1. You can't help but feel a little uneasy when your kids eat Pop Rocks.
Yeah, you know that whole thing about a kid dying because he ate Pop Rocks and soda was an urban legend, but still...
2. You get irrationally annoyed when your kids complain about having to do a book report.
3. It's occurred to you that you'd lose your shit if your kids went off for hours at a time without checking in like you used to.
4. You've confused your kids on more than one occasion by dropping an 80's catchphrase.
5. You can't wait to show your kids Back To The Future, but are petrified they might not like it.
6. There are other favorite movies from the '80s, though, that you won't show your kids because they're questionable by today's standards.
7. When you hear "Grandma Got Ran Over By A Reindeer" at Christmas, you can't help but sing the "New Kids" parody.
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This version hit #1 on playgrounds nationwide back in the day.
8. You have no problem with your kids dressing like Taylor Swift because you used to dress like Madonna.
9. Your kids have called you out for not wearing a helmet in photos from your childhood.
10. Speaking of photos, your kids have laughed their heads off at more than a few snapshots from your childhood.
11. You get annoyed when your kids play on the phone too much because in your day you had to entertain yourself.
12. You thought you were pretty badass as a kid, but in hindsight you were pretty innocent... especially in comparison to today's internet-aged kids.
13. The anti-drug talks you give your kids are going to have to be a lot more sophisticated than the ones your parents gave you.
14. You appreciate that your kids are into My Little Pony, but you do not recognize this new MLP one bit.
15. And you don't even want to talk about this travesty.
Ah, that's better.
16. You have questions for your parents about the WTF stuff they let you do.
17. You die a little inside when your kids refer to Drew Barrymore or Johnny Depp as "old."
18. When it's Eighties Day at your kid's school you go all out.
19. You roll your eyes when your kids stress out about having to ask another kid out.
20. Whenever a remake of a classic '80s movie comes out, you insist your kids watch the original.
21. Lastly, you're pretty sure that when your kids imagine your childhood, they're just picturing this Katy Perry video.
