dolluper
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TO ALL THE KIDS WHO SURVIVED the 19_ _<br /><br />40's, 50's, 60's and 70's !!<br /><br /><br />First, we survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank while they<br />carried us.<br /><br />They took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing, tuna from a can, and didn't get<br />tested for diabetes.<br /><br />Then after that trauma, our baby cribs were covered with bright colored<br />lead-based paints.<br /><br />We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, doors or cabinets and when we<br />rode our bikes, we had no helmets, not to mention, the risks we took<br />hitchhiking.<br /><br />As children, we w ould ride in cars with no seat belts or air bags.<br /><br />Riding in the back of a pick up on a warm day was always a special treat.<br /><br />We drank water from the garden hose and NOT from a bottle.<br /><br />We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle and NO ONE<br />actually died from this.<br /><br />We ate cupcakes, white bread and real butter and drank soda pop with sugar<br />in it, but we weren't overweight because WE WERE ALWAYS OUTSIDE PLAYING!<br /><br />We would leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as we were back<br />when the streetlights came on.<br /><br />No one was able to reach us all day. And we were O.K.<br /><br />We would spend hours building our go-carts out of scraps and then ride down<br />the hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes. After running into the<br />bushes a few times, we learned to solve the problem.<br /><br />We did not have Playstations, Nintendo's, X-boxes, no video games at all, no<br />99 channels on cable, no video tape movies, no surround sound, no cell<br />phones, no personal computers, no Internet or Internet chat<br />rooms..........WE HAD FRIENDS and we went outside and found them!<br /><br />We fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones and teeth and there were no<br />lawsuits from these accidents.<br /><br />We ate worms and mud pies made from dirt, and the worms did not live in us<br />forever.<br /><br />We were given BB guns for our 10th birthdays.<br /><br />We made up games with sticks and tennis balls and although we were told it<br />would happen, we did not put out very many eyes.<br /><br />We rode bikes or walked to a friend's house and knocked on the door or rang<br />the bell, or just walked in and talked to them!<br /><br />Little League had tryouts and not everyone made the team. Those who didn't<br />had to learn to deal with disappointment. Imagine that!!<br /><br />The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke the law was unheard of. They<br />actually sided with the law!<br /><br />This generation has produced some of the best risk-takers, problem solvers<br />and inventors ever!<br /><br />The past 50 years have been an explosion of innovation and new ideas.<br /><br />We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we learned<br />HOW TO DEAL WITH IT ALL!<br /><br />And YOU are one of them! CONGRATULATIONS!<br /><br />You might want to share this with others who have had the luck to grow up as<br />kids, before the lawyers and the government regulated our lives for our own<br />good
Try to tell kids bout that stuff now and they look at you like your a mental case.
