>According to today's regulators and bureaucrats, >those of us who were kids in the 50's, 60's,and 70's probably shouldn't >have survived, because... > >Our baby cots were covered with brightly coloured >lead-based paint which was promptly chewed and licked. > >We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, or latches on doors or >cabinets and it was fine to play with pans. > >When we rode our bikes, we wore no helmets, just flip flops and fluorescent >'clackers' on our wheels. > >As children, we would ride in cars with no seat belts or air bags - riding >in the passenger seat was a treat. > >We drank water from the garden hose and not from a bottle and it tasted the >same. > >We ate dripping sandwiches, bread and butter pudding and drank fizzy pop >with sugar in it, but we were never overweight because we were always >outside playing. > >We shared one drink with four friends, from one bottle or can and no-one >actually died from this. > >We would spend hours building go-carts out of scraps and then went top speed >down the hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes. After running into >stinging nettles 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 before it got dark. No one was able to reach us all >day and no one minded. > >We did not have Play stations or X-Boxes, no video games at all. No 99 >channels on TV, no videotape movies, no surround sound, no mobile phones, no >personal computers, no Internet chat rooms. We had friends - we went outside >and found them. > >We played elastics and street rounders, and sometimes that ball really hurt. > >We fell out of trees, got cut and broke bones and teeth, and there were no >lawsuits. They were accidents. We learnt not to do the same thing again. > >We had fights, punched each other hard and got black and blue we learned to >get over it. > >We walked to friend's homes. > >We also, believe it or not, WALKED to school, we didn't rely on mummy or >daddy to drive us to school, which was just round the corner. > >We made up games with sticks and tennis balls and ate live stuff, and >although we were told it would happen, we did not have very many eyes out, >nor did the live stuff live inside us forever. > >We rode bikes in packs of 7 and wore our coats by only the hood. > >Our actions were our own. Consequences were expected. > >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 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're one of them. Congratulations! > >Pass this on to others who have had the luck to grow up as real kids, before >lawyers and government regulated our lives, for our own good. > >For those of you who aren't old enough, thought you might like to read about >us.
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