The struggles that children of today will NEVER understand - including not being able to see a photo until it was developed and the complex days before iPhones existed

  • A collection of photos depict the daily struggles of 90s children
  • Includes arduous task of walking to friend's house to see if they were free
  • These images will leave  the kids of today counting their blessings

By Bianca London for MailOnline

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Children of today can rely on technology to do pretty much anything they need but spare a thought for kids of the 90s who had a plethora of struggles to contend with on a daily basis.

A collection of photos compiled by Go Social - depicting the daily struggles that every child born in the 90s can relate to - is sweeping the web, and it will leave you feeling wholly grateful for your iPhone.

From the arduous task of having to walk all the way to your friend's house just to see if they were free to hang out, to the daily strains of using pencil sharpeners at school - these images will certainly leave the kids of today counting their blessings.

Every child of the 90s will relate to these daily struggles; including being forced to make the journey to a pal's house to see if they were in every time you wanted to hang out

Every child of the 90s will relate to these daily struggles; including being forced to make the journey to a pal's house to see if they were in every time you wanted to hang out

Barely anyone uses a pen and paper these days thanks to modern day technology but school children will remember the excruciating process of sharpening a pencil back in the day 

Barely anyone uses a pen and paper these days thanks to modern day technology but school children will remember the excruciating process of sharpening a pencil back in the day 

Anyone who went to school in the early 2000s will fondly remember making one of these and letting it dictate your entire future 

Anyone who went to school in the early 2000s will fondly remember making one of these and letting it dictate your entire future 

Macbooks and iPhones have helped make pen and paper redundant but any child who grew up in the days before this technology will remember the struggle of attempting to delicately push just one colour spring down on this pen 

Macbooks and iPhones have helped make pen and paper redundant but any child who grew up in the days before this technology will remember the struggle of attempting to delicately push just one colour spring down on this pen 

Children of today will be baffled if you asked them to explain the relationship between these two objects - but kids of the 90s won't need an explanation 

Children of today will be baffled if you asked them to explain the relationship between these two objects - but kids of the 90s won't need an explanation 

Everyone will relate to the strains of your mouse breaking and having to pop it open and give it a clean. Or, worse yet, discover the reason it isn't working is because someone has stolen your mouse ball

Everyone will relate to the strains of your mouse breaking and having to pop it open and give it a clean. Or, worse yet, discover the reason it isn't working is because someone has stolen your mouse ball

Modern day children will have no idea the lengths youngsters would go to just to get their hands on a simple piece of card to complete their collection 

Modern day children will have no idea the lengths youngsters would go to just to get their hands on a simple piece of card to complete their collection 

Children of the 90s practically spoke in a different language thanks to their attempts to cram their messages into one message 

Children of the 90s practically spoke in a different language thanks to their attempts to cram their messages into one message 

There was nothing more frustrating than waiting hours and hours for a new film or album to download only to wake up to this soul destroying message on your PC

There was nothing more frustrating than waiting hours and hours for a new film or album to download only to wake up to this soul destroying message on your PC

One of the hardest decisions any youngster had to make on their school project was which style of Word Art to use

One of the hardest decisions any youngster had to make on their school project was which style of Word Art to use

Millennials may take hundreds of selfies to capture the perfect social media shot but kids of the 90s will remember the strains of waiting weeks to find out what they looked like in their latest photos

Millennials may take hundreds of selfies to capture the perfect social media shot but kids of the 90s will remember the strains of waiting weeks to find out what they looked like in their latest photos

One of the most painful experiences for kids of the 90s was destroying their fingers just to check if their batteries were 60 per cent charged

One of the most painful experiences for kids of the 90s was destroying their fingers just to check if their batteries were 60 per cent charged

There was no greater feeling of accomplishment than finally landing the ring on the stick in an arduous game of Waterful Ring-Toss

There was no greater feeling of accomplishment than finally landing the ring on the stick in an arduous game of Waterful Ring-Toss

 

 

 

 

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