"This Is In Dedication To All The Kids Who Survived Growing Up From 1930-1970"
Our mothers didn't know the potential hazards or risks if you must, from smoking and drinking while carrying us.
You know that thick bright colored paint that was used to paint our crib, dresser, high chair and anything that requires paint, yep! It was all made out of lead-based paint.
I know I remember my mama having no child-proof lids on medicine not up in the medicine cabinent, but right on the kitchen table.
We rode bikes without helmets.
And Practically everywhere we went, we either walked or hitchhiked.
The cars that we rode in had no seat belts or air bags in them.
RWe always counted it a privilege to get to ride in the back of a pickup too.
We drank water from the garden hose and not from a bottle.
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.
We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle and NO ONE actually died from this. o 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!
"This Is In Dedication To All The Kids Who Survived Growing Up From 1930-1970"
Our mothers didn't know the potential hazards or risks if you must, from smoking and drinking while carrying us.
You know that thick bright colored paint that was used to paint our crib, dresser, high chair and anything that requires paint, yep! It was all made out of lead-based paint.
I know I remember my mama having no child-proof lids on medicine not up in the medicine cabinent, but right on the kitchen table.
We rode bikes without helmets.
And Practically everywhere we went, we either walked or hitchhiked.
The cars that we rode in had no seat belts or air bags in them.
RWe always counted it a privilege to get to ride in the back of a pickup too.
We drank water from the garden hose and not from a bottle.
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.
We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle and NO ONE actually died from this. o 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!
