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To all the kids who survived the 1930s, '40s, '50s, '60s and '70s!!


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To all the kids who survived the 1930s, '40s, '50s, '60s and '70s!!

First, we survived being born to mothers who may have 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, locks on doors or cabinets, and, when we rode our bikes, we had baseball caps, not helmets, on our heads.

As infants and children, we would ride in cars with no car seats, no booster seats, no seat belts, no air bags, bald tires and sometimes no brakes.

Riding in the back of a pick-up truck 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, real butter, and bacon. We drank Kool-Aid made with real white sugar. And we weren't overweight.

WHY?

Because we were always outside playing...that's why!

We would leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as we were back when the street lights came on. No one was able to reach us all day. And, we were OKAY!

We would spend hours building our go-carts out of scraps and then ride them 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, Nintendos and X-boxes. There were no video games, no 150 channels on cable, no video movies or DVDs, no surround-sound or CDs, no cell phones, no personal computers, no Internet and no 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 those accidents.

We would get spankings with wooden spoons, switches, ping-pong paddles, or just a bare hand, and no one would call child services to report abuse.

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.

We knew our fathers had guns, and we knew enough to leave them alone; not take them to school to show our friends.

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 to 85 years have seen 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 those born between 1925-1970, 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.

And while you are at it, send 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?

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No, it's safer to sit and play XBox or whatever..... :smilie_loco:4

I particularly remember being able to play outside til dark blocks away, with tons of friends, and my parents knew where I was, and also knew all of my friends.

This PC society that we have today does today's kids more harm than good.

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No, it's safer to sit and play XBox or whatever..... :smilie_loco:4

I particularly remember being able to play outside til dark blocks away, with tons of friends, and my parents knew where I was, and also knew all of my friends.

This PC society that we have today does today's kids more harm than good.

Right there with ya! I played outside day and night, rode my bike all over, played on the monkey bars at school and on playgrounds, and was fit and of good spirits.

Today the PC crowd things they can create a perfect world (on their own, without God, of course) and in their attempts they make things worse. Children today don't want to leave the A/C, their video games and all the snacks they can sit and eat. Is it any wonder so many of todays kids are out of shape, complain about boredom, rarely seem satisfied?
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A member of our church sent a text to my wife and said their kid was "bored", I told my wife to ask the mom to send the young'un to the church. When he got there I handed him a rake and said come on, let's rake (I had a rake too). He decided home wasn't so boring after all.

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A member of our church sent a text to my wife and said their kid was "bored", I told my wife to ask the mom to send the young'un to the church. When he got there I handed him a rake and said come on, let's rake (I had a rake too). He decided home wasn't so boring after all.

:clapping: That's what I do when I hear kids say they are bored. I mention that I have some work that needs to be done and suddenly they don't want to do anything!
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To all the kids who survived the 1930s, '40s, '50s, '60s and '70s!!
I don't think the author is as old as his post implies.
First, we survived being born to mothers who may have 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.
I don't think blue cheese dressing & canned tuna existed then but diabetes certainly did. My mother cooked for a diabetic lady in the 30s, & for a teacher at my school.

Then, after that trauma, we were put to sleep on our tummies in baby cribs covered with bright colored lead-based paints.
Our only baby girl didn't survive being put to sleep on her tummy.
We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, locks on doors or cabinets, and, when we rode our bikes, we had baseball caps, not helmets, on our heads.
Some children did not survive & baseball caps are a recent invention.
As infants and children, we would ride in cars with no car seats, no booster seats, no seat belts, no air bags, bald tires and sometimes no brakes.
The resultant accidents occasioned the legislation.
Riding in the back of a pick-up truck on a warm day was always a special treat.
I did go to a scout camp that way ... & survived.
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, real butter, and bacon. We drank Kool-Aid made with real white sugar. And we weren't overweight.

WHY?

Because we were always outside playing...that's why!

We would leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as we were back when the street lights came on. No one was able to reach us all day. And, we were OKAY!

We would spend hours building our go-carts out of scraps and then ride them 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, Nintendos and X-boxes. There were no video games, no 150 channels on cable, no video movies or DVDs, no surround-sound or CDs, no cell phones, no personal computers, no Internet and no 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 those accidents.

We would get spankings with wooden spoons, switches, ping-pong paddles, or just a bare hand, and no one would call child services to report abuse.

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.

We knew our fathers had guns, and we knew enough to leave them alone; not take them to school to show our friends.

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 to 85 years have seen 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 those born between 1925-1970, 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.

And while you are at it, send 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?
One more thing we didn't have - money.
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We didn't put our son on his tummy or his back if we could avoid it. He had stomach problems, and lying on his side helped ease them a bit (not much for the first 6 months... :thofftobed7lpsl4: ). Of course, he was born in the 80's. (And, Covenanter, I, too, am sorry about your little girl...even years later, it can't be easy)

Blue cheese has been around since about 879 AD (not necessarily the dressing, but I know my mom loved Roquefort dressing, and she was born in the '30's)....canned tuna around 1903.

My grandpa made guns/rifles. You bet we learned to leave 'em alone!! (we also learned how to shoot :makmiday: )

I never ate worms. I made mud pies, and took a bit once...never again! :bigshock:

We weren't allowed to stay away from home all day, unless we spent the night at a friend's house. But we could ride or bike to friends' houses to play, with permission. But we NEVER walked in without being invited: my mom would've skinned us alive for that breach of etiquette!

We didn't always have a tv, either. And when we did, watching was very limited. We also read a lot (at least, my older brother and I did), thanks to my grandparents' influence.

I thought it was gross to drink after someone else...unless it was the water hose, because, of course, your mouth doesn't touch it.
Unless you were like us and you put your mouth over it while someone turned the water on full blast to see how hard you could handle the water pressure... ;)

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