born in1933 I am one of these and lived it
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randy (imported)
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Re: born in1933 I am one of these and lived it
I think that the point has been sorely missed from this post. I am a child of the 50's and did not have many of the "protections" that children have today.
As a kid I was taught not to chew on things that were not food, hence the lead painted crib and wood toys were completely safe to me.
My mother probably had a few drinks during pregnancy, but certainly not an excessive number, and the point here is that a few glasses of wine judiciously consumed will not lead to any serious permanent damage.
As to kids activities, I personally participated in many outdoor games , and "make believes", hell my parents didn't even buy a TV til I was 6. My dad even made for all us kids, wooden guns and rifles that shot rubber bands.
We climbed trees , rode bikes without helmets, and all of us had a few visits to the ER during our childhoods. We are no worse for the scrapes and bumps.
We came out OK because that was the way it was, it was not the litigous society we live in today and accidents DO happen.
As for the little league thing, Here at least , they make all kinds of allowances for kids who are not good at the game, and almost no one is cut from the team. When I was a kid, you didn't play on the teams unless you were good at it.Simple as that. There was even a case here where a parent of a rejected child sued and accused the coaches of being child molesters.
There are vast improvements in the safety for kids these days , but parents and manufacturers seem to go to extremes. Yes kids got hurt from not wearing seat belts, and thats a good thing to fix, but helmets for a tricycle ? Give me a break.
Todays kids are soft , and lazy and unmotivated, and much of that is cause they are way too coddled by the parents, and society in general.
Raymar
As a kid I was taught not to chew on things that were not food, hence the lead painted crib and wood toys were completely safe to me.
My mother probably had a few drinks during pregnancy, but certainly not an excessive number, and the point here is that a few glasses of wine judiciously consumed will not lead to any serious permanent damage.
As to kids activities, I personally participated in many outdoor games , and "make believes", hell my parents didn't even buy a TV til I was 6. My dad even made for all us kids, wooden guns and rifles that shot rubber bands.
We climbed trees , rode bikes without helmets, and all of us had a few visits to the ER during our childhoods. We are no worse for the scrapes and bumps.
We came out OK because that was the way it was, it was not the litigous society we live in today and accidents DO happen.
As for the little league thing, Here at least , they make all kinds of allowances for kids who are not good at the game, and almost no one is cut from the team. When I was a kid, you didn't play on the teams unless you were good at it.Simple as that. There was even a case here where a parent of a rejected child sued and accused the coaches of being child molesters.
There are vast improvements in the safety for kids these days , but parents and manufacturers seem to go to extremes. Yes kids got hurt from not wearing seat belts, and thats a good thing to fix, but helmets for a tricycle ? Give me a break.
Todays kids are soft , and lazy and unmotivated, and much of that is cause they are way too coddled by the parents, and society in general.
Raymar
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Re: born in1933 I am one of these and lived it
Agreed,
My kids who are in there mid 20's and 30's when teens lived in the Santa Cruz Mt. They were kicked out of the house at dawn and they came home when it was dark. There playground was the forest of redwoods and other fine trees to climb and swing from. It takes the game of hid and seek to a whole new level. TV, they did not have one.
River
My kids who are in there mid 20's and 30's when teens lived in the Santa Cruz Mt. They were kicked out of the house at dawn and they came home when it was dark. There playground was the forest of redwoods and other fine trees to climb and swing from. It takes the game of hid and seek to a whole new level. TV, they did not have one.
River