CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE KIDS WHO WERE BORN IN THE 1940's, 50's,
60's and 70'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 tin, nuts, eggs and didn't get tested for diabetes and we didn't
suffer allergies.Then after that trauma, our baby cots 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, car seats or air bags.Riding
in the back of a van 'loose' or on the parcel shelf, was always great
fun. We drank water from the garden hosepipe 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 cakes, white bread and real butter and
drank 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 OK. 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
text messaging, 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 played with worms and mud pies made from dirt, and
the worms did not live in us forever. Made up games with sticks and
tennis balls and although we were told it would happen, we did not poke
out any 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! Local
teams 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?!
PS - The BIG type is because your eyes are shot at your
age.
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