Parents in the 1980s often left their kids unsupervised and expected them to solve problems, arguments, and issues on their ...

The 1980s was a golden age for inventive family and kids movies, with the best including The Karate Kid, Back to the Future, and The Princess Bride.

Overall, kids in the 1980s lived much more independently than kids do today. Gen Xers were often called “latchkey kids” ...

For children of the 1980s, buying toys wasn’t as simple as the click of the mouse. It usually required hours of begging your parents, who then had to venture to the toy store and hope they still had ...

Reading Rainbow, the 1980s kids television series that was hosted by LeVar Burton for 23 years, is set to be the subject of a new feature documentary. XTR is behind Butterfly in the Sky, a film that ...

Many kids rushed home from school to watch shows like Inspector Gadget or DuckTales, the latter of which had a catchy theme song that most people who grew up during that era can still remember today.

The 1980s were a time when childhood felt a little freer, perhaps a little riskier, but undeniably unique. Back then, kids did things that would seem unthinkable today, having been shaped by a world ...

From 'Ghostbusters' to 'The Princess Bride', the 80's delivered some of the greatest kids movies ever that can still be enjoyed today.

Every once in a while, a doll captures the imagination of a generation. For many Long Islanders who grew up in the 1980s, that doll was a Cabbage Patch Kid — and some people who “adopted” them have ...