OT -To the kids who survived the 30's 40's 50's 60's and 70's

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Brings back good memories

o true)

 

To the kids who survived the 30's 40's 50's 60's and 70's

(this is soo True)

 

First, we 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

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, 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, 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 made up games with sticks and tennis balls and ate worms

and although we were told it would happen, we did not put out very 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 the lawyers

and the government regulated our lives for our own good.

 

(Added note*The problem is...some of those same kids are the ones making these

regulations. Wonder if they were the ones " never picked " , for the team?)