Forbsie
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If you lived as a child in the 60's or 70's, looking back,it's hard to
believe that we have lived as long as we have...
As children, we would ride in cars with no seat belts or air bags.
Our cots were covered with bright colored lead-based paint.
We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, doors, or cupboards,
When we rode our bikes we had no helmets.
We drank water from the garden hose and not from a bottle.
We would spend hours building 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 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.
No mobile phones.
We got cut and broke bones and broke teeth, and there were no law suits 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 ate patty cakes, bread and butter, and drank cordial, but we were never
overweight...we were always outside playing.
We shared one drink with four friends, from one bottle and no one died from
this.
We did not have Playstations, Nintendo 64, X-Boxes, video games,
65 channels on pay TV, video tape movies, surround sound, personal mobile
phones, Personal Computers, Internet chat rooms ... we had friends.
We went outside and found them. We rode bikes or walked to a friend's home
and knocked on the door, or rung the bell, or just walked in and talked to
them. Imagine such a thing. Without asking a parent!
By ourselves!
Out there in the cold cruel world! Without a guardian - how did
we do it?
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.
Footy and netball had tryouts and not everyone made the team.
Those who didn't, had to learn to deal with disappointment.....
Some students weren't as smart as others so they failed a grade and were
held back to repeat the same grade. Tests were not adjusted for any reason.
Our actions were our own. Consequences were expected. No one to hide behind.
The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke a law was unheard of. They
actually sided with the law - imagine that!
This generation has produced some of the best risk-takers and problem
solvers and inventors, ever. The past 50 years has 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 to all who have had the luck to grow up as kids,
before lawyers and government regulated our lives.......
for our own good......
<A target="_blank" HREF=http://www.seafin.co.uk>Tender to...</A>
believe that we have lived as long as we have...
As children, we would ride in cars with no seat belts or air bags.
Our cots were covered with bright colored lead-based paint.
We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, doors, or cupboards,
When we rode our bikes we had no helmets.
We drank water from the garden hose and not from a bottle.
We would spend hours building 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 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.
No mobile phones.
We got cut and broke bones and broke teeth, and there were no law suits 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 ate patty cakes, bread and butter, and drank cordial, but we were never
overweight...we were always outside playing.
We shared one drink with four friends, from one bottle and no one died from
this.
We did not have Playstations, Nintendo 64, X-Boxes, video games,
65 channels on pay TV, video tape movies, surround sound, personal mobile
phones, Personal Computers, Internet chat rooms ... we had friends.
We went outside and found them. We rode bikes or walked to a friend's home
and knocked on the door, or rung the bell, or just walked in and talked to
them. Imagine such a thing. Without asking a parent!
By ourselves!
Out there in the cold cruel world! Without a guardian - how did
we do it?
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.
Footy and netball had tryouts and not everyone made the team.
Those who didn't, had to learn to deal with disappointment.....
Some students weren't as smart as others so they failed a grade and were
held back to repeat the same grade. Tests were not adjusted for any reason.
Our actions were our own. Consequences were expected. No one to hide behind.
The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke a law was unheard of. They
actually sided with the law - imagine that!
This generation has produced some of the best risk-takers and problem
solvers and inventors, ever. The past 50 years has 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 to all who have had the luck to grow up as kids,
before lawyers and government regulated our lives.......
for our own good......
<A target="_blank" HREF=http://www.seafin.co.uk>Tender to...</A>
