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 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-base paints.
We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, locks
on doors or cabinets and when we rode our
bikes, we had baseball caps not helmets on our
heads.
As infants & children, we would ride in cars with no car seats, no
booster seats, no seat belts, no air bags, bald tires and sometimes no brakes.
Riding in the back of a pick-up truck 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, real butter and
bacon..
We drank Kool-Aid made with real white sugar.
And,we weren't overweight.
WHY?
Because we were always
outside playing.. .that's why!
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 them 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 and
X-boxes.
There were no video games, no 150
channels on cable,
no video movies or DVD's, no surround-sound or
CD's,
no cell phones, no personal computers, no Internet
and no chat rooms.
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 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-base paints.
We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, locks
on doors or cabinets and when we rode our
bikes, we had baseball caps not helmets on our
heads.
As infants & children, we would ride in cars with no car seats, no
booster seats, no seat belts, no air bags, bald tires and sometimes no brakes.
Riding in the back of a pick-up truck 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, real butter and
bacon..
We drank Kool-Aid made with real white sugar.
And,we weren't overweight.
WHY?
Because we were always
outside playing.. .that's why!
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 them 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 and
X-boxes.
There were no video games, no 150
channels on cable,
no video movies or DVD's, no surround-sound or
CD's,
no cell phones, no personal computers, no Internet
and no 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!
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 how to deal with it all.
If YOU are one of them?
CONGRATULATIONS!
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