We actually lived thru it!!!!!!

[pam]

TO ALL THE KIDS WHO SURVIVED the 1930's, 40's, 50's, 60's and 70's!!

First, we survived being born to some mothers who smoked and/or drank alcohol 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, doors or cabinets and when we rode our bikes, we had no helmets, not to mention, the risks we took hitchhiking.



As infants & children, we would ride in cars with no car seats, booster seats, 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 Kool-aid made with sugar, but we weren't overweight because, why?

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 OK.



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 150 channels on cable, no video movies or DVD's, no surround-sound or CD's, no cell phones, no personal computer! s, no Internet or 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 poke 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 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!

If 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 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.

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I remember as a kid summer time was so much fun.  The low water bridge by Flo's old house in Severy, was the place to be.  We would see how far we could wad in the water, and ended up swimming most of the time.  The railroad tracks were also alot of fun.  We would walk from the Coop in town, to Nusz's house.  I hated that railroad bridge, I hate heights and I was the one that everyone would laugh at because I usually crawled across the tracks.  The whole time thinking about a train coming and what would I do.  But do you know what, I don't think that my children ever have really seen railroad tracks.  There are no more in Severy.  We also loved to put a penny on the tracks and go and get it after the train pasted.  I also remember Cobles Feed in Severy.  We would save money to go and buy the little round rabbit salt.  I know that is gross thinking of that now, but not then.  We road our bikes all over Severy.  We didn't have any cable T.V. at that time, and the channels that you got didn't have shows that were of any interest anyways.  I don't remember either any carseats.  Maybe we were to have one but couldn't afford one.  Not sure I never asked!  Oh, reading this post brings back so many memories!!  The bike rides to Severy Lake, swimming where ever we found water, how much fun!!  Of course the older I got, the more trouble that I got into, but looking back it was soooo much fun!!

I am now one of those parents who won't let their child walk hardly anywhere.  I don't get to excited about carseats in town, but man on the highway I sure do.  As for bike riding, we live in the country and they never bring there bikes to town.  I have just started letting our 10 year old ride her bike some in town.  But I am kinda of afraid that she won't pay attention to the cars and the teenage drivers.  Why am I that way???  I did a lot worse things then that!!

Pam, very good reading!!!!

[pam]

i know! I spent 2/3 of my life at the crick lol. wading, catchin crawdeds, huntin snakes! I always hated the railroad bridge too! Unfortunately when you get kids it's like god throws a switch in your head and you turn into your parents sayin Don't do that! lol But then when you get grandkids it goes the other way and you're tellin your kids relax! they'll be fine LOL