This is good.



No matter what our kids and the new generation think about us,

WE ARE AWESOME !!!

OUR Lives are LIVING PROOF !!!




To Those of Us Born

1925 - 1970 :


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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 streetlights 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 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.




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 ?

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Thanks, Ditter, that brought back many great memories.

And to add just one more thing....I grew up in a very small house with small rooms. In our house the center room was the dining room. It was also the room that we seldom used so it became the Avon room. Mom was an Avon lady and would get huge boxes of the most beautiful things in. We (6 kids) NEVER touched any of it because it wasn't allowed. Yes, back then kids were told NO, knew what it meant and obeyed it.

When the boxes were emptied we got to travel the world in our airplanes, trains and buses. We designed our own homes, made towns, and dog houses for our stuffed animals. Those boxes were the best toys we had and the greatest thing was that we got new ones every few weeks.

Amen to both sisters!!!

What memories. You are so right, we are awesome.

Hear, hear. Nothing like it is today. One other thing. Most of us have a good work ethic also, not like kids today.
Our parents taught us that.

Wow I didn"t know you lived on my block :mrgreen:

thanks so much for that. I will let the grand kids read this they don't believe me when I tell them these stories now I have proof

lynnie

Right On.....

So glad I was born when I was! Goes to show you things weren't that bad back then! My motto is 'why change it if it's not broke" Should've kept life simplier!

We were also able to go trick-or-treating for blocks and blocks with a pillow case, and did nt have to worry about the candy or what might have been put in it.

that is so true