spongebob Squarepants and on the younger end of the Rocko's Modern Life set.
1991-1993ers: The last of the '90s kids. The Lizzie McGuire preteen set.

'90s kid. If I was around in the '80s I might not like them as much.


That's unexpected coming from someone who's always lamenting the fact they missed being born in the 80s by less than a month.  ;)

Voting neither, for I am happy the way I am.

I wonder why the '80s are beating the '90s right now in the polls. ???

Agreed fully.

Yeah, there was sort of a change around 1986, just into the more digital era and slightly "less '80s" '80s (i.e. the Full House/Home Alone era of 1986-91 or so). I sort of envied the "Pac Man" type '80s kids sometimes, whom felt like a slightly different entity than me.

I'd estimate it sort of like this:

1972-77ers: Video arcade/early MTV generation/skating rink '80s kids (a few could squeeze in as '70s kids too).
1978-80ers: Full House/NES '80s kids.
1981-83ers: Bart Simpson/very early '90s "80s kids" (although this is more or less identical to the previous group, as they'd share alot of the same '80s memories).


I must agree!!

A '90s kid(although since I am one I am a bit biased ;))

An 80s kid (but like mach!ne_he@d above me, I might be biased since I am one (1973)). One thing I can say I'm thankful for as an 80s kid, I watched Sesame Street without Elmo and didn't have to worry about being exposed to Barney.

An 80s kid (but like mach!ne_he@d above me, I might be biased since I am one (1973)). One thing I can say I'm thankful for as an 80s kid, I watched Sesame Street without Elmo and didn't have to worry about being exposed to Barney.


:D Elmo and Barney were at the top of my 'Children's television personalities to kill' list.

I used to always watch Barney and Sesame Street when I was little in the '90s. But when I watched Sesame Street from about 1992 to 1995/6, Elmo was on it, but just another character. But still, I wonder why the '80s are beating the '90s in the poll right now even though it's by one. ???

I used to always watch Barney and Sesame Street when I was little in the '90s. But when I watched Sesame Street from about 1992 to 1995/6, Elmo was on it, but just another character. But still, I wonder why the '80s are beating the '90s in the poll right now even though it's by one. ???


Whenever I get angry, I just get my tickle me elmo doll and strangle him.  ;D

Whenever I get angry, I just get my tickle me elmo doll and strangle him.  ;D

Laugh, I was working at Toys R Us when that thing came out... Christmas was unbelievably hectic that year.

Laugh, I was working at Toys R Us when that thing came out... Christmas was unbelievably hectic that year.


You worked at Toys'R'Us? So did I!  :o

Woo! I worked there for just under 2 years (or is it just over... can't remember). Worked in a long block at first, then worked a few summers/Christmases between semesters.

I'm both, actually.  I was born in 1982, so I remember the 80s fairly well AND I grew up during the 90s.  I chose 90s though, because I liked having my formative years (grade school, high school) happen during the introduction of all this great technology.

I am kind of ok, with the year I was born, 1976....

Even though, I'll be 30 pretty soon....  :\'(  ;D

I am kind of ok, with the year I was born, 1976....

Even though, I'll be 30 pretty soon....  :\'(   ;D


I'm there for you, Jamie! We had some good times, didn't we, chap?  ;)  :\'(  :-* :)

Thanks!  :)

I'm there for you, Jamie! We had some good times, didn't we, chap?  ;)  :\'(  :-* :)


^ haha, oldies

i guess since i am a 90s kid and i love the the early/mid/late 90s fairly equally, i would "rather" be a 90s kid. my "era" is mostly in the 92-02 period, so while i like the Golden Age of Rap and New Jack Swing and some Hair Metal, those eras were coming to a close as i hit 2nd grade.

Because of that i would definitely not mind having been 10 years older so i can get a better grasp on the 82-92 period, and i could have had the New Jack Swing era coinciding with my high school years. It would have been cool to know what it was like when "Thriller" came out. Oh and Jennifer Connelly could have been the celebrity crush of my Youth.

I'm happy with the year I was born. I have no qualms about it. I appreciate more and more each day. I suppose I'm between the '80s and '90s kids, but I have better and more fonder memories from the '80s. The '90s were okay, but those were the years I was coming of age, so it was more of a struggle than being carefree and childlike.

I'm happy with the year I was born. I have no qualms about it. I appreciate more and more each day. I suppose I'm between the '80s and '90s kids, but I have better and more fonder memories from the '80s. The '90s were okay, but those were the years I was coming of age, so it was more of a struggle than being carefree and childlike.


The more I think about it, people our age are actually the perfect time to get into the '80s, '90s and '00s. Of course the '80s are my fave (like yourself, it was my more "defining" and carefree time), the '90s are pretty good too - I have more personal experience there. Yet despite all that history and attachment to my under 14 years, I don't feel "too old" for 2006 and I don't hate the '00s or anything. They're still a part of what I'll probably later refer to as "my time" and my young life, and I like some of the songs, movies, technology, etc.

The more I think about it, people our age are actually the perfect time to get into the '80s, '90s and '00s. Of course the '80s are my fave (like yourself, it was my more "defining" and carefree time), the '90s are pretty good too - I have more personal experience there. Yet despite all that history and attachment to my under 14 years, I don't feel "too old" for 2006 and I don't hate the '00s or anything. They're still a part of what I'll probably later refer to as "my time" and my young life, and I like some of the songs, movies, technology, etc.

I know what you mean. Most of my best memories are in the '90s, but most of the good memories of the '00s are the people I know and school.

The more I think about it, people our age are actually the perfect time to get into the '80s, '90s and '00s. Of course the '80s are my fave (like yourself, it was my more "defining" and carefree time), the '90s are pretty good too - I have more personal experience there. Yet despite all that history and attachment to my under 14 years, I don't feel "too old" for 2006 and I don't hate the '00s or anything. They're still a part of what I'll probably later refer to as "my time" and my young life, and I like some of the songs, movies, technology, etc.


Very well said.  ;) I keep thinking that 10 years from now, we'll look back on a lot of this pop culture stuff with probably (and maybe unfortunately  ;D ) the same fondness as we feel for the '80s and '90s. Eventually, you can't help but reminisce for certain times in your life.

Very well said.  ;) I keep thinking that 10 years from now, we'll look back on a lot of this pop culture stuff with probably (and maybe unfortunately  ;D ) the same fondness as we feel for the '80s and '90s. Eventually, you can't help but reminisce for certain times in your life.


Yes, definitely. Even the things that s*ck become the "good old days". ;D

It's weird how we always remember stuff better than they really were. I was thinking not too long ago, about how 1995 was a pretty crappy year for me (constant moving around, I changed schools again, didn't like my homelife -- my parents were still separated at the time), but now I look at it as nostalgic times. ;)

Yes, definitely. Even the things that s*ck become the "good old days". ;D

It's weird how we always remember stuff better than they really were. I was thinking not too long ago, about how 1995 was a pretty crappy year for me (constant moving around, I changed schools again, didn't like my homelife -- my parents were still separated at the time), but now I look at it as nostalgic times. ;)


I used to think 1999 and 2000 were crappy, but now I'm starting to look at them nostalgically.

^ haha, oldies




Hahaha I'd rather be an oldie than an young'un of today!  ;) lol!

Hahaha I'd rather be an oldie than an young'un of today!  ;) lol!


But would you rather be 20 or 30? I guess there are positives in being 30...

Hahaha I'd rather be an oldie than an young'un of today!  ;) lol!


I'm glad I'm just right between 20 and 30.  :)

Very well said.  ;) I keep thinking that 10 years from now, we'll look back on a lot of this pop culture stuff with probably (and maybe unfortunately  ;D ) the same fondness as we feel for the '80s and '90s. Eventually, you can't help but reminisce for certain times in your life.


I doubt I'll feel the same fondness for the 00s as the 90s. But hey, I have a certian fondless for 2001...

I doubt I'll feel the same fondness for the 00s as the 90s. But hey, I have a certian fondless for 2001...


The early '00s are slightly nostalgic to me. Specifically 2000 and 2001.

But would you rather be 20 or 30? I guess there are positives in being 30...


I'd rather be twenty when I was twenty (1996). I think it's not the age itself, but the environment of which the age comes around.

The early '00s are slightly nostalgic to me. Specifically 2000 and 2001.


Yeah, 2000 and 2001 are a little bit nostalgic.

Yeah, 2000 and 2001 are a little bit nostalgic.


It isn't all that nostalgic for me.. still feels a little too recent, but I was a 18 and 19 years old, so maybe it's because I was in college then and I'm in college now, so the only thing that I feel nostalgic for around that time is the pre-9/11 era...

...To be more specific then...

80s kid: Born in 1975
90s kid: Born in 1985




born in 83? where would i fit?

The more I think about it, people our age are actually the perfect time to get into the '80s, '90s and '00s. Of course the '80s are my fave (like yourself, it was my more "defining" and carefree time), the '90s are pretty good too - I have more personal experience there. Yet despite all that history and attachment to my under 14 years, I don't feel "too old" for 2006 and I don't hate the '00s or anything. They're still a part of what I'll probably later refer to as "my time" and my young life, and I like some of the songs, movies, technology, etc.


I agree. Mid nineties...junior high days and late nineties...end of high school days were definitely defining times.

I was born in 1983 and love that I'm an 80s kid rather than a 90s one.

I was born in 1983 and love that I'm an 80s kid rather than a 90s one.


You're more midway between 80s and 90s, since you were 7 in 1990. But maybe the memories pre-1990 are fonder for you.

I was born in 1983 and love that I'm an 80s kid rather than a 90s one.


You are moreso 90s. Being born in the 80s doesn't make you a kid of that decade b/c many of your formative years occurred in the 90s. You graduated from high school around 2000, right?

I was born in the 70s, but do not consider myself a 70s kid b/c my formative years were created in the 80s.

You are moreso 90s. Being born in the 80s doesn't make you a kid of that decade b/c many of your formative years occurred in the 90s. You graduated from high school around 2000, right?

I was born in the 70s, but do not consider myself a 70s kid b/c my formative years were created in the 80s.


What if you were born in 1980? I was born in 1990 and I consider the '90s part of my time.

What if you were born in 1980? I was born in 1990 and I consider the '90s part of my time.


Good point. They could very well be considered an 80s kid b/c their first ten years were spent within the decade. However, they spent a great deal of their "coming of age" in the 90s. My sister was born in 1980. While I share some memories of the decade with her, we split or differ on much after that decade b/c she was younger.

By the mid-1990s, my coming of age was pretty much done, so I could never call myself a 90s kid (not that it's bad). I was in the midst of college.

Of course it varies per individual experience and the person themselves, but I think the "magic age" for having a really good grasp of things is about 7.

So I'd wager if you were born in the 0-2 years of a decade (the "3" is iffy but still possible), you're old enough for your birth decade to make an impact on you as it happened. I remember 1988/89 like it was yesterday (well not quite yesterday, but you know what I mean). ;)

Of course it varies per individual experience and the person themselves, but I think the "magic age" for having a really good grasp of things is about 7.

So I'd wager if you were born in the 0-2 years of a decade (the "3" is iffy but still possible), you're old enough for your birth decade to make an impact on you as it happened. I remember 1988/89 like it was yesterday (well not quite yesterday, but you know what I mean). ;)



I agree. My brother was born in '91 and he likes alot of '90s stuff and can remember the late '90s very well. I also agree that 7 is about the time that you begin to have a good grasp on things. I turned 7 in 1994 and that's the first year that I can really recall in great detail.

I wonder if academics conduct sociological surveys to determine questions like 'to what extent were the 90s significant to a child born in 1990?' or something along those lines. It would be interesting to see the results of such a survey. Indeed, for the sake of interest, why don't we conduct an inthe00s.com 'Decadeology' Survey. Good idea?

I think I might have said this before but I'll say it again. Because I was born in 1989, I was still a part of the '90s. I remember watching Nickelodeon when it was still good, sort of being into Power Rangers in late 1995, and having a Motocyke for Christmas 1994. I might have missed 1990-1993 due to being too little, but I'm a late early '90s and mid '90s kid!

I think I might have said this before but I'll say it again. Because I was born in 1989, I was still a part of the '90s. I remember watching Nickelodeon when it was still good, sort of being into Power Rangers in late 1995, and having a Motocyke for Christmas 1994. I might have missed 1990-1993 due to being too little, but I'm a late early '90s and mid '90s kid!


My peak childhood years were 1992-1997.

My peak childhood years were 1992-1997.



Mine are about 1993-1999.

My peak childhood years were 1986-1992

Yeah, it would be fun being a kid in the 70s. But that's not what I'm asking here.

No it isnt....... AN 80s KID as stuff hadnt gotton so bad yet.......

I would rather be a 90s kid.

I was born in 1982 - I'm more of a hybrid.

The Perks of Being an ‘80s Kid

- Seeing the original Star Wars sequel films on opening day
- PAC-Mania of 1982
- Looking at all of the Masters of the Universe toy ads
- Buying a sticker album and loading them up with Mello Smellos, Puffy Stickers, Lazer Blazers, and vending machine prism stickers
- Collecting plastic charms for your bracelet
- Getting Muppet Magazine in the mail
- Trying Nintendo Cereal System cereal when it was still fresh

Perks of Being a ‘90s Kid

- Watching every unedited episode of Family Matters and Saved by the Bell
- Being able to collect every slap wrap (including the vending machine bootlegs) from the year 1990
- Wearing an embarrassing hairstyle and ugly clothes for a school photo
- Pressing anything against a Generra Hypercolor shirt and still being able to see the print left behind
- Eating Kebbler Pizzarias, Amazin’ Fruit, P.B. Crisps, Sodalicious, and Nestlè Magic balls
- Buying the first ever Beanie Babies before they were retired at retail price
- Playing any game on a Super Nintendo kiosk in a department or toy store

I definitely would prefer being a child in the 90s knowing that cartoons were my life during my whole childhood. Disney and cartoons in general were in the pits during the 80s, while there was a renaissance ongoing in the 90s.

A 90s kid. The late 90s is in my top favorite eras of all time with the 2000s.

80s because of more variety of saturday morning cartoons but i would rather stay as a 2010s kid. Then go wishing to be a kid from another decade.

80s kid.  Yes, I'd be a lot older, but I'd get to experience the 90s as a young adult (possibly even a teenager depending on the birth dates,) which I think would be a lot more interesting than being a child for the majority of the 90s and then having to be a teenager/young adult during the 2000s.  Though the fact that I'm not the biggest fan of the 2000s may tie into this.

80s kid.  Yes, I'd be a lot older, but I'd get to experience the 90s as a young adult (possibly even a teenager depending on the birth dates,) which I think would be a lot more interesting than being a child for the majority of the 90s and then having to be a teenager/young adult during the 2000s.  Though the fact that I'm not the biggest fan of the 2000s may tie into this.

I'm not that much of a fan of the 2000s either.

80s kid.  Yes, I'd be a lot older, but I'd get to experience the 90s as a young adult (possibly even a teenager depending on the birth dates,) which I think would be a lot more interesting than being a child for the majority of the 90s and then having to be a teenager/young adult during the 2000s.  Though the fact that I'm not the biggest fan of the 2000s may tie into this.


The ‘90s got more and more boring to live in from the start of 1993 to the last months of 1998.  ;D

I'd rather be an 80's kid.

Types of 80s and 90s kids. Kids Ages 7 to 10. Little kids ages 3 to 6
1.Early 80s kids born 1970-1975
2.Mid 80s kids born 1973-1979
3.Late 80s kids born 1977-1982
4. Early 90s kids born 1980-1985
5. Mid 90s kids born 1983-1989
6. Late 90s kids born 1987-1992
7. Early 80s little kids born 1974-1979
8. Mid 80s little kids born 1977-1983
9. Late 80s little kids born 1981-1986
10. Early 90s little kids born 1984-1989
11. Mid 90s little kids born 1987-1993
12. Late 90s little kids born 1991-1996