Re: To all the kids who survived the 20's-70's

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: : TO ALL THE KIDS WHO SURVIVED the 1920's 30's, 40's, 50's, 60's, 70's : : First, we survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank while they carried us. : : They took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing, tuna from a can, and didn't get tested for diabetes. : : They didn't need birthing classes or birthing videos to do what comes naturally. : : No need for back rubs, a partner to breathe with them, or the need to put the blessed event on a home movie for all and sundry to see.. : : Then after that trauma, our baby cribs were covered with bright colored lead-based paints, with bars you could get your head stuck in. : : 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, white bread and real butter and drank 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 respected the authority of adults, parents, aunties, uncles, teachers, police officers and the like. : : We had to attend school every day and like it. We worked our arses off because we knew the consequences of a poor report card. The Teacher was always right, and your parents sided with them. : : When we misbehaved, were rude, spiteful, or didn't follow the rules, we were caned, detained, and reprimanded. We didn't go home and tell our parents what happened because we knew we'd get walloped again. : : We had three meals a day and we ate what was put in front of us. No choices. You ate what you were given and you ate it all....."There were children starving around the world." : : We had an extended family watching out for us.......... aunties, neighbours, and your friends mothers. If you were caught doing something you shouldn't be doing, you got a slap up the side of the head from some one. : : 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. : : If you were lucky enough to get pocket money.........you had to earn it. : : 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 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. : : Dirty knees and fingernails showed we knew how to play, explore and have FUN.........a few bruises and scabs proved we were tough. : : 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! : : 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 our lives for our own good. : : And while you are at it, forward it to your kids so they will know how strong and independent their parents were. : : Kind of makes you want to run through the house with scissors, doesn't it? : : Kind of makes you want to give the kids today a kick on the ass and tell them to quit their belly achin. And it defintely makes you wonder why those kids of those years turned into parents who won't let their kids stand on their own two feet. People don't know how good they had it then.

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