I never once questioned my mother's income or my father's!! It was never a discussion. We ate homemade meals consisting of meat, potatoes, and vegetables - (which were not an optional choice). No vegetables, no dessert!!! We didn't talk unless told to, hence we were known as the silent generation. We never touched anything that did not belong to us. We never opened a refrigerator at anyone's house unless asked to do so. We were taught to respect other peoples property. And we were rewarded for acting properly.
We grew up during a time when we mowed lawns, pulled weeds, babysat, helped with all chores. We by no means were given everything we wanted. We went outside a lot to play, run with friends, play hide and seek, or went bike riding. We rarely just sat inside.
Bottled water was unheard of. If we had a Coke, it was in a glass bottle, and we didn’t break the bottle when finished. We saved the bottle for the return money.
We had to tell our parents where we were going, who we were going with, and be home before dark..
You LEARNED from your parents instead of disrespecting them and treating them as if they knew absolutely nothing. What they said was LAW and you did not question it and you had better know it! We watched what we said around our elders and neighbors because we knew if we DISRESPECTED any grown-up, we would get a real good whooping, it wasn't called abuse, it was called discipline!
We held the doors for others and carried the shopping into the house. We gave up our seat for an older person without being asked. You didn't hear swear words on the radio in songs or on TV.
“Please and Thank you", were part of our daily vocabulary! The world we live in now is just so full of people who hate and disrespect others.
Frens, consider Re-posting if you're thankful for your childhood. I will never forget where I came from and only wish children and people nowadays had half the chance at the fun and respect for real life we grew up with! And we were never bored!
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Hey! Are you sure we didn't live next to each other? This sounds like my family too.
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Yes they were. And I had 7 siblings to contend with. What a household of young 'uns.
Same in England in the fifties but "Keep posts related to topics Q has raised or that are current."
How is this post related to Q topics or current? Askin for a fren'.
We also discuss Dark to Light, Good Vs Evil on occasion, Look How much 'people' have changed, Attitude, Outlook, Morals, perceptions, etc in just the last 50 years... Don't we also discuss 'The Great Awakening'... ? All of this is tied in some way or another to Q.... Why, Does this post trouble your 'friend' ?
I must of lived in the same HOOD me too
Yes. Those were the GOOD OLD DAYS. We drank from water hoses, played all kinds of outdoor games. Took our Daddy's wooden sides off of his truck and built a fort/but we'd put them back later. Rode our bikes everywhere. Played kick ball with the neighborhood kids in the field behind our houses/ bird pooped on me once doing that, KEK!, slept double in beds until we got bunks because there was 8 of us; 4 boys, 4 girls. Our cat died and the neighbor boy who was learning trumpet in band played TAPS for her when we gave her a funeral. Made mud pies so my brothers would pretend eat them. Climbed trees. All kinds of things kids don't and don't want to even try to do. It seems they've lost out a lot by refusing. Such a loss. All they'll have memories of are GAMES and PHONES. That's it.
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Hey! And let's not forget your Mom yelling, "Don't you come in here and track up my wet floors."
Same as how my brother and I were raised in western NY.
Good times I tell ya. How I miss being a child again sometimes. No worries, no cooking meals, no doing laundry, no cleaning the house/Mom did it, no going to work and no paying bills. Everything done for you. But......then we had to grow up.
We did chores around the house and at neighbors. Mowed lawns for a little cash. Pulled weeds, shoveled snow, helped with the garden, cut trees. When old enough worked at the local race track doing everything. And worked all summer full time when I was 16 and up.
My mother was afraid that if we attempted to mow the lawn, we'd cut our arms off. My father did all that. The boys learned when they got older, but Daddy would still do it most of the time. He did teach them how to repair their flat tires on their bikes and how to use a few power tools. And they had a 'paper route.' Us girls helped with the dishes when we got older, set the table, did some laundry and learned how to 'iron' clothes. My mother thought that men should work and women stayed home to raise the kids, so that's what we were taught. However, my second sister, myself, and my baby sister had to go outside the home and work to help raise our families. The oldest sister got married to a man who provided everything for her, so she had a good life. But I still wouldn't have traded mine for anything. It taught me independence and how to work hard for what you want. I worked 10 years at an Automotive parts factory for 6 days a week, 12 hours a day. That was tough.
I was raised the same. But I could use the push mower and as a teen I did mow the lawn. My dad said I should never allow someone to do something for me that I could do myself, so he taught me a bunch of things about tools that my husband appreciates. Kek. Before I could get my driver’s license though, he made me learn to do a tune up, oil change, change a tire, check the radiator and washer fluid. I had to learn to drive in the snow and find any address (in Seattle).
On one of our first dates I helped my husband clean the bottom of a 40’ fishing boat (Seward, Alaska). Kek. I wasn’t afraid of breaking nails and knew how to do hard work. My parents taught me that.
I feel sorry for many of the ‘kids’ nowadays.
Sounds wonderful. I helped my ex-husband/kids father clean out a cattle trailer once and when the men in the shop saw me doing it, they all stood there amazed. My ex was a truck driver. He was also the one I helped when he did his engine/car repair.
Oh, a cattle trailer! 🥹 You are a tough cookie!
and I'll bet you know the difference between a tie rod and an idler arm - LOL.
Yes I do. I've also honed engine blocks, helped my ex-husband with rebuilding a 350 4 bolt main engine, pumped brakes when he put in a new Master cylinder, ran for 5/8th inch wrenches, know the difference between a phillips and a straight screw driver, open end/boxed in wrenches, deep well sockets and ratchets. I played a good gopher at times. I prefer the old engines with carburetors and not these computer controlled vehicles. I love the old 'shade tree' mechanic way of doing things.
Also when I worked in Automotive Manufacturing, I made steering columns for Nissan the first 4 years and then I moved into Nissan shifters the last 6 years. I also built for Toyota and Mitsubishi whenever they needed a hand on their lines, but I basically built for Nissan.
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She was afraid of everything. She wouldn't even let us go swimming up the road at the public pool for fear we'd drown. We didn't get to go swimming until we left home. Kek!
we didn't have snow, but I raked a lot of leaves for people.
Forgot about the leaves! That was endless in fall.
Add in cutting weeds...before string trimmers! We used a sickle...as in communist flag type!
Yes, indeed! We played baseball in the (suburban neighborhood) street, All kinds of yard games - Red Rover - Red Light, Green Light, camped out in the back yard, built forts in the woods. If I see something on the floor in a store I pick it up, just like Mom did. If I acted up in a store, I’d either be banished to the car or Mom would put the grocers from the cart away and we’d leave.
One time, Dad told me to put my shoes on while we were riding in the car. We were going to stop at a restaurant for a piece of pie….a rare treat….I did not do it. Dad parked the car in front of a window in the restaurant. I don’t know what he did, but he and Mom sat at the window where I could see - they could see me too - and had pie and coffee. I think Dad ate his pie very slowly. 😂 I never got any pie and I never did anything like that again….Good times!
I think most of us grew up with a wonderful life. Sorry about your missed pie.
Ha. I’m nearly 70 and I still look back at it with a smile. Learned my lesson. Blessings to you.
This is what we need to bring our grandchildren back into a way of truly learning, living and enjoying life. Nothing those game systems and cell phones can show them.
So very true.
I remember the EXACT same world here in Canada in the early 60's:
Thank-you purkiss80 for helping me remember the good, old days. When I look at the world today, it makes me sad because I remember how good it used to be. This generation has no idea how to think for themselves, how to love the Lord and lead a righteous and productive life. God bless you.
Dear Lord how I wish it could be this way again. You and Purkiss have just about brought me to tears.
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God bless you dear sister. We'll all be together in heaven and as we all know - there are no tears in heaven.
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Amen.
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Good times, Morals and values ruled...🙏
90s was like this for kids as well.
My heart breaks for Anglo-SouthAfricans. They are being discriminated beyond comprehension and to those who stayed we wish you the best of luck in foghring the good fight.
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This sounds pretty much like my own childhood in Upstate New York. There was order. Our village had one police officer, who was our friend, and whom no one would disrespect. Moreover, my family went to church EVERY SINGLE SUNDAY and we sat in the same pew every week. The front pew. No one ever tried to take our place. But were were just regular probably lower middle class. My father worked as a manager in a factory that made all kinds of military medals and insignia (American Emblem), and my mother worked at the nearby Air Force Base as a GS5-6-and 7. She actually refused a promotion to a GS 9 or 11 because she didn't want that responsibility. Life was very stable. VERY STABLE. Now, I wonder what will happen to me. I think I will be possibly killed because I am a Christian. I created a small business many years ago, and it was destroyed by COVID.
Thank you for your story. You are probably right about what lies ahead for Christians but I know that the Lord will give us strength and courage to face that situation. This life is but a grain of sand on a very large beach - to die is gain. God bless you richly.
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DITTO Very thankful for my childhood BUT sad at the moment for my 5 children , their partners and my 10 grandchildren. TRUTH. They have to work harder, longer hours etc etc to even get close to what we achieved. WE MUST not lose sight of the real ENEMY. The cabal FED banking system that enslaves ALL of us.
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I’m a millennial, and I grew up a LOT like this. My parents did not play around. Then again, my mother is only 2nd gen American from Poland so that explains it.
😁😉 Absolutely...
I could've written this post word for word from heartland, fly-over, 'Merica except: (and it's funny because I was just talking about this very thing with a client yesterday!)
up from the floor with a bloody lip, because the "back-hand" came so quick that you didn't even see it coming! Ha Ha!
Also, we would rake leaves, shovel snow, & cut grass for elderly neighbors just because it was the right thing to do.
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Sounds like my life in St. Louis in the 50's. then Kennedy's assassination, the Beatles and Vietnam war and the Riots sent everything down the road to Perdition.
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Sounds exactly like my childhood years as well! I wouldn't trade them for all the cell phones, computers, etc in the world!
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We grew up this way too. In south central Los Angeles, of all places.
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The WEF has already stated that it is easier to control less educated, dumb and unruly people, it is going to plan, for them.
Kids could play and ride bikes all around other neighborhoods too- play in the woods and walk to the dime store ( remember those?) for an entire bag of candy ( with a couple of bucks allowance) and never worry about being taken or molested.
Not entirely gone. There are many of us still trying to swim against the current with our families. Thanks for sharing, Purkiss. 🙏
Do NOT give up my Fren...👌🙏🏻
SA or USA, your upbringing was a mirror to mine up bringing. We all have a lot more in common that we think.
Absolutely, and that's how we all found each other here at GAW...😉😁
100%!!!!
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Most families since the 1980's in the US have had both parents working and Daycare raising the children until they were old enough to send to indoctrination schools to be taught by teachers that pushed the government agenda. When Mama left the home to work and left the children from babies up to be raised by others that DID NOT love them as a parent, our society went to crap!
Many of those mother's who left their children had no choice!
Then they shouldn't have had kids until they could. This is a fallen world and the failure of the family is just part of it!
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This post is bittersweet. How lucky we were!
Saturday nights in the summer dad would light the Webber kettle and we would have grilled steak, baked potatoes, and salad. It was really special when mom would let us eat outside at the picnic table.
Our dog would run crazy on the freshly cut lawn. Spinning in circles and so happy that we were happy.
My friends and I would ride our bikes downtown and go shopping at the drugstore and five and dimes. Spend our money on bargain bin items and then act grown up when we would order French fries and cokes at the cafe after our shopping spree.
There was a corner store across the street from my school. We called it Lefty’s. He sold penny candy and we would get our brown paper bags filled and ride home.
My parents are still in my childhood home and when I visit them it is also bittersweet. Whispers of the past speak to me, and sadness at the businesses that are no longer downtown.
Chores on Saturday morning, baking, laundry, and church on Sunday with a roast dinner to follow. We rarely went out to eat, and when we did it was a very special occasion.
The neighborhood kids we played and fought with early morning until dinner time. Life was sweet. Thank you for this post OP.
My absolute Pleasure...
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Amen from a country girl who loved to explore the fields, levees, etc, and wouldn't trade my childhood experiences for anything!
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This and most of the comments are what is meant by "Make America Great Again". Life had is problems but we children grew up in lovely ignorance. May it be that way again soon. 🙏🏼
Amen.
Sounds just like So. Cal. in the 50's when I grew up.
Thankfully BDS removed all that and left it's instigators in SA for the fire sales.(parasites)
Some of us grew up without those resources, an entire family of divided spouses and parents who had children too young and had to work too much. Respect was hard to reciprocate when parents didn't understand emotions of their children or how to manage their own. It was literal beatings, or just plain ignorance and dismissals of the situation, because that's how they grew up. No one believed getting help from others was the thing to do, swallow the pain and appear as if nothing is wrong. Not to harbor on your post, but this was mainly the experience of people that were lucky
All I can say is Everyone I Knew and grew up with were 'lucky'....Plenty friends had parents that were divorced but still Maintained the Family unit....So there's that...