Any Baby Boomers out there? If so, lets remember shall we? What do you think?

Question

TO ALL THE KIDS WHO SURVIVED the
1930s '40s, '50s, '60s and ‘70s!!

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 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 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 okay.


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 Play stations, 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 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!


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!

Answer 1

I am. I remember when color TV came out. My father said that we didn't need a color TV the black and white was just fine. Then, he went and saw a football game on a color TV. The very next day, we had a color TV at home. When my son complains that there is nothing on television, I tell him that when I was a child we had 3 channels and he has over 300 channels. I was in my 20's when cable TV came out. I remember $10.00 for a 4 finger lid.

I make it a point not to knock the younger generation. They are under so much more pressure than we were growing up. It is a faster paced society now. People are just meaner. don't you agree?

We never had to worry about guns in our schools. I did not have air conditioning in school until my freshman year. I had to wear a dress to school everyday until I was a junior in high school. That sucked. It could be why I wear dresses so much now.

I like the modern conveniences we have now. Dish washers and ice makers. Air conditioners and clothes dryers. DVR's and DVD's. Yea, all in all, life is easier now and harder too. I sure do miss albums, though.

Answer 2

Thanks! I also can't remember that the front door of our house was ever locked because someone was always home. I got two new pairs of shoes every year and I felt blessed and cared for. We built mongrel bikes out of whatever parts we could get ahold of. We built tree forts without plans or permits and if they were weak or wobbly, we built them better. I've hitchhiked from one state to another without meeting any homicidal maniacs, grown my own vegetables without pesticides and made my own wine from fresh fruit.
Some of that can still happen, even in the 21st century, but only if you learned the skills back in the day.
Between pajamas that weren't flame-retardant and glass that wasn't shatter resistant, I feel lucky to have survived to see a time where there is a convenient warning label on every household object. I could have easily drowned in a bucket or suffocated in a plastic bag, but somehow I made it. Thanks again for helping make it worthwhile.

Answer 3

How true!
Yes, I am proud of it. This world has changed a lot since then and I don't think its for the better of us.
We had our problems then too but not nearly as much as we do now.
Where did we go wrong in our teaching is what I would like to ask???

Answer 4

Yep, I'm one and I did everything you mentioned and have only been in the hospital once in 56 yrs.

Answer 5

Yes I am! Born in 1961 and proud of it!

Answer 6

So what's your point? I think life is more difficult for kids today than when I was growing up. And my parents had it even easier, although they would never admit it. Parent's suck.

Answer 7

Ahhh........The Good Old Days!

If only we could turn back time.....

Answer 8

i was born in 1951. i'm just an old hippie!!LOL