7 Things Every Kid Wished Their House Had When They Were Growing Up

There's a popular question on the internet: What's something you thought was a rich people thing when you were a kid? Let's get this straight—that's not what this is. There were certain things that every kid wished their house had when they were growing up. Okay fine, I'm a '70s/'80s kid, but these things were (and in some cases are ) pretty universal.

READ MORE: How Many of These Objects From the ’70s Can You Identify? Since TV was our babysitter and we watched a lot , that was in most cases the basis for pretty much everything we wanted, whether that be sugary cereal (happened) or trips to Disney World (never happened). Here Are 7 Things Every Kid Wished Their House Had When They Were Growing Up An Intercom System I knew a kid who lived in a very humble home in a subdivision from the '50s. Every room in this house had an intercom on the wall, even the bathrooms.

Did they all work? Heck no. The funny thing was that the house was so small that we would use the half-dead intercom to talk to each other in different rooms, and since you had to shout, his mom would scream, "Will you kids stop shouting in the house?!" Now, with smart speakers, you can pretty much do the same thing , but like most things now, it's less fun. An Indoor Pool I knew one kid with an indoor pool.

I only remember swimming in it once because it was always in some state of dangerous disrepair. The smell of the chlorine also made you want to—ironically—run outside. All that said, I remember thinking,.