This is
dedicated to those born 1930-1979!
TO ALL THE
KIDS WHO SURVIVED the 1930's 40's, 50's, 60's and
70's!!
First, some
of us survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank
while
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-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
As infants
& children, we would ride in cars with no car seats,
booster
seats, 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
We ate
cupcakes, white bread and real butter and drank Kool-Aid
made
with sugar,
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.
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 150
channels on cable, no video movies or DVD's, no
surround-sound,
CD's or Ipods, no cell phones!, no personal computers
,
no Internet
or 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
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
If 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 the lawyers and the government regulated so much
of
our lives for
our own good
And while you
are at it, forward it to your kids so they will know
how
brave (and
lucky) their parents were.
Kind of makes
you want to run through the house with scissors,
doesn't
The quote of
the month is by Jay Leno:
"With
hurricanes, tornados, fires out of control, mud slides,
flooding,
severe
thunderstorms tearing up the country from one end to another,
and
with the
threat of bird flu and terrorist attacks, "Are we sure this
is
a good time
to take God out of the Pledge of Allegiance?"