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?"
