- Here's why
According to today's regulators and bureaucrats, those of
us who were kids in the 30's, 40's, 50's, 60's, or even
maybe the early 70's probably
shouldn't have survived.
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 the risks we took hitchhiking.
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.
We drank water from the garden hose and not from a bottle.
Horrors!
We ate cupcakes, bread and butter, and drank soda pop with
sugar in it, but we were never overweight because we were
always outside playing.
We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one
bottle, and no one actually died from this.
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 street lights came on. No one
was able to reach us all day. NO CELL PHONES - Unthinkable!
We did not have Playstations, Nintendo 64, X-Boxes, no
video games at all, no 99 channels on cable, video tape
movies, surround sound, personal cell phones, personal
computers, or Internet chat rooms.
We had friends!
We went outside and found them.
We played dodge ball, and sometimes, the ball would really
hurt.
We fell out of trees, got cut and broke bones and teeth,
and there were no lawsuits 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 were disciplined by our
friends parents and neighbors too and our parents approved.
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.
We rode bikes or walked to a friend's home 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,
and try harder next time.
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.
The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke a law was
unheard of. And if our teachers disciplined us, so did our
parents! They actually sided with what was right.
This generation has produced some of the best risk-takers
and 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'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!
People under 30 are WIMPS
According to today's regulators and bureaucrats, those of
us who were kids in the 30's, 40's, 50's, 60's, or even
maybe the early 70's probably
shouldn't have survived.
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 the risks we took hitchhiking.
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.
We drank water from the garden hose and not from a bottle.
Horrors!
We ate cupcakes, bread and butter, and drank soda pop with
sugar in it, but we were never overweight because we were
always outside playing.
We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one
bottle, and no one actually died from this.
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 street lights came on. No one
was able to reach us all day. NO CELL PHONES - Unthinkable!
We did not have Playstations, Nintendo 64, X-Boxes, no
video games at all, no 99 channels on cable, video tape
movies, surround sound, personal cell phones, personal
computers, or Internet chat rooms.
We had friends!
We went outside and found them.
We played dodge ball, and sometimes, the ball would really
hurt.
We fell out of trees, got cut and broke bones and teeth,
and there were no lawsuits 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 were disciplined by our
friends parents and neighbors too and our parents approved.
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.
We rode bikes or walked to a friend's home 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,
and try harder next time.
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.
The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke a law was
unheard of. And if our teachers disciplined us, so did our
parents! They actually sided with what was right.
This generation has produced some of the best risk-takers
and 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'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!
People under 30 are WIMPS
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