We Gen Xers were so feral, there was a commercial to remind our parents that they had children.
@wolfsbruder I remember laughing at it because I started babysitting at 11. We had the streetlight rule generally and the coaches whistle rule. The coaches whistle meant "come home now" and every kid in the neighborhood used my stepmom's rule as I was the oldest kid. Evidently if I went home, they had to go home too.
I only found out as an adult, lol!