CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE CHILDREN WHO SURVIVED THE 1930's, 40's, 50's, 60's and 70's!

[Tinelement]

Although I only made the age list by 26 days, December of '79, that article described my childhood to a 'T'!!

Great post! Thanks.

[Skully]

I didn't survive the 70's & 80's I am mentally scarred for the rest of my life. Specially after the 80's pop music.

[T-Jet]

That's how we rolled !

[alxone]

That's how we rolled !

[hatidua]

I don't know how it is in other towns around the country these days but in Boulder (yeah, I know....) my neighbors kid's soccer teams (mostly 8 year olds) don't keep score as they don't want anyone to "lose".

Nobody spanks their kids, they have "time-out's" (which doesn't seem to have much impact...at all).

I mentioned at a party last Winter that a snowboarder had terminally connected with a pine tree at a local ski resort and the parents looked truly horrified that their kids might have overheard that someone died.

I'm fairly happy in knowing that I won't be around in 50 years to see what all of this coddling will lead to. Sometimes I run around in my backyard with scissors just to feel young again.

[Mtn.man]

I don't know how it is in other towns around the country these days but in Boulder (yeah, I know....) my neighbors kid's soccer teams (mostly 8 year olds) don't keep score as they don't want anyone to "lose".

Nobody spanks their kids, they have "time-out's" (which doesn't seem to have much impact...at all).

I mentioned at a party last Winter that a snowboarder had terminally connected with a pine tree at a local ski resort and the parents looked truly horrified that their kids might have overheard that someone died.

I'm fairly happy in knowing that I won't be around in 50 years to see what all of this coddling will lead to. Sometimes I run around in my backyard with scissors just to feel young again.

We will have a nation of biebers, obamas, and other gurly mens

[MrPrena]

This is so true....

[BlasterBob]

I was born in 1936 and have luckily experienced most of the fun/risky/dangerous stuff mentioned above. What a GREAT childhood I had. Now it appears the biggest part of our great land seems to have turned to shit, especially with all the politically correct stuff we encounter daily.
However, our U.S.A. is still the best Country in the entire world.

[rockhound]

full contact football (no pads)

air soft guns are for wusses, bbs do more damage

we actually rode our bikes no tvs no video games

trying to get my kids to do the same

[Musashi]

Wow that brings back some memories
Anyone remember the wrist rockets and the things you could destroy with them...not that I did any of that stuff


Now to get my daughter to do the same