Are you a child of the 80's! (I know I was!)

You're an 80's child if..

You had a crush on one of the New Kids on the Block members. (I sure did it was Jordan!)

You wanted to be on Star Search. (Come, on, we all did)

You ever uttered the word "Radical!"

You wore jelly shoes and jelly bracelets.

You thought "Ghostbusters" was by far the coolest movie

You remember watching shows like "Punky Brewster","Webster", "You Can't Do That On Television" ,"Wild & Crazy Kids" and "Double Dare"

You were "....suddenly finding out the Facts of Life are all about you!, da da dum!"

You wore a banana clip in your hair or one of those slap-on wrist bands at some point during your youth.

You rolled up the bottoms of your splatter painted jeans.

You had slouch socks, and puff painted your own shirt at least once.

You owned a doll with 'Xavier Roberts' signed on its butt.

You know the profound meaning of "Wax on, Wax off."

You can remember watching Full House and Saved by the Bell for endless hours!!

You have seen at least 10 episodes of Fraggle Rock.

You yearned to be a member of The Babysitters Club, and tried to start a club of your own. (Yup I did that)

You sat on your back porch, playing with your "My Little Pony", "Rainbow Brite", and "Strawberry Shortcake" dolls. (Man those dolls were soo cool!)

You know another name for a keyboard is a synthesizer.

You know where to go if you "wanna go where everybody knows your name."

You know what "sike" and "not!" mean.

You fell victim to 80's fashion : big hair,crimped, combed over to the side, big hoop earrings, and possibly the worst: you wore spandex pants.

You wanted to be a Goonie.

You ever wore flourescent -neon if you will clothing.

You could breakdance, or wished you could.

You looked for that little troll guy that told you where he was at the end of He-Man cartoons.

You remember when ATARI was a state of the art video game system.

You know all the words to "Ice Ice Baby".

You can still sing the rap to "Fresh Prince of Belair".(Oh boy I still can)

You own any cassettes.(I DO!!!!)

You remember and/or own any of the Care Bear Glass collection from Pizza Hut.(I still have those glasses! I love them!)

You carried your lunch to school in a Gremlins or an E.T. lunchbox.

You have ever pondered why Smurfette was the ONLY female smurf.

You wanted to communicate with some being named Cinergy, or you wanted green hair like that lead singer of the Misfits.

You totally LOVED Barbie's cooler, punkier counterpart,"Jem" and her "Rockers"

You wanted to have an alien like Alf living in your house.

You wore biker shorts underneath a short skirt and felt stylish.(Yup I did that! I think all us girls did!)

You wore tights under shorts and felt stylish. (Yup that was me again!)

You layered your multi-colored slouch socks, and added suspenders to make your outfit complete.

You ever had a Swatch Watch.

You actually spent countless hours trying toperfect the care-bear stare.

You remember when Saturday Night Live was funny.

You wanted to be The Hulk for Halloween.

You believed that "By the power of Greyskull, you HAD the power"

You thought that Transformers were more than meets the eye.

Partying "like it's 1999" seemed SO faraway!!!!!!!!!!!!!

If you can identify with this list then you, my friend, are a "CHILD OF THE 80'S." This was a wonderful decade. Was that a great time or what??? I always hated the 80's but as I look back on this list! This was the best decade of my life!!!

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