TO ALL THE KIDS WHO
SURVIVED the
1930's 40's, 50's, 60'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 cots were covered
with bright coloured 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 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 mobile 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 walked in and talked to them!
We had school football 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!
SURVIVED the
1930's 40's, 50's, 60'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 cots were covered
with bright coloured 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 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 mobile 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 walked in and talked to them!
We had school football 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!
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