We did not have Playstations, Nintendos, 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!
We fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones and teeth, and there were no
lawsuits from these accidents. The only rubbing we got was from our friends with the words…masakit ba? Pero pag galit yung kalaro mo, ang sasabihin sa iyo…beh, buti nga!
We played in the dirt, washed our hands a little, and ate with our bare hands. We were not afraid of getting worms in our stomachs.
We had to live with homemade guns – gawa sa kahoy, tinaling rubberband, sumpit, tirador at kung ano- ano pa na puedeng makasakit…pero walang nagrereklamo.
We made up games with sticks ( syatong ) and cans ( tumbang preso ) and although we were told it would happen, wala naman tayong binulag o napatay. Paminsan-minsan may nabubukulan.
We rode bikes or walked to a friend's house and knocked on the door or rang the bell, or just yelled for them!
Mini basketball teams had tryouts and not everyone made the team. Those who didn't had to learn to deal with disappointment. Walang sumasama ang loob.
Ang magulang ay nandoon lang para tingnan kung ayos lang ang mga bata…hindi para makialam.
This generation of ours has produced some of the best risk-takers, problem solvers and managers 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!
And 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 government regulated our lives for our own good.
And while you are at it, forward it to your kids so they will know how brave their parents were.
Kind of makes you want to run through the house with scissors, doesn't it?!
P.S. - The big type is because your eyes may not be able to read this…. at your age.
