Can't believe we made it!

[Karen C.]

:inlove: A friend emailed me this. Thought I would share the blessing...

Can't believe we made it. We even got spanked.

If you lived as 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 seat belts 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 asa 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 dodgeball 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 cell 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 the cold 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 has 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're one of them. Congratulations!

Please pass this on to others who have had the luck to grow up as kids, before lawyers and government regulated our lives, for our own good.

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[Songbird7777777]

Karen C.

Thank you so much for sharing this.

It sure brought back memories of my childhood.

Thank God for giving us the chance to grow up as kids!

[boblandis]

This is so right on the money I don't know if I should laugh or cry. What a mess this world is getting in.

[mazie]

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     KAREN!    Thank you for the post.  I have seen that particular writing before and I agree - I made it lol.  I am one of those that did or went through and/or remember most of the things mentioned, in the 50s and 60, and am here to tell about it. WE MADE IT - YES!

     

    God is good!

[Bill]

As a child of the 1970's I must say I survived an awful lot.

[Karen C.]

God IS good...I had a wonderful childhood. Technology has moved us into such a secure enviroment...

I would trade all of this tech to go back into that time zone!

But most of all I really look forward to the coming of our King soon!

Much :inlove:  and blessings, Karen

[Guest C.D. Light]

AND we had bible class right in school, every Friday the last thing.  They even gave us students one of those little New Testament bibles.

Lets not forget that.  Hmmm maybe this is why we MADE IT  

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[Guest C.D. Light]

AND we all had two parents, so we all knew who our daddy was.  And our moms stayed home and had supper on the table for us all.  And we all ate together. And our house got cleaned once a week. And SHE washed our clothes for us to make sure we were clean.

And we graduated hi school as virgins. No drugs, no drinking, no staying up till all hours.

[traveller]

AND we all had two parents, so we all knew who our daddy was.

[Guest C.D. Light]

traveller--yep, we had bible study at public school. It was back in the late 40's.  (it was not a graded class; just how we ended the week every friday.)

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