We're just not whipping out the banjo like we used to.
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Summer vacation used to mean two months of freedom: pools, playgrounds, and hours spent hanging out with your friends.But for Gen Alpha and the youngest members of Gen Z, summer is starting to look a little different.Changing technology, safety standards, more cautious parents, and social media have all changed how summer looks. Imagine explaining a unicorn pool float to a Victorian child — it'd send them into a tailspin.These photos show how summer vacation has changed over the last century.
In the early 1900s, school used to be centered on crops, and summer wasn't a vacation — it was a time for hard work.
An 8-year-old boy hauled in cranberries at his family's farm in 1910.
