I read this and smiled.\u00a0 It is very true in many ways.\u00a0 And pardon me if you’ve already seen it.<\/p>\n
This is dedicated to those Born 1930-1979\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0TO ALL THE KIDS WHO SURVIVED the 1930’s 40’s, 50’s, 60’s and 70’s!!<\/strong><\/p>\n First, we survived being born to mothers who smoked and\/or drank while they were pregnant.\u00a0 They took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing, tuna from a can, and didn’t get tested for diabetes nor took prenatal vitamins.<\/p>\n Then after that trauma, we were put to sleep on our tummies in baby cribs covered with bright colored lead-based paints.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n As infants & children, we would ride in cars with no car seats, booster seats, seat belts or air bags. \u00a0\u00a0Riding in the back of a pick up on a warm day was always a special treat.<\/p>\n We drank water from the garden hose and NOT from a bottle. \u00a0We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle and NO ONE actually died from this.<\/p>\n We ate cupcakes, white bread and real butter and drank Kool-aide made with sugar, but we weren’t overweight because…WE WERE ALWAYS OUTSIDE PLAYING!<\/p>\n We would leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as we were back when the streetlights came on.\u00a0 No one was able to reach us all day.\u00a0 And we were OK.<\/p>\n \u00a0We would spend hours building our go-carts out of scraps and then ride down the hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes. \u00a0\u00a0After running into the bushes a few times, we learned to solve the problem.<\/p>\n 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 \u00a0or Ipods.\u00a0 No cell phones, no personal computers, no Internet or chat rooms……. WE HAD FRIENDS and we went outside and found them!<\/p>\n \u00a0We fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones and teeth and there were no lawsuits from these accidents.<\/p>\n We ate worms and mud pies made from dirt, and the worms did not live in us forever.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n 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!<\/p>\n Little League had tryouts and not everyone made the team. Those who didn’t had to learn to deal with disappointment. \u00a0\u00a0Imagine that!!<\/p>\n The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke the law was unheard of.\u00a0 They actually sided with the law!<\/p>\n These generations have produced some of the best risk-takers, problem solvers and inventors ever!<\/p>\n \u00a0The past 50 years have been an explosion of innovation and new ideas.\u00a0 \u00a0We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we learned…HOW…TO…DEAL WITH IT ALL!<\/p>\n \u00a0You 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 for our own good.\u00a0 \u00a0And while you are at it, forward it to your kids so they will know how brave (and lucky) their parents were!\u00a0 \u00a0Kind of makes you want to run through the house with scissors, doesn’t it?!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I read this and smiled.\u00a0 It is very true in many ways.\u00a0 And pardon me if you’ve already seen it. This is dedicated to those Born 1930-1979\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0TO ALL THE KIDS WHO SURVIVED the 1930’s 40’s, 50’s, 60’s and 70’s!! First, … Continue reading