All true,
But the majority of those things have been shown to be dangerous in the world we live in NOW.
You can take some of that stuff with a grain of salt and chock it up to nostalgia (except the lead based paint) OR you can give it the credence it needs in today's world and realize how lucky we all are to have dodged the bullet!
But there IS a difference between now and then. I grew up in the 1970's. When you were told "get outside and go play". No scheduled play dates with friends. No soccer practice. Just get your butt outside and entertain yourself until dinner time. Kids don't have that any more. Its just not possible in a lot of cases.
And kids have replaced it with video games mostly. Kids don't even read comics that much anymore. Remember walking down to the corner market and picking up comic books at $.30 each? And don't tell me they were a NICKEL... comic books were NEVER a nickel.
That was all part of us as kids learning how to self-manage. Kids don't get that today.
-G
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