Growing up is sometimes hard to do, but there’s often a lot of fun along the way.
These old photos selected from the Evening News archive offer a glimpse of what it was like to be a youngster in Edinburgh 40 years ago - including pictures of some of the city’s most popular places at the time, like Gorgie City Farm and Little Marco’s.
Scroll through and get a flavour of a Capital childhood in the mid-1980s.
29. New Kirkgate
Mothers and children at the New Kirkgate in Leith Edinburgh , March 1986. | TSPL Photo: Alan Macdonald
30. Commonwealth Games
Hundreds of primary school children took part in the opening ceremony of the Edinburgh Commonwealth Games 1986, held at Meadowbank stadium. | TSPL Photo: Albert Jordan
31. Little Marco's
Children have a choice of play areas at Little Marco's, a playroom at Marco's Leisure in Edinburgh, July 1986. | TSPL Photo: George Smith
32. Shetland pony
12-year-old Brenda Mason and her Shetland pony Holly took part in the Royal Highland Show in Ingliston, June 1986 | TSPL Photo: Hamish Campbell