Smithy Posted March 10, 2009 Report Share Posted March 10, 2009 1940's, 50's, 60's and 70's ! First, we survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank while they carried us and lived in houses made of asbestos. They took aspirin, ate blue cheese, raw egg products, loads of bacon and processed meat, tuna from a can Then after that trauma, our baby cots were 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 or shoes As children, we would ride in cars with no seat belts or air bags.. We drank water from the garden hose and NOT from a bottle. Take away food was limited to fish and chips, no pizza shops, McDonalds, KFC, Subway or Nandos. Even though all the shops closed at 6.00pm and didn't open on the weekends, somehow we didn't starve to death! We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle and NO ONE actually died from this. We could collect old drink bottles and cash them in at the corner store and buy Toffees, Gobstoppers, Bubble Gum and some bangers to blow up frogs with. We ate cupcakes, white bread and real butter and drank soft drinks 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 old prams and then ride down the hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes. We built tree houses and dens and played in river beds with matchbox cars. We did not have Playstations, Nintendo Wii, X-boxes, no video games at all, no 999 channels on SKY, No video/DVD films, 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. Only girls had pierced ears! ? We ate worms and mud pies made from dirt, and the worms did not live in us forever. You could only buy Easter Eggs and Hot Cross Buns at Easter time... We were given air guns and catapults for our 10th birthdays, We rode bikes or walked to a friend's house and knocked on the door or rang the bell, or just yelled for them! Mum didn't have to go to work to help dad make ends meet! RUGBY and CRICKET had tryouts and not everyone made the team. Those who didn't had to learn to deal with disappointment. The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke the law was unheard of. They actually sided with the law! Our parents didn't invent stupid names for their kids like 'Kiora' and 'Blade' and 'Ridge' and 'Vanilla' We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we learned HOW TO DEAL WITH IT ALL! And 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 our lives for our own good. And while you are at it, forward it to your kids so they will know how brave their parents were. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah Posted March 10, 2009 Report Share Posted March 10, 2009 And YOU are one of them! CONGRATULATIONS! Nope - not me lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smithy Posted March 10, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2009 And YOU are one of them! CONGRATULATIONS! Nope - not me lol Why, fank you... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex T Posted March 10, 2009 Report Share Posted March 10, 2009 Definitely not me! But sounds very similar to my childhood - well the part about going out and not beiung able to be contacted until i got back! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mistyrayn Posted March 10, 2009 Report Share Posted March 10, 2009 OMG how true is most of that... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah Posted March 10, 2009 Report Share Posted March 10, 2009 see smithy - you're not on your own xxxx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackie62 Posted March 10, 2009 Report Share Posted March 10, 2009 That is so true smithy , i am a sixties chick and if i say so turned out ok .....lol... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siberian_wolf Posted March 12, 2009 Report Share Posted March 12, 2009 I'm a child of the 80's so that doesn't include me. Congratulations to everyone who is Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austinville Posted March 12, 2009 Report Share Posted March 12, 2009 I am...and proud of it! And more proud for raising my kids in the same manner! One thing should be added -- Honor roll at school was for students who earned 'A's...and again, if you didn't make it, you learned disappointment or discipline. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raindog Posted March 12, 2009 Report Share Posted March 12, 2009 I'm definitely one - born in 1948. I was 12 in 1960 and 22 in 1970, so I was a teenager right through the best bits of the '60's. Mick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah Posted March 12, 2009 Report Share Posted March 12, 2009 bet you've got a lot of interesting stories to tell lol I was born in 1981 (yes still a pup at 28 lol) but i feel that my parents raised me in the ways set out above, maybe that's why people (Marc) tell me that I act about 10 years older than i am?? lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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