Posted By: Leeana
To All those "Kids" that were born in their 30's-40-50-60-and 70's this is for you!!!!! - 05/24/13 11:45 AM
First, we survived being
born to mothers
Who 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-base paints.
We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles,
Locks on doors or cabinets
and when we rode
Our bikes, we had baseball
caps not helmets on our heads.
As infants & 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 O. K. .
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 Playstations, Nintendo's and X-boxes.
There were no video games, no 150 channels on cable,
No video movies or DVD's, no surround-sound or CD's,
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 these accidents.
We ate worms and mud
pies made from dirt,
And the worms did not
Live in us f orever.
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
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.
born to mothers
Who 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-base paints.
We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles,
Locks on doors or cabinets
and when we rode
Our bikes, we had baseball
caps not helmets on our heads.
As infants & 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 O. K. .
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 Playstations, Nintendo's and X-boxes.
There were no video games, no 150 channels on cable,
No video movies or DVD's, no surround-sound or CD's,
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 these accidents.
We ate worms and mud
pies made from dirt,
And the worms did not
Live in us f orever.
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
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.
So true.
