READ TO THE BOTTOM FOR QUOTE OF THE MONTH BY JAY LENO. IF YOU DON'T READ
ANYTHING ELSE---VERY WELL STATED
"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 NOONE
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 computers, no
Internet or 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.
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
put 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?! "
The quote of the month is by Jay Leno:
"With hurricanes, tornados, fires out of control, mud slides, flooding,
severe thunderstorms tearing up the country from one end to another, and
with the threat of bird flu and terrorist attacks, are we sure this is a
good time to take God out of the Pledge of Allegiance ?"
10 comments:
It is all true and I do wonder how we survived!! It seems like something has happened in the last 50 years to make all those things bad now. Perhaps it has something to do with what we eat or the changes we have wrought in the atmosphere. Who knows?
Leno is right too.
I LOVE Jay's quote....I so agree. Somehow we survived....and our kids, I guess, are dealing with other matters of survival.
Yeah, it is amazing we survived, but guess we didn't know we were at such risk.
I guess I could agree with Leno, except this Adm. has given God such a bad name, I feel like I want to move heaven and earth to clearly establish the separation of church and state. ;-)
I read this ( a shorter version) in an email someone sent me last year. Yes we are way too protective...no wonder people in third world countries think we are idiots.
Yes, we survived through all these things and we shouldn't be too protective as it doesn't seem to help our children.
Not being a believer, I really don't know what I think about what Jay Leno said. In France, church and state have been quite different things for decades and I'm always puzzled by the US system :)
Hope you don't get angry with me for saying this. :)
My sweet friend Chancy. How sad am you won't be showing up at my holiday slumber party---in person, I mean! But if you decide to hop a plane, don't worry about bringing a sleeping bag---you can have my bed!
Are we lucky or what?! Nearly two years of blog friendship---which in cyberyears must be a lifetime--and you are always there. So funny, so real, so...Chancy!
Thinking of you always,
lucyd
I have to take issue with Jay. Not all of us are believers, and not all of us unbelievers like being treated as if we don't belong. Those of us with children would prefer that we teach them about faith at home.
And, yes, we did survive. But we all know that some of the protections that have been passed are because many of our contemporaries did not. I would wish that children had more freedom than they do, but I wouldn't trade car seats and safety caps for the little ones they saved.
Has having God IN the Pledge of Allegiance kept us from having "hurricanes, tornados, fires out of control, mud slides, flooding, severe thunderstorms tearing up the country from one end to another, and the threat of bird flu and terrorist attacks"?
The times have certainly changed..that is for sure. I love Jay Leno's quote. He often has a way of nailing it.
... and in the summer we ran barefoot most of the time. Fun memories. Thanks, Chancy.
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