Congratulations to all the kids who were born in the...

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE KIDS WHO WERE BORN IN THE

1930's 40's, 50's, 60's and 70's !!

First, we 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 cell phones, 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.

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 yelled for 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!

This generation has produced some of the best risk-takers, problem solvers and 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!

And YOU are one of them!

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 our lives for our own good.

and while you are at it, forward it to your kids so they will know how brave their parents were.

Kind of makes you want to run through the house with scissors, doesn't it?!

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We were pioneers.

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Posted by Maathy317

We were pioneers.

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We have survived!!

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I LOVE THAT!!! I grew up on a great block, luckily half my family was on it too. But we played on the block all day and night as kids. All the neighbors knew us and we played at night until somebody's mom or pop screamed out the window that it was time to go in but that was usually 9 or 10 at night in the summer.

Did anyone else get to drive the car in the beach parking lot when it was empty before they were 15?

Oh, I also remember saving up a dollar between a few of us to share a pint of ice cream. We all dipped our spoons in and we're all still here.

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We are Awesome!!!! I love it! Im going to email this to everyone~Thank You!

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I love that!

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Honestly, whenever I even THINK I am not being psycho-vigilant with Bella's well-being like "other" people are I just think about all of this...DH and I are JUST fine and look what our parent did! She should be freakin' UBER MISS EINSTEIN!

(well, of course she is )

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thats cool. After reading this I remembered the street light thing. Thanks for bringing back that great memory.

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this is so true! Thanks for sharing-brought back memories for me!

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That was cute!

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That is great - and so true! I just emailed it to all my fellow 1970's babies.

ETA: It's sad to think about how much has really changed since we were kids - in terms of the values of society and the breakdown of family values.

Message edited 11/5/2006 9:25:11 AM.