The Older Generation Can Relate To This

Hi, I received this from a friend and thought I'd share it here with you. Can you relate to this?

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 koolade 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 Playstations, 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 computers, 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 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!

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.

And 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?!

Aww, the memories! ;) And yes, we played outside, all day, everyday. Thanks for sharing. :)

I hear that. Have we become a country of risk-averse wimps, or what? :p :confused:

My mom used to tell me stories of when she was little and she always played outside with her sisters (my aunts). She said Yollie (2nd oldest) used to make mud pies and she would decorate it with rocks then eat it up! Now, most kids hardly go outside. They stay inside all day playing there gameing system. That's why about what 50% of kids are overweight? (I don't know the exact number. I'll research it right now)

in second grade i was...chatty... :rolleyes: :D and was disciplined by the teacher for not doing as i was told, being quiet after i'd finished some work. i recieved a very light tap on the back of my calves with a yard stick, and even worse, a note to take to home to my parents, who had to sign it. my moms' reaction was strong, my fathers' was much bigger. i survived to tell the story. but i'm still chatty :D

I go outside everyday almost. It's great! I LOVE going outside. :p

Oh yes I rember the good ol days..with my 4 brothers and 3 sisters and gobs of cousins, and outside was our life..wow, what a trip back, thank you so much, I almost want to cry..

The list must not have been from a farm kid . It misses running barefoot all summer though cow pies and sticker bushes. Also running out to the horse and just jumping on (no protective gear and OMG no shoes or bridles just (if thought about) a piece of rope around the neck to steer by.
Climbed to the tip top of trees. Swimming in the creek .

Eff that..

Gonna run thru the house with scissors, smoke a ciggie, drink from the hose
and kiss the dogs on the mouth.....

I'd jump off the roof but I can't get my arse up the ladder? ;)