I wanted to know what life was like in the 1920's, 1930's, 1940's, 1950's, 1960's and 1970's in America???

Question

Please can senior citizens help me??? Im really desperate!

Answer 1

TO ALL THE KIDS WHO WERE BORN IN 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
carried us.






They took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing, tuna from a can, and didn't get tested for diabetes.






Then after that trauma, our baby cribs 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, not to mention, the risks we took hitchhiking.






As children, we would ride in cars with no seat belts or air bags.







Riding in the back of a pick up on a warm day was always a special treat.







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 soda pop 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 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
99 channels on cable, no video tape movies, no surround sound, no cell
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.



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 yelled for 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!



This generation has 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!






And YOU are one of them! CONGRATULATIONS!




You might want to share this with others who were blessed 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.



Kind of makes you want to run through the house with scissors, doesn't it?!






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Well I was raise in the late 1960s and all the 1970s and I grautate in the 1980s
those was the good old years before AIDs and the fear of leaving your kids along and the HRS will take them away ,we could go outside and play and don't come back home until 6 or 7 PM ,

Answer 2

Where I lived, there wasn't that much of a chance of being kidnapped. Also, we played with other kids in the neighborhood and knew most of their parents. There were a lot of stay-at-home moms and we all looked out for each other. I can only remember one incident in the 50s (I was a second-grader) that we were told not to cut through the woods because a little girl had been assaulted. Kids were pretty fearless back then. Not anything like today. Anyway, we had rules not to wander too far, let mom/dad know where you were going to be, and be home before the street lights come on. People minded other peoples business back then, and it was a good thing.

Answer 3

I think that you should go to the old folks home or seniors centre and sit and talk with someone there. Age is the best teacher, When people get old they tend to get forgotten.. so by going and visiting a seniors home / center you are spending time with a lonley person(s), and getting the knowledge you crave. You might enjoy yourself and make it a regular event! I know I did.

Answer 4

roaring 20s things were good.dirty 30s things got rel bad.,40 still a struggle but the war help put people to work,50s was much better time lots of work,60 the boom years viet nam but good for work lots if good.

Answer 5

Go to the public library.

Answer 6

try the library

there is a new thing called "books"

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