Reasons Why The 2000s Were A Wild, Lawless Time

If you confidently call yourself a millennial then you know there was so much more to growing up in the 2000s than boy bands and Windows XP. We had the Harry Potter franchise, the best video game consoles, and pre-meltdown Miley Cyrus, not to mention, we survived Y2K. While millennials have plenty to be proud of, there were some cringe-worthy aspects of growing up in the 2000s as well. From gym scooters to Razor scooters, This list revisits all the good and bad parts of growing up the hard-to-define decade whether you like it or not. I included a real blast from the past just three items down.

We Watched The Harry Potter Cast Grow Up

The Harry Potter book series was published in the ’90s, but the movie franchise belongs to the 2000s. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone was released in 2001. Most the cast members were only 11 or 12 years old at the time. By the time the first installment of The Deathly Hallows was released in 2010, most of the cast members were practically adults.