ALL THE KIDS WHO WERE BORN IN THE 1930 - 1970's

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Something to think about...


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 Playstations, 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!


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?!




~Marietta
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>Something to think about...
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>ALL THE KIDS WHO WERE BORN IN THE
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>1930's 40's, 50's, 60's and 70's !!
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>We ate worms and mud pies made from dirt, and the worms did
>not live in us forever.


Okay, I want to state for the record that I never ate worms--but everything else?...you betcha!

This is great. Thanks for posting.

Michele
 
This is fantastic! You know, I just said to my mom the other day that while safety standards are a good thing, it's sad to me that my niece and nephew will probably never know the joy of riding downhill on a bike with the wind whipping through their hair or of hearing their uncle say, on a hot summer afternoon, "Everyone in the back of the truck, we're going for ice cream." We used to do that all the time, 10 kids in the back of a pickup truck, bumping down the road. What fun we had! And, lived to tell!

Sparrow

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I don't remember wearing suncreen, however I do remember putting baby oil on and sitting in the sun as a teen.

Linda
 
>Little League had tryouts and not everyone made the team.
>Those who
>didn't had to learn to deal with disappointment. Imagine
>that!!
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>The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke the law was
>unheard of. They actually sided with the law!

Call me old-fashioned, but I believe this is the way it should be. It builds character. I'm already teaching my boy that he has to work for the things that really matter. And he fails ONLY if he doesn't take action when things go wrong.

This is great, Marietta! Thanks.:) Now, if only I can be one of those great problem solvers.;-)

Pinky
 
Sometimes I wonder how my brother and I survived childhood as almost totally unsupervised farm kids.

for example, we played outside all the time--mud, dirty water, and occasionally dead animals and I don't remember much hand washing going on (ewwwwww).

We climbed fir trees and tried to slide down the branches--we'd bounce on the branches too.

We played unsupervised by the creek all day long.

We had campfires and lit alot of loose evergreen branches on fire (the red dry ones were the best). I can't believe my parents let us have fires unsupervised at that age.

I (as a red head) never wore sunscreen (I do now, since my mom died of skin cancer). I did the baby oil thing once and got so sick I missed a bunch of school and lost about 100 layers of skin.

Among much other crazy stuff.

Anyway, I am a much more cautious and protective mother than my own mom--but we live in the city now and I'm just not comfortable with the kiddos running around the neighborhood without supervision. Perhaps it is just public perception, but I think that things are worse and more dangerous for kids now than when I grew up.

Thanks for posting it--it was food for thought.

Maggie:)
 
I never hitch-hiked. No way!

You also forgot...mother's didn't work back then. They were home all day taking care of the house, making home cooked meals three times a day and caring for children. They didn't go to 'play dates' with other yuppie mother's, there wasn't time. Life was all about the family, there wasn't time nor money for therapy for the burned-out career mother. Children were always the priority, not a trophy.

Children were raised to have respect for adults and authority. And to be polite and use good manners.

You didn't have clique's of catty girls in schools.

Schools didn't push sports programs like they do know.

Every school had a music department and a music teacher.

You didn't have Jr. high kids grinding on the dance floor at school dances.

Coca-Cola was still THE original classic.

Drive-in movies were some of the best times in high school. Too bad our kids will never have that experience.

Oh, and proms. When did the high school prom become a billion dollar industry? And why? Most prom dances are not even held in the high school gym. What is the point of that? Decorating the gym was the highlight of the year for every senior class.

Life was much better, people were kinder to their fellow humans, and kids pulled together as a unit. You just don't see that in kids anymore. Everyone is out for number one.
 
That was a good one Marietta. Where did you find it? It does make you think how we survived childhood. The "no childproof lids on medicines" got me in trouble. I climbed on top of the counter and took a bunch of baby aspirin when I was 6 or 7. :eek:

These are good.:)

Dallas
 
We also made it through school without computers and calculators! And had to go to the library to do research!
Just Do It! :)
 
>We also made it through school without computers and
>calculators! And had to go to the library to do research!
>Just Do It! :)

what is library??? lol. i am lucky viola much rather read a book over a computer when given the choice.

kassia



When they discover the center of the universe, a lot of people will be
disappointed to discover they are not it -- Bernard Bailey
 
Yay for us old tough kids!

And just for the record 40something, we DID have cliquey girls (and how!) and boy's football was the be all and end all. The only girl's sport was basketball. Yay for Title 19!
 
The cheerleaders were the most popular girls, and maybe still are. We had NO girl's sports, and had gym class for only two of my high school years.
Just Do It! :)
 
I do miss the old days. When kids respected adults and didn't dare talk back to their parents. I was born in 1973 but I remember all that stuff. Especially leaving home in the morning and was told to be back before dark. Me and my sister could be at the other end of the subdivision and all my dad had to do was whistle ( a very unique whistle) and we new it was time to come home.

Thanks for the memories
Kimbra
 
Loved this! I remember always being told to "go outside and play, it's a beautiful day!" I didn't eat any worms, but I do remember a soda from when I was a kid called "I'm gonna eat worms". That stuff was good (kind of Dr Pepper-ish in flavor).
 
That was a fantastic read!

It took me back to when we actually slept on the porch, with the door open, screen door unlocked and nobody robbed you.

Oh my goodness, the gym thing, we had to wear these blue jumpsuits which had short legs. One part of the curriculum was gymnastics. We had to do the balance bean, ropes, floor and pummel(spell?) horse. You attempted it, got laughed at, life moved on.

My friend and I were just talking about making up our own games. She used to do price is right. They made up a wheel and everything. We had hide n seek, hopscotch, dodgeball, jacks, homemade skate boards and all kinds of fun stuff. Do they even have jacks anymore? Hehe and the made dash to get back on your block when the sun went down before your mom called out your name.

Sigh-Good Times
 
This is great, Marietta! I even remember being able to go to a park with friends without an adult. Thanks for sharing this.
Susan C.M.
 
I don't know what school you went to, but I'm 41, and I certainly remember clique's of catty girls in school. Middle School/Jr High was sheer torture. And my prom was not at my high school. My daughter's Junior prom, is...

But the rest I agree with. You also had the entire neighborhood looking out for the kids. If one kid did something wrong, the closest mother or father would come out and usually drag the offender home by the ear.
 
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