This is dedicated to
those Born 1930-1979!
TO ALL THE KIDS
WHO SURVIVED the
1930's 40's, 50's, 60's and 70's
!!
< /SPAN>First,
we survived being born to
mothers who smoked and/or drank
while they were pregnant.
They took aspirin, ate blue
cheese dressing, tuna from a
can, and didn't get tested for
diabetes.
Then after that trauma, we were
put to sleep on our tummies in
baby cribs 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 infants & children, we would
ride in cars with no car seats,
booster seats, 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 koolade
made with sugar, 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 150 channels on
cable, no video movies or DVD's,
no surround-sound,
CD's
or Ipods,
no cell! phones!,
no personal computers , no
Internet or chat rooms.......<
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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.
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!
These generations have 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
If 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 so much of
our lives
And while you are at it, forward
it to your kids so they will
know how brave (and lucky) their
parents were.
Kind of makes you want to run
through the house with scissors,
doesn't it?!
