Kids today often get chided for spending too much time on the Internet, constantly playing video games, and checking social media at every available opportunity.

Now, maybe that’s fair and we should all be out and experiencing the world a bit more. Then again, there are plenty of things our parents and grandparents did as children that look a lot worse.

Here are 20 old-school parenting photos that definitely wouldn’t fly today.

1. Beer is good for toddlers, right?

This photo was posted by a Reddit user from Australia whose parents apparently allowed him to chug beer as a toddler “all the way back” in 1991.

If you look really closely, you can also see him holding a baby crocodile by the tail as well.

It’s the most Australian thing ever! How else are you going to survive down under if you don’t get your beer drinking and crocodile wrangling skills under control early?

2. This seems safe

This wholesome photo from the 60s shows a mother and daughter going up on a chairlift – but there isn’t a safety belt in sight.

Apparently people in the 60s were a lot more fearless when it came to potentially falling to their deaths.

At least she’s employing the “mom seatbelt.” Some things never change.

3. Thirsty?

Poker and smoking around the children? No wonder they’re pounding whiskey in the background!

For those of us who have tried this (at any age), we have to imagine the cap is still on that bottle. If not, then that kid has WAY too much drinking experience.

4. Sink or swim

The really charming part about this is that most commenters had even worse stories about being forced to “sink or swim.”

Why did parents ever think it was a good idea to dump their kids in the deep end or any body of water to force them to learn to swim?

Life is hard, but not THAT hard. Lay off the trauma!

5. Grabbing a quick puff.

Back in the “good old days,” children could just sit back and relax after a hard day’s work with their Zippo and stogie.

You could argue that the photo was staged, but the fact that the Zippo is lit up is still a bit disconcerting.

Clearly they hadn’t taught him how to use a cigar cutter yet – because that would be dangerous.

6. Vintage car seat “safety”

Ever wonder why moms instinctively reach out to hold you back when you’re sitting in the passenger’s seat?

Probably because car seats used to look like this and mom’s arm was the only thing that might keep you from flying through the windshield.

To be fair, this was considered a “safe” car seat at the time.

7. Human ramps

As if parenting in the 80s wasn’t already tough enough, you sometimes had to act as a human rap for your daredevil children.

Did your mom even love you if she didn’t use all of her body strength to keep from getting crushed by your bike?

We’re not sure this is instilling a healthy respect for women.

8. Beer baby

AA is thanking this mom right now.

Then again, we could give her the benefit of the doubt and assume the toddler is teething and that cold (and hopefully closed) beer can is just keeping him occupied.

9. Lion king

In the 50s, this veterinarian mother raised a baby lion for roughly two years. Decades later, the photo was shared on Reddit by the veterinarian’s grandson.

Can all agree that keeping a baby lion around your child probably isn’t the smartest idea?

10. Parents on ice

These parents are either super coordinated or they have a lot of faith in their skating abilities. One wrong move and this baby could very well go splat.

But yeah, as they say – the internet’s ruining this world. Ok, Boomer.

11. Motorcycle “gang”

Well, you don’t put a kid in a nice white outfit with bunny ears unless you really love them.

We’re not questioning the love these Harley-riding parents had for their youngster, just their decision to put him or her on the front end (or any end, really) of a motorcycle.

They’re raising a little daredevil, for sure!

12. Role model

Were you really a kid before 1995 if you can’t find a photo of someone smoking right next to you?

While we didn’t know as much about second-hand smoke back then, we could have probably guessed that handing a lighted sparkler to a baby was a terrible idea.

But more terrible than dad’s crop top?

13. A far cry from the petting zoo

Even this guy’s mom now acknowledges this as her “bad parenting moment,” so we feel safe saying that people should know better than to let their kid pet a tiger. Any tiger, big or small.

A healthy respect for wild animals means leaving them alone so they don’t maul your face off.

Even the kid seems to know it’s a bad idea.

14. Sky cot

We’re not entirely opposed to the idea of keeping kids all packed up on a flight, but parents probably should be.

Alas, while the “sky cot” never became a thing, it was at least an idea.

For what it’s worth, you couldn’t close the kid up into the overhead compartment (maybe that’s why it didn’t catch on).

15. What could possibly go wrong?

We get it – things were different “back then.” For example, life expectancy.

There is such a thing as too young to have a gun.

16. Bear back

Forget ponies and merry-go-rounds, back in the day, real kids rode bears!

No matters where in the world – or under what circumstances – this took place, it is a truly bad idea.

17. Fresh air

There’s nothing like a metal baby cage suspended multiple floors up that makes you thankful to be born in…anytime after this was banned.

Parents are really at a disadvantage since these became a code (and everything else) violation. Now they have to take their kids out of the apartment to get some sunshine and fresh air.

18. So wholesome

We still believe what ads tell us, so perhaps we haven’t gotten any smarter. Still, we tend to start the kids on soda a little later than infanthood.

Then again, they aren’t going to keep those baby teeth anyway.

19. Smoking in the maternity ward

Far be it from us to deny a woman who has just given birth what she wants, but it’s safe to say a cigarette simply wouldn’t be a legit request anymore.

We’re also interested in knowing if that giant piece of fried chicken is hospital-supplied.

20. Secondhand what now?

What’s wrong with sticking your newborn in a cardboard box and heading off with them to the California Marijuana Initiative Rally? That’s just 1972 for ya!

No one will be surprised to know that the baby in this photo says he now really enjoys indulging in the not-so-occasional joint. After all, he learned from the best!

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