Bulgaria in the 80s sounds about like suburban Wisconsin in the 80s.
One interesting observation is that many women (such as my mom) were stay at home moms or part timers at most. Despite Mom being around all the time, we roamed pretty wild. Modern standard is to have both parents work AKA latchkey kids, etc. First guess would be without Mom (and neighbor Moms) around, kids would go totally wild compared to old days. The opposite has happened, which is interesting. I know when we drove our mom nuts, we would be deported to the park, and we were hardly the only kids to drive our moms nuts and end up playing in the park.
One interesting observation is that many women (such as my mom) were stay at home moms or part timers at most. Despite Mom being around all the time, we roamed pretty wild. Modern standard is to have both parents work AKA latchkey kids, etc. First guess would be without Mom (and neighbor Moms) around, kids would go totally wild compared to old days. The opposite has happened, which is interesting. I know when we drove our mom nuts, we would be deported to the park, and we were hardly the only kids to drive our moms nuts and end up playing in the park.