Lol- kids and families used to be tough- today kids get a scratch and it’s off to the hospitals for surgery and antibiotics lol. Back when we kids used to eat gravel regularly. I watched my brother ride a motocross bike over a small jump, landed wrong, gave it the throttle, and shot across the driveway and hit a rock, and got flung 8nto a tree- his head hit the tree and his body spun around in midair. I thought he was a goner, ran over just as he was picking hi self off the ground, and he said his life flashed before his eyes on impact.
We used to climb birch trees to the top, swi g them back and forth until it bent over to the next tree, and transfer to it- 30 or so feet off the ground... we were always outside doj g something stupid or dangerous.
Now that I have kids of my own I understand what we put my parents through and how they had to bite their lip and just be thankful we hadn't managed to kill ourselves.
But tough is the right word, the world is rough so you have to be tough could almost have been the family motto.