posted February 10, 2006 10:34 AM
ALL THE KIDS WHO WERE BORN IN THE />1930's 40's, 50's, 60's and early
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, 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 DVD 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.
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.
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?!
Lindaland
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posted February 10, 2006 10:34 AM