You're an 80's child if... 

    You know who New Kids On The Block are and you actually liked them at one time. 

    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 wore a banana clip in your hair or one of those slap on wristbands at some point 
     during your youth. 

    You rolled up the bottoms of your splatter painted jeans. 

    You wore loafers with everything and you put the laces in those little rolls. 

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

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

    You can name half of the members of the elite "Brat Pack." 

    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. 

    You sat on your back porch playing with your "My Little Pony" "Rainbow Brite" and 
     "Strawberry Shortcake" dolls 

    You know that another name for a keyboard is "Synthesizer." 

    You hold a special place in your heart for "Back to the Future." 

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

    You thought Molly Ringwald was REALLY cool
 
    You actually thought "Dirty Dancing" was a REALLY good movie.

    You have heard of "Garbage Pail Kids".

    Punks actually "shocked" people

    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 or Elliot from E.T.

    You know who Tina Yothers is.

    You know who Max Headroom is.

    You felt ashamed when Rob Lowe got int trouble for sex with minors and videotaping it, 
     because you liked him. 

    You owned an extensive collection of Cabbage Patch Kids and trolls. 

    You knew "The Artist" when he was humbly called "Prince." 

    You actually saw Ted Danson as the MacDaddy he played "Sam" to be.

    You ever wore flourescent, neon if you will, clothing... 

    You could breakdance or wished you could. 

    You know who He-Man and She-Ra are. 

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

    You remember MC hammer well. 

    You can still sing the rap to "Fresh Prince of Belair". 

    You own any cassettes. 

    You were led to believe that in the year 2000 we'd all be living on the moon 

    You remember and/or own any of the Care Bears Glass collection from Pizza Hut, or any 
     other stupid collection of glass they came out with.
 
    Pizza Hut was the coolest place to hang. 

    Poltergeist freaked you out. 

    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 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. 

    You wore tights under shorts and felt stylish. 

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

    You ever had a Swatch Watch or three.
 
    You had a crush on one of the Corey's (Haim or Feldman).

    You had a crush on Bo Derek or Heather Locklear.

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

    You remember when Saturday Night Live was funny. 

    You had WonderWoman or Superman underwear. 

    You know what a "Whammee" is.

    You had a crush on Jon BonJovi, or knew someone who did.

    You thought eating Reeses Pieces would attract your own alien.

    Your name is Jennifer or Jason.

    You had a poster of Rob Lowe, Kirk Cameron, or Michael J. Fox on your wall.

    You held the top score on PacMan.

    You had MALL Hair.

    You owned a T-Shirt that said, "I shot J.R." or know someone who did.

    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.
 
    You wanted to be on StarSearch.

    You remember what Michael Jackson looked like before his nose fell off.

    You owned a doll with "Xavier Roberts" signed on its butt, or knew someone who did.

    You knew what Willis was "talkin' 'bout".

    You HAD to have your MTV.

    Partying "like it's 1999" seemed SO far away!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

If you can identify with at least half of his list then you my friend are a "Child of the 
    80's."