We Survived the 1930's,40's,50's,60's,70's
TO 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
carried us.
They took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing 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, bread and 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 made up games with sticks and tennis balls and
ate worms and although we
were told it would happen, we did not put out very
many eyes, nor did the
worms live in us forever.
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!
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 government
regulated our lives for our own
good.
Kind of makes you want to run through the house with
scissors, doesn't
it?!
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