In the tapestry of American childhood, few threads are as uniquely emblematic of a specific era as the latchkey kid. The image of a child letting themselves into a quiet, empty house after school, microwave dinner in hand, TV buzzing in the background, became one of the defining scenes of the 1980s. Latchkey kids were the…

In a world before smartphones, Bluetooth, and AI assistants, there was a time when technology felt like magic—clunky, whirring, glowing magic. The 1980s were a golden age of gadgetry, where innovation surged ahead and anything that beeped or blinked was a glimpse into the future. Back then, owning a gadget wasn’t just convenient—it was a…