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 Modern
times, better times?
Es gibt ja auch nette Nachbarn
und Freunde. Freunde sowieso. Die nehmen regen Anteil an unserer
Kindererziehung und an der sehr libertären
Gestaltung unseres Alltagslebens. Und so kommt es, dass sich zwar
alle mit Ratschlägen zurückhalten, weil sie gemerkt haben, dass das
bei uns nicht so verfängt und sich deren Vorstellungen von unseren gelegentlich
massiv unterscheiden, gleichwohl senden sie uns
Zeitungsausschnitte, Emails und Webseitenlinks mit Inhalten von denen
sie meinen, dass die zu uns passen würden.
Das finden wir sehr nett. Wenn ich dann google finde ich das
natürlich, trotzdem schätzen wir diese Aufmerksamkeiten. Heute
war es wieder so weit. Eine Email unserer guten Sharri. Und so
wahr, so wahr. Natürlich schon zigmal veröffentlicht. Aber da sie der
deutschen Sprache nicht mächtig, wollen wir ihr den Gefallen tun und
das posten, damit sie sieht, das der Umgang mit uns nicht von
vergeblicher Liebesmühe gekennzeichnet ist.
TO ALL THE KIDS WHO SURVIVED
the1930's 40's, 50's, 60's and 70's !!
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First, we survived being born to
mothers who smoked and/or drank while they were pregnant.
(not my mother)
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They took aspirin, ate blue cheese
dressing, tuna from a can, and didn't get tested for diabetes.
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Then after that trauma, we were put
to sleep on our tummies in baby cribs covered with bright colored
lead-based paints.
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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.
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Riding in the back of a pick up on a
warm day was always a special treat.
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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.
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We ate cupcakes, white bread and real
butter and drank koolade made with sugar, but we weren't overweight
because.
WE WERE ALWAYS OUTSIDE PLAYING !
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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.
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We would spend hours building our
go-carts out of scraps and then ide 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.
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We did not have Playstations,
Nintendo'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 computers!, no
Internet or chat rooms.......
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WE HAD FRIENDS and we went outside
and found them!
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We fell out of trees, got cut, broke
bones and teeth and there were no lawsuits
from these accidents.
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We ate worms and mud pies made from
dirt, and the worms did not live in us forever.
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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.
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We rode bikes or walked to a friend's
house and nknocked on the door or rang
the bell, or just walked in and talked to them!
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Little League had tryouts and not
everyone made the team. Those who didn't had to learn to deal with
disappointment. Imagine that!!
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The idea of a parent bailing us out
if we broke the law was unheard of. They
actually sided with the law!
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These generations have produced some
of the best risk-takers, problem solvers and
inventors ever!
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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!
If YOU are one of them -
CONGRATULATIONS!
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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.
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And while you are at it, forward it
to your kids so they will know how brave (and
lucky) their parents were.
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Kind of makes you want to run through
the house with scissors, doesn't it?
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