Not To Start Any Debates...

[luving-mom-of-2]

I thought this was cute...and true:

To Those of Us Born 1930 - 1979  TO ALL THE KIDS WHO SURVIVED 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 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 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 the brakes. After running into the bushes a few times, we learned to solve the problem

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

~ The quote of the month is by Jay Leno: 'With hurricanes, tornados, fires out of control, mud slides, flooding, severe thunderstorms tearing up the country from one end to another, and with the threat of bird flu and terrorist attacks, are we sure this is a good time to take God out of the Pledge of Allegiance?'

Please, don't start any debates.  I just posted this for fun!

[kk_bella]

LOL :)

I was born in 82, but my mom is europoean so it all still applies to me. LMFAO!

[KT9105]

This is why I don't worry too much about these things.  I laugh at the drama posts when people get so bent out of shape about everything.

My sister was moved from a harnessed carseat to a booster seat before she was 2 and she's now 22 and omg she's still alive and fine.  We rode in the front seat - fought over it - from the time we were in kindergarten and I'm almost 30 and again, just fine.  My oldest brother was formula fed because back then breastfeeding (at least where my mom lived) was frowned upon (they thought formula was better) and he's almost 35 and just fine.  My mother let us cry when we were babies - self soothing is a life skill, not abuse!  And we're independent people for it and have never once questioned if our parents loved us.

[chair.r13]

I was born in '87, but grew up in the country. My mom smoked while  preggers. This could not be more true! Thanks for shareing!

[Raine2007]

So I was an 84 baby, but a lot of this was my childhood, some of the kids had computers and game systems, but not us.

and while my mom didn't smoke, the doc told her to have a small glass of wine before bed while pregnant so she could sleep, and she was also encouraged to have beer to promote breast milk. That same set of doc. told me not to do those things with my kids. (and I do mean the exact same set, the doc.s that where hers are now mine)

[chair.r13]

My dad didn't believe in video games, he thought kids should be outside. He was right.

Quoting Raine2007:

So I was an 84 baby, but a lot of this was my childhood, some of the kids had computers and game systems, but not us.

[Tia_B]

[jkleinman]

I was born in '80 and wow does this sound familiar.  We played outside all the time.  We didn't get cable until some time in the 90's.  We didn't have game systems and we didn't get a computer until '96 with no internet.  I just had this same conversation with my friend's daughter last night because she was complaining that she has no life now because their computer is dead.  Wow.  What has this country come to?  Go outside or hell, read a book!  LOL.

[la_bella_vita]

LOL! Some mom's are a little too paranoid nowadays!