Growing up in the 1980s meant navigating a world that did not cushion its edges. There were no helicopter parents hovering ...

Split image: Left, a teen in a Black Sabbath shirt stands in a bedroom filled with band posters. Right, a group of students in a classroom, some smiling and making the "rock on" hand gesture. Growing ...

From unsupervised mall trips to making mixtapes off the radio, ’80s teens lived in a world without instant communication, constant tracking, or on-demand entertainment. Technology, safety rules, and ...

Teen life in the 1980s ran on landlines, mall meetups, and a lot of unsupervised freedom. Parents worried about curfews, grades, and who you were hanging out with — but they didn’t worry about viral ...