I'm only 26 and my childhood was just like that! I played outside all day, rode the bike without the helmet and wandered ALL over my town. I probably knew more little places around town than most adults! I loved having that kind of childhood! Nowadays these little kids are so disrespectful and disgusting and their parents are completely to blame because they don't do any parenting. It's a pretty sad world when elementary school kids are swearing and smoking and having sex.