TO THE KIDS OF THE 30's-70's

Forwarded to me today:

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 Play stations, 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!

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