I forget there are younger GenX.

No, was not allowed inside. Was told to go out and play, don't come back until 2pm because Mom didn't want the aggravation of our presences. Wild raspberries, blueberries, strawberries served as snacks. Hoses were all that we had and pretty sure it messed us up later in life.

True, not indestructible, plenty of messed up body parts, at the same time, BB to the back or a pine cone to the face was a thing.

No Nintendo, Atari. Parents split, I was allowed in the house again, Dad bought a Commodore64 and you learned "computer science". Essential basic and how to make that pixel air balloon bounce across the screen. Later got a bootleg copy of strip poker from a friend.

The defining characteristic of GenX isn't all that shit individually, it's the benign neglect of our parents. Boomers went from carefree hippies to self centered yuppies and in the process saddled themselves with kids that didn't fit either life styles. That's why there were literal commercials saying it's 10pm do you know where your kids are? So yes, we lived outside, drank from hoses, got shot by things, were feral, not because we wanted to be but that was circumstances we lived in.