raken40
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Member since 5/05 4369 total posts
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Karen
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How did we survive our childhood?
If you were a kid in the 50's, 60's, 70's or even early 80's ..how did you
survive your childhood? !
1.- When we were growing up we never wore seatbelts in the car, cars didn't
have airbags...
2.- Riding on the back of a pick up truck was an adventure that we still
remember!
3.- Our cribs were painted with bright colors (paint which was full of lead)
4.- We didn't have childproof medicine bottles, nor did our parents ever
childproof our house
5.- When we rode our bikes we never wore a helmet.
6.- We would drink water from the faucet or from a hose in the backyard (not
bottled water).
7.- We didn't have cell phones , so our parents were never able to reach us
(awesome) .
10.- We would get scrapes, bruises, brake bones , lose teeth, but we would
never sue for these accidents. ,
11.- We would eat cake, , bread and butter, , drink sugary drinks, and we
weren't overweight because we were always outside playing
12.- Four of us would share a drink, we would all drink from the same bottle
and that wasn't gross nor would anyone get sick.
13.- We didn't have Playstations, Nintendo 64, X boxes, video games, cable
TV with over 100 channels, VCR's, surround sound , cellular phones ,
computers , online chatrooms , instead we
would have tons of FRIENDS
16.- Some of us weren't as bright as others but when one would get left back
that was no big deal. They would not get taken to a psychologist, nor did
they ever suffer from dyslexia, hyperactivity, ADHD, ADD, etc, they would
simply repeat the grade until they passed.
17.- We had freedom , mishaps, , successes, , responsibilities,
and we would learn to deal with them.
The question is...How did we survive?
and above all, to become the GREAT people that we are today? . Are you from
one of these generations
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Janice
Sweet Jessie Quinn
Member since 5/05 27567 total posts
Name:
Janice
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Re: How did we survive our childhood?
I think about this a lot. Kids are really sheltered now. I was reading an article re: how college freshman speak to their parents twice a day on average either through phone or email. It use to be a payphone in the hall, parents are now calling colleges to work out their kids' problems with professors and finanical aid instead of the kids learning how to do for themselves.
Message edited 3/28/2006 5:37:56 PM.
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