Jim's Gem

Amen!!

ptquilts

I hope you are not advocating going back to the days of no car seats and lead paint on cribs!!! I remember when I use to see toddlers standing up in the front seat of a car - made me CRAZY!!

Sure, we (people who are reading this) survived, but how many didn't!! My SIL lost a baby to crib death, I bet she wished someone had told her about babies sleeping on their backs.

I do like the part about being out playing all day. Does anyone else remember, "Calling out" ? -- if you went to your friends house you NEVER knocked on the door or rang the bell. You stood on the stoop and "called them out" - called their name real loud in a certain singsong tone that I can't describe.

bjnicholson

Those were the days. My dermatologist (and when did we start having a doctor for every little thing?) asked me if I was out in the sun much when I was a kid!! I say,"Are you kidding me? It's more like when WASN'T I out in the sun????"

nance-ell

Good memories. I've reconnected in the past year with several "kids" from the old neighborhood and we so enjoy remembering those days. Thanks for sharing!

dungeonquilts

amen...good one and all so TRUE

teacherbailey

My daughter can't believe all the horrible things I did to her when she was little (born in 1981 just before super-crash-protected seats got popular)....and all the allergens I fed her too early---but kids like peanut butter! And all the grapes and hotdogs she ate (#1 and #2 choking hazards) but she loved them.... and of course, now that she's a mom, I can't believe how overboard everything is with her kids' generation!

CarrieAnne

so true!

Midwestmary

Oh, what fun we had! My candy would last me all winter. Much different now for my grandkids - just not safe for them like it was for us.

trisha

Not only did we go out on Halloween but the night before was beggars night, so we got twice the candy and twice the neighborhoods. I remember being Hop A Long Cassidy when in Kindergarten!!!

luvTooQuilt

Amen!