Sabine
08-05-2005, 09:51 AM
1930'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.
Then after that trauma, our cots were covered with
bright colored
lead-based paints.
We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, doors or
cabinets and when we rode our pushbikes, 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 ute 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 soft drink 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 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 ate worms and mud pies made from dirt, and the
worms did not live in us forever.
We were given slingshots 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!
Under 12 footy 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 brave their parents were.
Kind of makes you want to run through the house with
scissors, doesn't it
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.
Then after that trauma, our cots were covered with
bright colored
lead-based paints.
We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, doors or
cabinets and when we rode our pushbikes, 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 ute 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 soft drink 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 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 ate worms and mud pies made from dirt, and the
worms did not live in us forever.
We were given slingshots 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!
Under 12 footy 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 brave their parents were.
Kind of makes you want to run through the house with
scissors, doesn't it