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[goldenburm]

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE KIDS WHO WERE BORN IN THE

1930's 40's, 50's, 60's 70's and 80'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 baby cribs were 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 children, we would ride in cars with no seat belts or air bags.




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 cakes, 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 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 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 yelled for them!




Football teams had trials 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?!
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[cass]

i recoved that email a while ago i was born in 80s and its so true my parents could never get me in the house as i was always making dens by the river etc , now kids just sit on there bums at pcs eating and drinking coke buy the gallons
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[fallen angel]

he he , great stuff & so true

[Indigo Blue Fish]

*smiles wryly*

But my Mum also taught me that chicken eggs were seeds to plant and grow into chickens...

Also, the rate of allergies and illnesses are increasing - I link this to overcleanliness, and kids not getting outside enough.
Eat a bit of mud - it's a cheap probiotic! *laughs*

[lol93]

Sad but true!!

[peaches]

We use to ride in the car, on our knees, gawping out the rear window and jumping with excitement everytime Dad drove over a humpback bridge lmao....

but in a way it's all very sad, that children now, my children included; will not have the same freedom of previous generations

[Jan O]

THAT is my childhood in a nutshell. I often shake my head at the insane way we bring up kids these days anti bac this that and the other.Something else which gets me thinking is all the air fresheners etc avialble today my supermarket has a huge shelf area just dedicated to things which make your house smell like roses,jasmine,lavender and even something called Christmas- now whats that all about then? is it essence of turkey giblets and post sprout farts. No wonder kids are sickly allergy ridden pasty white things these days, can you imagine a child of today hurtling down the devils elbow creek- which was a rough path way down a valley side when I was a kid, in a home made go cart--- no I think not. love Jan