Toys R' Us making a comeback/ let's allow our kids to be kids

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I think every millennial's ears perked up when they realized Toys R' Us is making a comeback. There is a Toys R' Us location coming near me, and my inner child screamed with excitement. It's not that I play with toys anymore, but you know darn well every millennial is preparing to line up around the block to walk through those doors on opening day. Some of us will be taking our children, while others may want to walk in and look around for memory's sake. I didn't get to go to Toys R' Us much when I was a kid because we didn't have the money. I got to take my son a few times when he was little before they closed, but he doesn't remember it. I feel like so many millennials are single-handedly trying to bring back our childhoods. They've seen the future, and it scares them. They are ready to find their crayons and coloring books and hide in their blanket fort at the mere thought of having to fully grow up. Geoffrey told us that if we grew up, we wouldn't be a Toys R' Us kid, and many of us took it to heart. I had to grow up in a lot of ways, but I'll always be a child at heart. I don't play with dolls anymore, but the idea of walking down the aisles and seeing all of the toys I would have played with as a kid excites me. There will never be a time when I don't get excited to walk into a toy store. I always say millennials would be the easiest market to sell to. They just need to bring things back to the way it was when we were kids. Bring back the colorful fast-food restaurants. Bring back our old toys, books, and video games. We don't want a bunch of new stuff; we want the old stuff back. The reality is, I also think the younger generations would prosper from this idea too. I know they want to cater to the younger generations, but who do they think is raising the younger generation? A lot of Gen Z is even obsessed with millennial culture. I don't mind sharing my childhood with those younger than myself. I won't gatekeep. If they want part of that, I'm all for it. Bring back Pogs; it is my goal to single-handedly bring back Pogs. I remember them banning them when I was a kid because they claimed it was gambling, but a lot of us didn't even play Pogs for keeps. We liked the game and its simplicity. If a kid can spend two hours watching someone open blind bags, they can learn to play a game where they throw a heavy circle at a pile of less heavy circles. It was such a simple game, and it took over. It isn't that the children have changed; it's the way we have raised them that has. If we all banned together to give our children a real childhood, they wouldn't know any different. They would still have access to the internet and technology, but we would have more control over it. It wouldn't entirely be a 90s childhood, but it would be a better childhood where kids got to be kids and enjoy life. I think along with bringing Geoffrey back, we need to work on bringing back color to the world and allowing kids to experience a real childhood. They deserve a little dose of a 90s childhood. They deserve to walk into McDonald's and see all of the colors. They deserve to play outside and ride a bike instead of being attached to a screen all of the time. They deserve to play at places like DZ and Chuck E. Cheese. We have the power to at least partially bring some of that back, and I feel like we should try a little harder to preserve their childhoods. Bring back the old gaming systems that taught patience. Bring back electronics that taught things instead of just putting everything at their fingertips, including things they aren't ready for. I'm not saying to take away technology. I'm saying let's limit it for our children and allow them to really enjoy imaginative play. Don't force our children to grow up faster and expose them to things they aren't ready for. Most of us grew up without all of this newer technology and were better for it. I say keep the technology but limit it.