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Punk N Purp Prowler Junkie Posts: 466 |
posted 11-22-2002 10:29 PM
Somehow We Survived > > This will make sense if you were a child in the 50's, 60's or 70's. > Looking back, it's hard to believe that we have lived as long as we >have........ > > As children, we would ride in cars with no seatbelts or air bags > Riding in the back of a pickup truck on a warm day was always a special >treat. > > Our baby cribs were covered with bright colored lead-based paint. > > We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, doors, or cabinets, and >when we rode our bikes, we had no helmets. (Not to mention hitchhiking to >town as a young kid!) > > We drank water from the garden hose and not from a bottle. Horrors. > > We would spend hours building our go-carts out of scraps and then rode >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 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. No cell phones. Unthinkable. > > We played football and sometimes the ball would really hurt. We got cut >and broke bones and broke teeth and there were no law suits from these >accidents. They were accidents. No one was to blame but us. Remember >accidents? > > We had fights and punched each other and got black and blue and learned >to get over it. > > We ate cupcakes, bread and butter, and drank sugar soda but we were >never overweight... .....we were always outside playing. We shared one grape >soda with four friends, from one bottle and no one died from this? > > We did not have Playstations, Nintendo 64, X Boxes, video games at all, >99 channels on cable, video tape movies, surround sound, personal cellular >phones, Personal Computers, Internet chat rooms, ...............we had friends. > > We went outside and found them. We rode bikes or walked to a friend's >home and knocked on the door, or rung the bell or just walked in and talked to >them. Imagine such a thing. Without asking a parent! By ourselves! Out there >in thecold cruel world! Without a guardian. How did we do it? > > We made up games with sticks and tennis balls and ate worms and >although we were told it would happen, we did not put out very many eyes, nor >did the worms live inside us forever. > > Little League had tryouts and not everyone made the team. Those who >didn't had to learn to deal with disappointment..... > > Some students weren't as smart as others so they failed a grade and were >held back to repeat the same grade.....Horrors. Tests were not adjusted for any >reason. Our actions were our own. > > Consequences were expected. No one to hide behind. > > The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke a law was unheard of. They >actually sided with the law, imagine that! > > This generation has produced some of the best risk-takers and problem- >solvers and inventors, ever. The past 50 years have seen 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're one of them. > > Congratulations! > Please pass this on to others that have had the luck to grow up as kids, >before lawyers and government regulated our lives, for our own good?  |
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JoeD Prowler Junkie Posts: 180 |
posted 11-23-2002 04:54 AM
Great points, I agree. I talk with my young boys regularly about similiar thoughts! I don't think they comprehend a bit, believe they're missing out on important value building, and feel like I should be parenting better. But how, how do we share our life lessons? Maybe it's a similiar stuggle our parents went through. As long as we stay true and try, maybe it'll work out for the best. Life is Good,and prowlin is pure fun!
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Todd Cameron unregistered Posts: 180 |
posted 11-23-2002 08:31 PM
I miss the old days... for sure... |
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