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TO THE KIDS WHO SURVIVED the 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.
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! Please pass this on to
others
who have had the luck to grow up as kids. . . .
Kind of makes you want to run through the house with scissors, doesn't
it?!
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Born in the 40's , still here :D
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Man that stuff is so true.....
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I trip out when I see the drug re calls.. and all the virus stuff.. and wonder.. How did we survive it then? lol
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That's a great post.
I can remember riding around in the back of my parents van in a playpen with my little brother.
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I trip out when I see the drug re calls.. and all the virus stuff.. and wonder.. How did we survive it then? lol
No kidding. Yet we all managed to surive.
Proud product of the 70's here. Thanks mom and dad!
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Born in 1970, but that all rings true with me!!
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69 here.. and Im doing just fine.. ;)
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Yea and no Prozac & Ridilin.... :rolleyes:
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born in 68 and still around i can't count the many times mom kicked me outside to chase a tire with a stick
