How did we survive our childhood?
Being a frequent traveller to Singapore, I have read many news report about how the children are getting obese. I remember reading something similar in our local news as well.
A couple of months ago, a friend sent me a short note from Canada. Although it was written based on the North American environment, I could associate with many of them, having done the same here when I was younger.
Here is the article:
If you were a kid in the 50's, 60's, 70's or even early 80's ..how did you
survive your childhood?
A couple of months ago, a friend sent me a short note from Canada. Although it was written based on the North American environment, I could associate with many of them, having done the same here when I was younger.
Here is the article:
If you were a kid in the 50's, 60's, 70's or even early 80's ..how did you
survive your childhood?
- When we were growing up we never wore seatbelts in the car, cars didn't
have airbags... - Riding on the back of a pick up truck was an adventure that we still
remember! - Our cribs were painted with bright colors (paint which was full of lead)
We didn't have childproof medicine bottles, nor did our parents ever childproof our house - When we rode our bikes we never wore a helmet.
- We would drink water from the faucet or from a hose in the backyard (not bottled water).
- We didn't have cell phones , so our parents were never able to reach us (awesome) .
- We would get scrapes, bruises, break bones , lose teeth, but we would never sue for these accidents.
- We would eat cake, , bread and butter, , drink sugary drinks, and we weren't overweight because we were always outside playing
- Four of us would share a drink, we would all drink from the same bottle and that wasn't gross nor would anyone get sick.
- We didn't have Playstations, Nintendo 64, X boxes, video games, cable TV with over 100 channels, VCR's, surround sound , cellular phones , computers , online chatrooms , instead we would have tons of FRIENDS
- Some of us weren't as bright as others but when one would get left back that was no big deal. They would not get taken to a psychologist, nor did they ever suffer from dyslexia, hyperactivity, ADHD, ADD, etc, they would
simply repeat the grade until they passed. - We had freedom , mishaps, , successes, , responsibilities, and we would learn to deal with them. The question is...How did we survive? And above all, to become the GREAT people that we are today? Are you from one of these generations
posted by Guy in the glass at 6:15 AM
5 Comments:
the long/short stick is called : kondakondi
http://malaysiana.pnm.my/03/0310konda_kondi.htm
Wah, didn't think many would know the name of the game. Yes, it's konda-kondi. Don't see it played nowadays, or maybe not in urban areas.
"How did we survive? And above all, to become the GREAT people that we are today? Are you from one of these generations"
I too ask the same question. Though I may not be from that generation. In fact, I come from a generation sucked by the need for instant results, instant noodles etc.
I often wonder how is it they you guys from that generation made it. As I began my career only 4 years ago, I find it a struggle to keep abreast the demands of career and life and the fact that seeing those from the previous generations succeeding not just in career but also their own lives, I can't help but be in amazement of how they do it.
How do you do it?
Thanks for your comment. Perhaps this could be some MBA or Phd thesis.
On your comment on instant result, I blogged about that on Oct 15 "Do we THINK anymore?". I guess we could be so caught up with the demands of work that we do not stop to recharge or, as Stephen Covey wrote in his book "7 habits of highly effective people", sharpen the saw.
If you sit back and reflect, do you turn off your mobile phone when you go on holiday? If you do, that is a start.
I probably should have written about this for my MBA thesis instead of competitive strategy for an airline company.
I appreciate your answers but I am puzzled. I find that it is hard to improve or make a difference in areas that I thought could be a little bit more different from its usual practise only to find myself being "pulled down from the ladder and beaten".
Then I find myself reluctantly conforming to the usual practise. I suppose the only solution is to have a monkey with enough authority to change which would not happen in the near future.
So what could I do to improve the situation? Should I conform to the sad and "China Man" like practise in a supposedly globaly renown organisation?
Again, I marvel at how people made it up there when they started off having to conform to something that may not be agreeable to them at that time. What did they do? Change jobs or did they change their mindsets?
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