TO ALL OF US BORN BETWEEN 1925 - 1970
Written by Captain Mary on Thursday, October 27, 2011I got this in an email and thought that it would be a pleasant reminder to all of us, I wish I knew who wrote it, I can't think of anything more perfect. Does the future really hold promise for our children?
TO ALL THE
KIDS THAT SURVIVED
THE 30'S, 40'S, 50'S, 60'S, & 70'S
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,or toilet seats.
Imagine using a two holer.
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..
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 made rubber guns and shot one another with
red rubber from car inter-tubes. We were given
BB guns for our 10th birthdays, 22 rifles for our 12th, rode horses,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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