The way it was back then and the way it is today- 1956 vs 2007

TO ALL THE KIDS WHO SURVIVED 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 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 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 infants & children, we would ride in cars with no car seats, booster seats, 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 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 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 150 channels on cable, no video movies or DVD's, no surround-sound or CD's, no cell phones, no personal computer! s, no Internet or chat rooms.......
WE HAD FRIENDS (not playdates) 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 poke 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!
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!
These generations have 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!
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 with scissors, doesn't it?!

kday1_200, that sure was a lot to read but man oh man was it worth it!!! It sure brought back many, many memories of those days gone by. I remember once my grandpa said "they called them days the good old days, he just couldn't figure out what was so good about them". Then again, they say poverty builds character which reminds me of another saying he used..."back in the good old days you could buy lots of stuff with a nickel, the problem was nobody didn't have a nickel". LOL

Thanks for the post!!!

hey kday1_200,
not to make you mad or anything but how in the heck do you recall the 30s,40,50 when you wasnt even around yourself i told you i was going to make my word on this site but anyway i was born in the 70s and still dont recall anything about that year or even last week,can anybody tell me what happen to the good old days they are way gone

mountainperson36 wrote:

hey kday1_200,
not to make you mad or anything but how in the heck do you recall the 30s,40,50 when you wasnt even around yourself i told you i was going to make my word on this site but anyway i was born in the 70s and still dont recall anything about that year or even last week,can anybody tell me what happen to the good old days they are way gone

your not as old as i am.......... stop rubbing that in. but yet you know what they say about older women. just like a fine wine...
luvs ya. bye