Ann Posted April 28, 2006 Share Posted April 28, 2006 TO ALL THE KIDS WHO WERE BORN IN 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 carried us. > > They took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing, tuna from a can, and didn't get tested for diabetes. > > Then after that trauma, our baby cribs were 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 children, we would ride in cars with no 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 soda pop with sugar in it, 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 O.K. > > 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 Playstations, Nintendo's, X-boxes, no video games at all, no 99 channels on cable, no video tape movies, no surround sound,no cell phones, no personal computers, no Internet or Internet chat >rooms..........WE HAD FRIENDS and we went outside and found them! > > 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 yelled for them! > > Little League had tryouts and not everyone made the team. Those who didn't had to learn to deal with disappointment. Imagine that!! > > Boys and Girls Kissed one another, not each other. > > The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke the law was unheard of. They actually sided with the law! > > This generation has 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! > > And 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 liberal agenda regulated our lives for our own good. > > And while you are at it, forward it to your kids so they will know how brave their parents were. > > Kind of makes you want to run through the house with scissors, doesn't it?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linda661 Posted April 28, 2006 Share Posted April 28, 2006 Oh this is so true.....mom and I have often marvelled about this very thing over the years. Media today makes it sound like it's a wonder we all made it. Of course, Ann, I think at least we had Mr. Yuck stickers by the 70's (that must be what got us through). Linda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dchurchi Posted April 28, 2006 Share Posted April 28, 2006 Ann, boy did that bring back so many great memories. The worst thing my Mom could do to me was tell me I had to stay in my room and I could NOT GO OUT AND PLAY my world came to an end. My nieces are in SHOCK because I actually turn my cell phone OFF, the horror Wonder if they know what an 8 track tape is Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jorja Posted April 28, 2006 Share Posted April 28, 2006 I would like to add one...parents could actually spank their child (not violently but just a soft spank on the bum) in public when they misbehaved without having children's aid come to your house! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gail p-m Posted April 29, 2006 Share Posted April 29, 2006 I enjoyed these. They are so true. gail p-m Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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