For All Kids 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 didnt get
tested for diabetes.
Then after that trauma, our baby cribs
were covered with bright coloured
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.
We drank water from the garden hose
and NOT from a bottle.
We shared one soft drink with four friend,
from one bottle and NO ONE
actually died from this.
We ate cakes, white bread and real butter
and drank pop with sugar in it,
but we weren't over weight 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 street lights came on.
No one was able to reach us all day.
and we were OK..............
We would spend hours building our go karts 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, nintendos,
X-Boxes, no video games at all,
no 99 chanels
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 law suits from these
accidents.
We ate worms and mud pies made from dirt,
and the worms didnot live in us forever.
We 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 friends house
and knocked on the door or
rang the bell or just yelled for them !!!
Football teams had trials and not everyone made the
team. Those who didnt, 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 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, RESPONSIBILITY, and we learned
HOW TO DEAL WITH IT ALL!!
And YOU are one of them!
CONGRATULATIONS!
You might want to share this with other who have had
the luck to grow up as kids, before the
lawyers and the government 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!?
PS the big type is because your eyes are shot at your age.
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 didnt get
tested for diabetes.
Then after that trauma, our baby cribs
were covered with bright coloured
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.
We drank water from the garden hose
and NOT from a bottle.
We shared one soft drink with four friend,
from one bottle and NO ONE
actually died from this.
We ate cakes, white bread and real butter
and drank pop with sugar in it,
but we weren't over weight 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 street lights came on.
No one was able to reach us all day.
and we were OK..............
We would spend hours building our go karts 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, nintendos,
X-Boxes, no video games at all,
no 99 chanels
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 law suits from these
accidents.
We ate worms and mud pies made from dirt,
and the worms didnot live in us forever.
We 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 friends house
and knocked on the door or
rang the bell or just yelled for them !!!
Football teams had trials and not everyone made the
team. Those who didnt, 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 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, RESPONSIBILITY, and we learned
HOW TO DEAL WITH IT ALL!!
And YOU are one of them!
CONGRATULATIONS!
You might want to share this with other who have had
the luck to grow up as kids, before the
lawyers and the government 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!?
PS the big type is because your eyes are shot at your age.
