Loved "Different Strokes" growing up but they focused too much on scaring kids

[valet]

Outside of the obvious of Dudley almost getting diddled. You had Kimberly almost raped. Arnold kidnapped. Sam kidnapped.

Who is the blame for this? Mr. Drummond. Ngga was millionaire. He shoulda had bodyguards watching them 24/7. That cheap ngga only hired a bodyguard one time. That big WNBA looking woman. Even though I hated Maggie, Sam should never went through that.

 

[Kyle C. Barker]

This might be why gen x and millennial parents keep their kids on a leash.

 

[cyndaquil]

For real

 

[Doobie Doo]

It was a family show trying to teach kids.

 

[mag357]

Sht used to scare the fck outta me. Dude had they cracca sister tied up in the room And Arnold tied up in the basement.

Then that bicycle repair cracca was trying to get some lil boy buns from my lil bro...

What type time was them writers on smh

 

[OperationNumbNutts]

It was everywhere back in the days. I'm not mad cause it did serve a purpose.

 

[concise]

It had to teach you that life is not a game.

 

[Roger king]

I am not opposed to shows being used as examples to teach children good behaviors they are far more egregious things on television

 

[diggy]

You also had shyt happen around that time like Adam Walsh...so you gotta understand

"Six-year-old Adam Walsh was kidnapped from inside a Sears department store at the Hollywood Mall on July 27, 1981. His severed head was found two weeks later in a canal along Florida's Turnpike and Adam's murder went unsolved for decades."

Code Adam is a child safety program in the United States and Canada that helps businesses, parks, and government buildings respond to missing children. It's activated when a child is reported missing in a facility before law enforcement arrives

 

[ReturnOfJudah]

Hollywood is a cruel place. Those child actors was really going through most of that shyt. They just wanted to torture those kids.

 

[Tupac in a Business Suit]

You also had shyt happen around that time like Adam Walsh...so you gotta understand

"Six-year-old Adam Walsh was kidnapped from inside a Sears department store at the Hollywood Mall on July 27, 1981. His severed head was found two weeks later in a canal along Florida's Turnpike and Adam's murder went unsolved for decades."

Code Adam is a child safety program in the United States and Canada that helps businesses, parks, and government buildings respond to missing children. It's activated when a child is reported missing in a facility before law enforcement arrives

I think Adam was the son of Steve Walsh and this crime was why he became the host of Americas Most Wanted.

 

[diggy]

I think Adam was the son of Steve Walsh and this crime was why he became the host of Americas Most Wanted.

Correct

 

[Swirv]

It was everywhere back in the days. I'm not mad cause it did serve a purpose.

If you’re parents weren’t giving you the real, you could count on GI Joe to lace you at the end of an episode, YOOOOO JOE🫡

 

[duncanthetall]

I saw the pedophile episode when I was home alone during a summer vacation. Scarred me for life no joke

 

[valet]

You also had shyt happen around that time like Adam Walsh...so you gotta understand

"Six-year-old Adam Walsh was kidnapped from inside a Sears department store at the Hollywood Mall on July 27, 1981. His severed head was found two weeks later in a canal along Florida's Turnpike and Adam's murder went unsolved for decades."

Code Adam is a child safety program in the United States and Canada that helps businesses, parks, and government buildings respond to missing children. It's activated when a child is reported missing in a facility before law enforcement arrives

I knew this would get brought this. I watched that made for TV movie a billion times as a kid about Adam.