The article below was written by Patrick Teoh in his blog"Niamah!!"..

To All those Born in the 40's, 50's , 60's & early '70s...
First, we survived with mothers who had no maids. They cooked/cleaned while taking care of us at the same time.
They took aspirin, candies floss, fizzy drinks, shaved ice withsyrups and diabetes were rare. Salt added to Pepsi or Coke was remedyfor fever.
We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, doors or cabinetsand when we rode our bikes, we had no helmets.

As children, we would ride with our parents on bicycles/motorcycles for 2 or 3. Richer ones in cars with no seat belts or airbags.
Riding in the back of a private taxi was a special treat.
We drank water from the tap and NOT from a bottle.
We would spend hours on the fields under bright sunlight flyingour kites, without worrying about the UV ray which never seem to affectus.
We go to jungle to catch spiders without worries of Aedesmosquitoes.
With mere 5 pebbles (stones) would be an endless game. With aball (tennis ball best) we boys would ran like crazy for hours.
We catch guppy in drains / canals and when it rain we swimthere.
We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle andNO ONE actually worry about being unhygenic. We ate salty, very sweet & oily food, candies, bread and realbutter and drank very sweet soft sweet coffee/tea, ice kacang, but weweren't overweight because.......

WE WERE ALWAYS OUTSIDE PLAYING!!

We would leave home in the morning and play all day, tillstreet lights came on.
No one was able to reach us all day. AND WE DONT HAVE HANDPHONES TO BUG US. And we were O.K. AND WE ARE SAFE.
We would spend hours repairing our old bicycles and woodenscooters out of scraps and then ride down the hill, only to find out weforgot the brakes. After running into the bushes a few times, we learnedto solve the problem .

We did not have Playstations, X-boxes, Nintendo's, multiplechannels on cable TV, DVD movies, no surround sound, no phones, nopersonal computers, no Internet. WE HAD FRIENDS and we went outside andfound them!
We fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones and teeth and westill continued the stunts.
We never had birthdays parties till we are 21
We rode bikes or walked to a friend's house and just yelled forthem!
The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke the law wasunheard of. They actually sided with the law!
Yet this generation has produced some of the best risk-takers,problem solvers and inventors ever!
The past 40 years have been an explosion of innovation and newideas..

We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and welearned 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 luckto grow up as kids, before the government regulated our lives for ourown good.
And while you are at it, forward it to your kids so they willknow how brave their parents were.

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