Jbb
01-11-2005, 05:51 PM
Did it, loved it, miss it!!
To the Kids Who Survived the '30s, '40s, '50s, '60s
and '70s
First, many of us 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 brightly colored lead-based paints.
We had no child-proof 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 pickup 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, Nintendos, X-boxes;
no video games at all, no
500 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
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, before
lawyers and government
regulated our lives "for our own good."
Kind of makes you want to run through the house
with scissors, doesn't it?!
To the Kids Who Survived the '30s, '40s, '50s, '60s
and '70s
First, many of us 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 brightly colored lead-based paints.
We had no child-proof 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 pickup 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, Nintendos, X-boxes;
no video games at all, no
500 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
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, before
lawyers and government
regulated our lives "for our own good."
Kind of makes you want to run through the house
with scissors, doesn't it?!