How did we survive?

We had a great time with kids for their Firework on Jul 4th. And I hear the news regarding Fed is considering ban on Firwork in US. They are so much worry about kids due to few accident and some kids was dead/injured. I think this is wrong.

The person born before 70s they know they survived, eventhough they did what they are unsecure and harmful.

Our baby cribs were covered with bright colored lead-based paint and some of the baby has not seen the cribs, on the floor wow. We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, doors or cabinets, ...and when we rode our bikes, we had no helmets. As children, we would ride on bike on lap. Riding in the back of a pickup truck on a warm day was always a special treat. We drank water from the garden hose and not from a bottle. We ate cupcakes , bread and butter , and drank soda pop with sugar in it,but we were never overweight because we were always outside playing.


We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle, and no one actually died from this.
We would spend hours building our go-carts out of scraps and then rodedown the hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes..After running into the bushes a few times , we learned to solve the problem. We would leave home in the morning and play all day , as long as we wereback when the street lights came on . No one was able to reach us all day. NO CELL PHONES!!!!!
We did not have Playstations , Nintendo 64, X-Boxes, no video games or even TV at all, personal computers , or Internet chat rooms. Still we had friends! We went outside and foundthem. We played ball, and sometimes, the ball would really hurt. (not us someone in 80s even though they survive no lawsuit). We fell out of trees , got cut and broke bones and teeth , and there were no lawsuits from these accidents. They were accidents. No one was to blame but us. Remember accidents?

We had fights and punched each other and got black and blue and learned to get over it.
We made up games with sticks and tennis balls and ate worms, and although we were told it would happen, we did not put outvery many eyes , nor did the worms live inside us forever.
We rode bikes or walked to a friend's home and knocked on the door, or rang the bell or just walked in and talked to them .

Some students weren't as smart as others, so they failed a grade andwere held back to repeat the same grade. Tests were not adjusted for any reason. Our actions were our own. Consequences were expected. Our teacher beat us badly. The idea of a parent bailing us out if webroke a law was unheard of. They actually sided with the law.

Imagine that! This generation has produced some of the best risk-takers, problemsolvers and inventors, ever. The past 50 years have been an explosion of innovation and new ideas.

And still we survive and feel great.