Those Born 1920-1979

Comment #9

jackpotismine — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 08:50:55 GMT

Yeah I remember those days. Makes me sick to my stomach some of the things that goes on in this world today.

Comment #8

busmama — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 22:58:55 GMT

I just love this post. Really hit home, took me back to the days. Remembered things I hadn't thought about in a long time. Can't wait to share this with a few friends. Thanks!

Comment #7

jim695 — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 14:42:15 GMT

Back then, Cracker Jack had REAL prizes inside the box, nearly all of our toys had small parts that would have choked us if we were stupid enough to eat them, and our fathers would have murdered us himself if we even THOUGHT about touching his guns. <br /> Back then, parents were allowed to discipline their own children to teach them right from wrong. A backhand across the mouth immediately cured any case of attention deficit disorder from which we might suffer, and there was no prescription c... [ More ]

Comment #6

spy153 — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 01:34:38 GMT

Actually, this still sounds like the country life to me. My kids have done almost all of these things. The only exception was I couldn't take aspirin after the first 6 months of pregnancy with my first daughter because I started bleeding from her growing so fast. After that, I could never take an aspirin again. Oddly enough, they can't take aspirin either.

Comment #5

Tenaj — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 19:24:36 GMT

<br />But kids were not on Ritalin when I was going up. It was no such thing as attention deficit disorder.

Comment #4

emilyg — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 17:12:06 GMT

My ritalin was a smack on behind - the good old days.

Comment #3

ToadSchmode — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 15:16:34 GMT

My Ritalin was a smack upside the head from papa.

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pacattack05 — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 12:28:40 GMT

And we didn't need ridilin.

Comment #1

ToadSchmode — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 05:12:20 GMT

The good ole days! Thx Janet, brings back memories...

Original Blog Entry: Those Born 1920-1979

Tenaj — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 04:43:08 GMT

TO ALL THE KIDS WHO SURVIVED the 1930's, 40's, 50's, 60'sand 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-based paints.

We had no child proof 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 infants children, we would ride in cars with no car seats,

booster seats,seat belts or air bags.

Riding in the backof 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 Kool-aid

made with sugar,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 street lights 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 thehill, 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 150 channels on cable, no video movies or DVD's, no

surround-sound orCD's, no cell phones, no personal computer! s, no

Internet or chatrooms......

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 lawsuitsfrom 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 poke out very many eyes.

We rode bikes or walked to a friend's house and knocked on the

door or rang thebell, or just walked in and talked to them!

Little League had try outs and not everyone made the team. Those

who didn't had to learn to deal with disappointment. Imagine that!!

The idea of aparent 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 innovationand 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 withscissors,

doesn't it?!

Received this in an email - I don't know the original source.

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