Running With Scissors

When Baby Boomers Were Kids

You may have seen some of this spread around in an email before. I know I get it frequently enough that others must find it funny. We did not seem to be as protected when we were kids. But keep in mind these are only meant as a joke. Simple things like seat belts and vacines do save lives. If we survived without them, we may have just been lucky.

When we were kids…..

• We survived pregnancies from mothers who smoked, drank, took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing, and died their hair.
• We were put on our tummies as babies in beds covered with lead based paint. We rode on our mother’s lap in the car, without benefit of a baby seat.
• We had never heard of bicycle helmets, or if we did, we thought that was only for professional racers.
• We shared drinks from soda cans, and we drank from the garden hose.
• We would play out side all day in the summer, from noon until supper. We had no cell phones. As long as we got back by dinner, nobody cared.
• We did break bones sometimes, but nobody thought of starting a lawsuit.
• We were a little scared of our parents, because you know, they could spank us. We never thought we could call the police or CPS for protection from them.

Do I think it was better then? I think that in some cases, it was not better. I also think sometimes we were just very lucky or blessed. But I have read an article that mentioned that kids who grow up in homes that are not perfectly clean, or who play outside more, actually get sick more often. You do, after al, have to build up an immunity somewhere.

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