[New-Poetry] Fw: Food for thought

[Anny Ballardini]

some of the points are quite interesting:


> Those Born between 1930 and 1979!
>
>
>
> TO ALL THE KIDS WHO SURVIVED the 1930's 40's, 50's, 60's and 70's !!
>
> First, we survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank while 
> they
> were pregnant.
>
> They took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing, tuna from a can, and didn't 
> get
> tested for diabetes.
>
> Then after that trauma, we were put to sleep on our tummies in baby cribs
> covered with bright colored lead-based paints.
>
> 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.
>
> Riding in the back of a pick up on a warm day was always a special treat.
>
> 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.
>
> We ate cupcakes, white bread and real butter and drank kool aid made with
> sugar, but we weren't overweight because WE WERE ALWAYS OUTSIDE PLAYING!
>
> 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.
>
> We would spend hours building our 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 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 . WE HAD
> FRIENDS and we went outside and found them!
>
> We fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones and teeth and there were no
> lawsuits from these accidents.
>
> We ate worms and mud pies made from dirt, and the worms did not live in us
> forever.
>
> 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.
>
> We rode bikes or walked to a friend's house 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. Imagine that!
>
> The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke the law was unheard of. 
> They
> actually sided with the law!
>
> These generations have produced some of the best risk-takers, 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!
>
> If YOU are one of them, CONGRATULATIONS!
>
> 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
>
> And while you are at it, forward it to your kids so they will know how 
> brave
> (and lucky) their parents were.
>
> Kind of makes you want to run through the house with scissors, doesn't 
> it?!
>