I found this on my Mom's blog and I've been meaning to share it for awhile. I was actually born in 1969 so I grew up in the 70s and 80s. This list is really for my parent's generation. Interesting stuff to think about and great topics for journaling and scrapbooking!
my Mom and her cousin. My mom's knee was bandaged up because she had been outside playing all day into the dark night and she fell and skinned it.
WERE YOU BORN IN THE 40's or 50's?
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We were born in the 40's and 50's. We survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank while they carried us.
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They took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing and didn't get tested for diabetes.
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After that trauma, our baby cribs were 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, knee pads, elbow pads, butt pads etc.
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As children, we would ride in cars with no 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.
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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, bread and butter and drank soda pop with sugar in it, 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.
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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 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.
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We did not have Play stations, Nintendo's, X-boxes, no video games at all, no 99 channels on cable, no video tape movies, no surround sound, no cell phones, no personal computers, no internet or internet chat rooms..........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 made up games with sticks and tennis balls and ate worms and although we were told it would happen, we did not put out very many eyes, nor did the worms live in us forever.
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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!
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Cheerleaders and 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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This generation has 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.
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We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we learned how to deal with it all!
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Some other fun sites with information about the 1940s and 1950s
- Fashions from the 40s
- Fashions from the 50s
- Prices in the 1940s
- Prices in the 1950s Popular Music from the 1940s
- 1940s Wiki site
- 1950s Wiki site
Greatest Rock and Roll songs from the 50s
