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FOR ALL THE KIDS WHO SURVIVED the 1930's 40's,
50's, 60's and 70’s!!
First, we survived being born to mothers who
smoked and/or drank while they were pregnant.
They took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing,
and tuna from a can.
Then after that trauma, we were put to sleep
on our tummies in baby cribs covered with bright
colored lead-based paints.
We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles,
doors or cabinets and when we rode our bikes,
we had no helmets, not to mention, the risks
we took hitchhiking.
As infants & children, we would ride in
cars with no car seats, booster seats, seat
belts or air bags. Riding in the back of a pick
up on a warm day was always a special treat.
We drank water from the garden hose and NOT
from a bottle. We shared one soft drink with
four friends, from one bottle and NO ONE actually
died from this.
We ate cupcakes, white bread and real butter
and drank kool-aid with sugar, but we weren't
overweight because. WE WERE ALWAYS OUTSIDE PLAYING!
We would leave home in the morning and play
all day, as long as we were back when the streetlights
came on.
No one was able to reach us all day.
And we were OK.
We would spend hours building our go-carts
out of scraps and then ride down the hill, only
to find out we forgot the brakes. After running
into the bushes a few times, we learned to solve
the problem.
We did not have Play-stations, Nintendo's,
X-boxes, no video games at all, no 150 channels
on cable, no video movies or DVD's, no surround-sound,
CD's or I-pods, no cell phones!, no personal
computers , no Internet or chat rooms.......
We fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones and
teeth and there were no lawsuits from these
accidents.
We ate worms and mud pies made from dirt, and
the worms did not live in us forever.
We were given BB guns for our 10th birthdays,
made up games with sticks and tennis balls and,
although we were told it would happen, we did
not put out very many eyes.
We rode bikes or walked to a friend's house
and knocked on the door or rang the bell, or
just walked in and talked to them!
Little League had tryouts and not everyone
made the team. Those who didn't had to learn
to deal with disappointment. Imagine that!!
The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke
the law was unheard of. They actually sided
with the law!
These generations have produced some of the
best risk-takers, problem solvers and inventors
ever!
The past 50 years have been an explosion of
innovation and new ideas.
We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility,
and we learned
HOW TO DEAL WITH IT ALL!
If YOU, are one of them, CONGRATULATIONS!
You might want to share this with others who
have had the luck to grow up as kids, before
the lawyers and the government regulated so
much of our lives for our own good And while
you are at it, forward it to your kids so they
will know how brave (and lucky) their parents
were.
Kind of makes you want to run through the house
with scissors, doesn't it? |
