CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE KIDS WHO WERE
BORN IN THE
1930's, 1940'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 tin, and didn't get tested for diabetes.
Then after that trauma, our baby cots
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 van - loose -
was always great fun.
We drank water from the garden hosepipe
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 cakes, white bread and real
butter and drank 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 mobile phones, no text
messaging, 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/legal from these accidents .
We played with worms(well most boys did)
and mud pies made from dirt, and the worms did not live in us forever.
Made up games with sticks and tennis
balls and although we were told it would happen, we did not poke out any
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!
Local teams 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?!
PS -The BIG type is because your eyes
are short at your age
Natalie
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This is funny… and so true!
Jen Deacon
Senior Trip Planner, Exploratory Series
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416.585.9922 ext. 225
So Very True !!
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE KIDS WHO WERE BORN IN THE
1930's, 1940'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 tin, and didn't get tested for diabetes.
Then after that trauma, our baby cots 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 van - loose - was always great fun.
We drank water from the garden hosepipe 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 cakes, white bread and real butter and drank 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 mobile phones, no text messaging, 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/legal from these accidents .
We played with worms(well most boys did) and mud pies made from dirt, and the worms did not live in us forever.
Made up games with sticks and tennis balls and although we were told it would happen, we did not poke out any 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!
Local teams 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?!
PS -The BIG type is because your eyes are short at your age
Natalie
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