Mtnjim
11-04-2005, 11:38 AM
TO ALL THE KIDS WHO
SURVIVED the
1930's 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, tuna from a
can, 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,
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 street lights 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 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!
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 people went overboard, or
before the lawyers and the government
regulated our lives
for our own good.
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?!
SURVIVED the
1930's 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, tuna from a
can, 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,
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 street lights 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 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!
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 people went overboard, or
before the lawyers and the government
regulated our lives
for our own good.
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?!