TO ALL THE KIDS WHO SURVIVED

[Enlighten one :) 5]

TO ALL THE KIDS WHO SURVIVED the 1930's, 40's, 50's, 60's and 70's!!

First, we survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank while they were pregnant.

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 took hitchhiking.

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 died from this.

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, 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 Play Stations, Nintendo's, X-boxes, no video games at all, no 150 channels on cable, no video movies or DVD's, no surround-sound or CD's, no cell phones, no personal computer! s, 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 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 poke 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 HOW TO DEAL WITH IT ALL!

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 .

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 it?!

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?'

[Jasman0717 8]

Our lives were hell

[AnewKINDofFEELIN 0]

Nevermind.

Edited January 17, 2008 by AnewKINDofFEELIN

[MissStacey 1]

Those were good times. I want those days back.

[Nagishkaw 510]

Our lives were hell

:lol:

[isleta521 5]

Born in the early 60's, raised in the 70's. They were good times!! Just dont remember anything

[Enlighten one :) 5]

What makes me sad is that my son can't just go hang out and play all day like I used to. We have deralicks at the end of the road that harras him because I iwll not let him play with them.

[AtlantiCat 0]

The quote wasn't from Jay Leno:

Craig R. Smith paraphrased his joke.

Otherwise, pretty accurate stuff.

[*JG* 2]

Our lives were hell

We really were mistreated!

[mustang-sally 8]

Those were good times. I want those days back.

We are lucky to be alive

Those were the good days

[Aymerlu 3]

The good days!

[Empress of Groovy 373]

The author of those "good old days" e-mails is obsessed with aspirin.

[Kazan' Tiger 1]

I thought of that too!

The author of those "good old days" e-mails is obsessed with aspirin.

[Peikko 1,575]

These emails are bunk. Nostalgia is like that. You see the world through those rose coloured glasses...oh if only! If only my foot. I certainly don't want to go back to the days when there was no electric washing machine.

and don't tell me that in 20 years time there won't be an email entitled "we survived 2010" or some such rot. Sheesh enjoy what you have today, don't harp onto what might have been if you were...

[almaty 19]

Born in the early 60's, raised in the 70's. They were good times!! Just dont remember anything

me either...