Strap on your platform shoes, break out your baggy jeans and crank up the Macarena -- we're heading back to the '90s.

Turn on ABC at noon on a Tuesday and all you'll get is a trashy soap opera. But switch that station to ABC Family, peeps, and from 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., flashback to the good old days of our youths.

We begin with the classic story of boy meets girl, boy falls in love with girl, boy marries girl. Change this to man, woman, six kids and a weeklong dating period, and we've got the first show on our lineup, Step by Step.

Our newlyweds are Frank Lambert and Carol Foster, the father and mother of six crazy kids squashed together in a house in Wisconsin. Carol is an organized beautician with three well-mannered, well-groomed children, while Frank is a manly contractor with three athletic and somewhat rambunctious kids.

Despite the typical situations, such as J.T.'s bad habits in school and Frank and Carol's spontaneous make-out sessions, this '90s version of The Brady Bunch always delivers the laughs necessary after an early morning biology class.

Next is my favorite of all of the 1990s sitcoms -- Full House -- although it technically began in the late '80s, coinciding with the birth of young stars Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen.

Once I came of age and understood the wonder of television, the wholesome Tanner family kept me tuning in.

Meet Danny Tanner, widowed father of three blond bombshells, the youngest of which is alternately played by the Olsen twins. He is joined in the first episode by his best friend, comedian Joey Gladstone, and his late wife's brother, rock band member Jesse Katsopolis, whose crazy practices soon become non-existent as the manly threesome is tamed to raise three girls in San Francisco.

Full House's episodes never cease to present good, wholesome lessons and the power of familial love. We've seen D.J. freaking out about taking the SATs and breaking up with her longtime boyfriend, Steve, at the top of a mountain.

We've seen Stephanie try smoking and almost get into a car accident with a crazy friend.

We've seen Michelle deal with losing a great-grandfather and win the go-kart race, using my all-timefavorite line in Full House history: "My dad said if I can't say anything nice, then I shouldn't say anything at all. But my dad's not here, and you're a weenie!"

Full House, which runs from noon to 1 p.m. and again from 3 to 4 p.m., is difficult to measure up to, so only another show about the successes and shortcomings of family life could give it a run for its money.

Family Matters, which ran from 1989 through 1998, was about an black family in Chicago, with Harriette and Carl Winslow as the obnoxious and loving parents of three children.

The Winslow kids have plenty of their own outrageous experiences, but Family Matters would have been nowhere near complete without the inventions and adventures of the beloved Steve Urkel.

Who could ever forget the episode where Steve invents a machine that produces his sexy alter ego, Stefan Urquelle, or the sound of Steve's most popular phrase, "Did I do that?"

Finally, along our powerhouse line up on ABC Family, we come to the show with the greatest love story of all, Boy Meets World, which ran from 1993 through 2000. Cory Matthews and Topanga Lawrence are an undeniable match, allowing us to relive the ups and downs of lasting teenage romance.

High school, as we all well know, is a difficult time, but Cory, Topanga, Shawn and Eric make it through with the help of their reliable parents Alan and Amy Matthews, as well as their next-door neighbor and teacher, Mr. Feeny.

Although we've left the days of high school and living at home behind, let us not forget the lessons we can remember and learn again from daytime television. Thank goodness for ABC Family.