According to today's regulators and bureaucrats, those
> of us who were kids in the 30's, 40's, 50's, 60's,
> 70's or even the early 80's, probably shouldn't have
> survived.
>
>
>
> Our baby cribs were covered with bright colored
> lead-based paint.
>
>
>
> We had no childproof lids or locks 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 pickup truck on a
> warm day was always a special treat.
>
>
>
> We drank water from the garden hose and not from a
> bottle. Horrors!
>
>
>
> We ate cupcakes, bread and butter, and drank soda pop
> with sugar in it, but we were never overweight because
> we were always outside playing.
>
>
>
> We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one
> bottle, and no one actually died from this.
>
>
>
> We would spend hours building our go-carts out of
> scraps and then rode 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 street lights came
> on. No one was able to reach us all day. No cell
> phones. Unthinkable!
>
>
>
> We did not have Playstations, Nintendo 64, X-Boxes, no
> video games at all, no 99 channels on cable, video
> tape movies, surround sound, personal cell phones,
> personal computers, or Internet chat rooms.
>
>
>
> We had friends! We went outside and found them.
>
>
>
> We played dodge ball, and sometimes, the ball would
> really hurt. We fell out of trees, got cut and broke
> bones and teeth, and there were no lawsuits 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 made up games with sticks and tennis ***** and,
> although we were told it would happen, we did not put
> out any eyes.
>
>
>
> We rode bikes or walked to a friend's home 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.
>
>
>
> Some students weren't as smart as others, so they
> failed a grade and were held back to repeat the same
> grade. Horrors!
>
>
>
> Tests were not adjusted for any reason.
>
>
>
> Our actions were our own. Consequences were expected.
>
>
>
> The idea of parents bailing us out if we got in
> trouble in school or broke a law was unheard of. They
> actually sided with the school or the law. Imagine
> that!
>
>
>
> This generation has produced some of the best
> risk-takers, problem solvers, and inventors, ever.
>
>
>
> We had freedom, failure, success, and
>
> responsibility --- and we learned how to deal with it.
>
> And you're one of them!
>
> Congratulations.
>
>
>
> Please pass this on to others who have had the luck to
> grow up as kids before lawyers and government
> regulated our lives for our own good !!!

 

No, I did not write this, just thought it was interesting

And somehow relevant...