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To: Stand Watch Listen
How sad! My kids think I'm crazy when I tell them I had a better childhood than they did. They have so many material things I did not have since I grew up in a very large, lower middle-class family.

What we did have as kids was tons and tons of kids to play with. Dozens. That was when there were a lot of families with 5+ kids. We had kick ball and dodge ball and kick-the-can and Red Rover. We had freedom to wander (as long as we were home for dinner) without our parents having to worry about us.We had penny candy!

I would not trade my childhood for all the trappings of today's adult-run, ultra-PC society.

Simon says, "Let kids be kids!"

6 posted on 04/02/2002 6:11:47 AM PST by Trust but Verify
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To: Trust but Verify
How sad! My kids think I'm crazy when I tell them I had a better childhood than they did.

How different than when most of US were young and our parents kept reminding us of how much better we had it than they did.
I understand.

20 posted on 04/02/2002 6:44:46 AM PST by scan58
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To: Trust but Verify
We had penny candy!

In God we trust, all others pay cash!

21 posted on 04/02/2002 6:45:57 AM PST by HamiltonJay
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To: Trust but Verify
Duck Duck Goose? WAHHHHHHHHHHHHH...............

My husband is still steaming about Ten Little Indians now being Ten Little Airplanes. We have 3 grandchildren under 18 months and we're beginning to SEE with our own eyes what the liberals have done to childhood!

48 posted on 04/02/2002 9:29:21 AM PST by Howlin
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