[triardwonvada]

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 :

~~~~~~~~~

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, Nintendo’s 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 ?

[kmjbbT3U]

I was born in 1980 and I'm on your side... Were not all hopeless.

[TubOppomo]

LEAD SOLDIERS...FISHING WEIGHTS.... BULLETS..... OH, GAIA!!!!!!!!!!!!

[23tommy]

Things I remember growing up.

There were full service stations.

Cigarettes could be bought from vending machines.

There were gun racks in the back window of trucks.

NO WAR ON DRUGS!
There were many over the counter cold medications that were later pulled from the shelf due to the war on drugs. If you got stopped for a traffic violation, there was no need to check for drugs. There were asthma medications that are now outlawed.

We walked to and from school. We hauled wood. We stood in chairs to cook and wash dishes. We even gathered those green worms from trees to go fishing.
(Catalpa worms)

The word racist was not found in Webster's dictionary. Racism was unheard of. There wasn't any hate crimes. They were just crimes.

Sometimes, I miss those days.

[TorryJens]

If I was born in the 80's does that make me a kid?!

[HondasMenFox]

If I was born in the 80's does that make me a kid?!

Not in my opinion. I have many friends that were born in the 80's. Some of them are more mature than me. LOL. I will always be a kid at heart. Life should be fun!

[bZEUWO4F]

Not in my opinion. I have many friends that were born in the 80's. Some of them are more mature than me. LOL. I will always be a kid at heart. Life should be fun!

Not in mine either! I can be very responsible but at the same time I am a bit of a giggly girl. Grown up and very sensible most of the time though.

That said I am super excited to go see Tangled.

Some people are born old and some stay young all their lives!

[Deseassaugs]

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.

My mother preferred a hot wheels track she was like a hot wheels samurai, and to this day we can't all get together without my brother bringing up that damned hot wheels track.
There were seven of us and we could fight with each other, but you hurt my sister or my brother watch out, we took care of our own.
My oldest sister's first car was a VW bug that had to have a rope tied between the doors to keep the drivers side door from flopping open, she had to park on a hill or get someone to push her off when she needed to go somewhere.... Good times.
Molchan