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TO ALL THE KIDS WHO SURVIVED THE
1930's,40's,50's and 60's
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 made with Lard, white
bread, real butter and bacon. We drank
cool 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
OKAY.
We would spend hours building our go-carts out of
scraps
and then ride them down the hill, only to find out we forgot brakes.
. After running into the bushes a few times, we learned to solve the
we learned to solve the problem on our own.
We did not have Play stations, 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
or cell phones
. 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 would get spankings with wooden spoons,
switches, ping
pong paddles, or just a bare hand and no one would
call child services to report abuse
We ate worms and mud pies, made from dirt
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 walked in and
talked to them.
1930's,40's,50's and 60's
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 made with Lard, white
bread, real butter and bacon. We drank
cool 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
OKAY.
We would spend hours building our go-carts out of
scraps
and then ride them down the hill, only to find out we forgot brakes.
. After running into the bushes a few times, we learned to solve the
we learned to solve the problem on our own.
We did not have Play stations, 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
or cell phones
. 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 would get spankings with wooden spoons,
switches, ping
pong paddles, or just a bare hand and no one would
call child services to report abuse
We ate worms and mud pies, made from dirt
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 walked in and
talked to them.
