it wont kill you!

Okay we’ve all had a few of these sorts of emails, but this one rings close to home for me so i thought it only fair to share it 8)

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.

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 cakes, white bread and real butter and drank
cola 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, Nitendo’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 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!

football teams had practice sessions 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
inovation 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?!