To All Kids Who Survived the 50s, 60s and 70s !!!

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Author Unknown :

TO ALL THE KIDS WHO SURVIVED the 

50's 60's and 70's !!

First, some of us survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank while they carried us.

They took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing, tuna from a can, and didn't get tested for diabetes.

Then after that trauma, our baby cribs were covered with bright colored lead-based paints.

We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, doors or cabinets and when we rode our bikes, we had no helmets, not to mention, the risks we took hitchhiking.

 

As children - 

We would ride in cars with no seat belts or air bags.

Riding in the back of a pick up 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 and real butter and drank soda pop with sugar in it, but we weren't overweight because... 

WE WERE ALWAYS OUTSIDE PLAYING!

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 O.K.

We would spend hours building our go-carts out of scraps and then ride 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 Playstations, Nintendo's, X-boxes, no video games at all, no 99 channels on cable, no video tape movies, no surround sound, no cellphones, no personal computers, no Internet or Internet 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 these accidents.

We ate worms and mud pies made from dirt, and the worms did not live in us forever - I hope.

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 someone's eye. 

 

We rode bikes took the bus or walked to a friend's house and knocked on the door or rang the bell, or just walked in and talked to the door man!

Little League had tryouts and not everyone made the team - so what.  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!

This generation has produced some of the best risk-takers, problem solversand inventors ever!  The past 50 years have been an explosion of innovation and new ideas.

We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we learned - HOW TO DEAL WITH IT ALL  ...  CONGRATULATIONS!

Now - turn off the computer, go kiss your kids, read them a book and show them how to find the big dipper.

Tell me how it goes.

Happy Memorial Day

[JM15 386]

i found this very amusing I am not that old but i showed it to my father who liked it

[ja3kfd 34]

Boy isnt that the truth have seen this numerous times it still invokes great memories and then it makes me wonder how my children will turn out with all todays great inventions.

[210 91]

Amen.