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Is someone born in 1985 a "real 90s kid"?

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#1 ·
It seems that on the Internet (particularly Facebook), people tend to clump the whole 90s together. You have Ren and Stimpy, Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, SNES/Genesis, and neon clothing of the early-mid 90s mixed in with Pokemon, Sabrina the Teenage Witch, N64/PS1, and baggier clothing of the "Millennium Era" (1997-2002).

However, I feel this is rather inaccurate, as the generation that grew up with Ren & Stimpy (first-run) may well have been in their teens by the time Pokemon came out. Of course, some people believe childhood lasts all the way up to age 15, though others think 11 is when you start outgrowing "kiddy" things.

I also noticed that most of the people who brag about being a "real 90s kid" were born around 1988-1992, saying "You have to be born in the late 80s/early 90s to be a 90s kid", which completely disregards those born in the mid-80s.

Would you say people born in 1985 are more or less "true" 90s kids compared to those born in, say, 1989?
 
#2 ·
It seems that on the Internet (particularly Facebook), people tend to clump the whole 90s together. You have Ren and Stimpy, Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, SNES/Genesis, and neon clothing of the early-mid 90s mixed in with Pokemon, Sabrina the Teenage Witch, N64/PS1, and baggier clothing of the "Millennium Era" (1997-2002).

However, I feel this is rather inaccurate, as the generation that grew up with Ren & Stimpy (first-run) may well have been in their teens by the time Pokemon came out. Of course, some people believe childhood lasts all the way up to age 15, though others think 11 is when you start outgrowing "kiddy" things.

I also noticed that most of the people who brag about being a "real 90s kid" were born around 1988-1992, saying "You have to be born in the late 80s/early 90s to be a 90s kid", which completely disregards those born in the mid-80s.

Would you say people born in 1985 are more or less "true" 90s kids compared to those born in, say, 1989?
Where in the hell do you think that childhood lasts all the way to 15? Especially when they were in high school at that age, which doesn't make any sense because they were freshmen or sophomores at the time. No one in any forum said that at all. Are you making some bullshit up so that everyone can believe? That's not happening, dude.
 
#6 ·
Someone born in 1985 is definitely a true 90's kid, they were 5-14 from 1990-1999, that's one of the perfect ages to remember the 90's in its entirety AND spend almost all of childhood throughout the time as well. They were in elementary school from 1990-1996. Is there anything else you can ask?
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#7 ·
Yes, obviously.

You don't become a "Kid" when you're born.

You start as an infant and then a toddler until age oh, 4-5 then you are a kid. Legally you're a child until you're 12.

So if we do some simple math:

1985 + 5= 1990.

5+7=12

1990 +12 +2002.

Yes. They are about as "Nineties kids" as you can possibly get.

I was born in 1983 and was most definitely a nineties kid. By the time Pokemon cam out I was a freshman in HS but my friends still loved the hell out of it. Honestly they all were really irritated at having to slow down their game and explain everything so that the little kids could keep up in tournaments since they had been into anime and card games long before the little brats were born
 
#9 ·
Yes, obviously.

You don't become a "Kid" when you're born.

You start as an infant and then a toddler until age oh, 4-5 then you are a kid. Legally you're a child until you're 12.

So if we do some simple math:

1985 + 5= 1990.

5+7=12

1990 +12 +2002.

legally we are children until we hit 18. Ages 12 and under are kids. Age 13-17 are teen child or grownup kids. 1985 babies kid ages are from 1989-1998.
 
#16 · (Edited)
YES
Someone born in 85 is a 90s KID but 80s baby & toddler


They qualify as more of 90s kids then those gen Z.

Why because they REMEMBER the 90s.

Hello I was born in December of 83 (so we will just round up to 84 since it was so close to 84)

I was 6 when the 90s started. 16 when they ended. In other words prime candidate to actually be a 90s kid. As basically the part of my youth that one REMEMBERS (not the part where your parent changes your diapers) was experienced in the 90s. Thus making someone born in 85 & 5 at the start and 15 at the end. It qualifies them to be 90s kids way more then say my brother who was born in 98' and is gen Z. What exactly does he remember of the 90's nothing he sees pics where he can use association but he was a 2000's child.

And even a child born in 89 well they did not enter kindergarten until what 95 or 96 I would hardly say they remember all that much about the 90s except some of the last half.

Ugh whats with so many Gen Z's who try and claim being 90s kids just because their mothers squatted them out then .

I dont claim the 80s I dont fricken remember most of the 80s and was hardly experiencing generational things that I would associate with like in the 90s.
 
#18 ·
YES
Someone born in 85 is a 90s KID but 80s baby & toddler


They qualify as more of 90s kids then those gen Z.

Why because they REMEMBER the 90s.

Hello I was born in December of 83 (so we will just round up to 84 since it was so close to 84)

I was 6 when the 90s started. 16 when they ended. In other words prime candidate to actually be a 90s kid. As basically the part of my youth that one REMEMBERS (not the part where your parent changes your diapers) was experienced in the 90s. Thus making someone born in 85 & 5 at the start and 15 at the end. It qualifies them to be 90s kids way more then say my brother who was born in 98' and is gen Z. What exactly does he remember of the 90's nothing he sees pics where he can use association but he was a 2000's child.

And even a child born in 89 well they did not enter kindergarten until what 95 or 96 I would hardly say they remember all that much about the 90s except some of the last half.
Someone born in 1989 entered Kindergarten in 1994, not 1995 or 1996, and 1989 born's would've been 3-12 from 1992-2001, so they should remember over half of the 90's, not just a little of the last half unless their memory is really that bad. I'd say a 1989 born's core childhood is the mid & late 90's, while the early 90's would be their early childhood and the early 2000's would be their late childhood/start of adolescence. Not saying that 1989 born's are true 90's kids like those born in the mid 80's though.
 
#27 ·
Heres how I view it:


b. July of 1982-June of 1986: Early 90's Kids: Main Disney Afternoon/TMNT Cohort

b. July of 1986-June of 1989: Mid 90's Kids: Main Fox Kids/Power Rangers Cohort

b. July of 1989-June of 1992: Late 90's Kids: Main Kids WB/Pokemon Cohort

And the process repeats

So @Fumetsu you would fall into the first section being the early 90's kids cohort. Do you find this accurate or no?
 
#28 ·
Yeah, I'd say it sounds right.

Except my favorite shows were those God-awful Mario anf Zelda cartoons. I as so sad when they were cancelled. After that is was pretty much Nickelodeon 24/7. I thought I'd never grow out of that.

I think I finally did when I was about 15.

Having said that, I would like to say that people identify with with..whatever they identify with. Just like MBTI, it isn't 100% conclusive.
 
#31 ·
OMG! Selfish, unaware little bastards have high self-esteem!?

Yeah, no shit. Children are born selfish and completely ignorant of the world around them andthat's why I hate them.

But I wasn't talking about self-esteem I was talking about personality, style, preference, ect. That is something you can only learn once you get out into the world ( school) and start socializing with people who are different and open up all sorts of new pposibilities
 
#32 · (Edited)
Of course they are. The "golden age" to be a 90s kid is, in my opinion, 1984-87. You could make a good argument for each of those years.

Those born in 1984 were in kindergarten in 1990. They were just old enough to catch "Boy Meets World" from the beginning when it debuted in September 1993, and were definitely in the target demographic for "Dawson's Creek" when it premiered in early 1998.

Of course, they also probably have a good amount of late 80s, early 90s influences in them. For "pure 90s-ness," I'd go with either '86 or '87.
 
#33 ·
Being 5-14 for a whole decade is great for experiencing youth culture. 1985 born went through the kid culture of the early 1990s, preteen culture of the mid 1990s, and the teen culture of the late 1990s. They pretty much got older and experienced the different stages of youth as the decade went on.

This could be said about anyone whose birthrate ends with a 5 (1975, 1995, 2005, 2015 etc) as they would've been old enough experience the entire decade.
 
#34 ·
It was pretty awesome.

I went to Kinokuniya yesterday ( Japanese book/media store)

My first thought was "Goddamned teenage anime fans! It's all tit's and panty-shots on nine year old girls! You kids don't know real anime!"

...and my next thought was jealousy. I remember being in HS in the late nineties when "nerd culture" was still fun and awesome and not hate and inferiority complexes. Once a year we'd take a field trip to Kino's and it was amazing.

Ah, old age.
 
#59 ·
The truest of 90s kids were born in 1984-87 (IMO); 1983 and 1988 are also solid 90s kids, but slightly older and younger, respectively. I'd say 1979-82 and 1989-92 also have 90s influences in them, to varying degrees.

As always, it really just depends on what your definition of "kid" is and which ages you place more emphasis on.
 
#63 · (Edited)
This is so true. One of my aunts is 55 and has cancer. My grandmother is 76 and always worries about her. Parents never stop worrying about their kids.

Anyway, I'm 21 this year and I really detest being referred to as a 'kid'. Admittedly there is a lot I don't know but the same is true of my sister who is 30 in November - with age comes experience, so while my sister has more experience than I do, my mother at 50 in turn has more experience than my sister. You're always a kid to someone, right? The characters in Friends were 25-30 when the show first started in 1994 but they were still referred to as 'kids' despite all of them living independently.

I know people my age with kids.. working full time, paying taxes, travelling, living alone.. those aren't things kids do anyway.. I currently live alone and receive zero financial assistance from my mother - she has no money to give me anyway - she's unemployed and broke!
 
#67 ·
Yes, because the core childhood began in the 90s. Now the start of early childhood depends, as a babyhood ends once you reach 2, as preschooler is 2-4, though some call 2-4 year olds toddlers. The start ranges anywhere from 2-5 with only age 2 or age 5 being the sensible start ages. A person born in 1985 can remember as early as 1987 though may not be vivid, but the person starts primary school only in 1990. Yes, definitely a 90s kid. Famous psychologists like Freud, Piaget, and Erikson start childhood at 2, so they would consider 1985 as 80s kids, but in this forum to avoid any arguments, age 2-4 is preschooler, and age 5 begins early childhood, so 90s kid.
 
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