This is the copy of the FB post that got me fired up.

 

“I was born and raised in northern Alberta. I never once thought I was raised by a low income family during a time when most everyone treated each other with respect. We didn't eat a lot of fast food because it was considered a treat, not a food group. We drank Kool-Aid made from water that came from our kitchen sink with real sugar. We ate bologna sandwiches, or even tuna, PB&J & grilled cheese sandwiches, hot dogs, pot pies, but mostly homemade meals consisting of meat, potatoes, vegetables, bread, butter, and homemade dessert.

We grew up during a time when we mowed lawns, put wood in, pulled weeds, babysat, helped neighbors with chores to be able to earn our own money.

We went outside a lot to play~Kick ball, baseball, basketball, fish, swim, ride bikes, run with friends & played hide and seek. We drank tap water from the water hose outside... 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 …( my dad would have had my butt if I did) He worked for Coke.

We watched TV shows like Good Times, The Jefferson’s, Bonanza, Alf, Different Strokes, Full House, Leave It To Beaver, Gilligan's Island, Happy Days, Bewitched, The Brady Bunch, The Rifleman, Looney Tunes, The Flintstones, The Jetsons, Sanford and Son, Dukes of Hazzard. After school, we came home and did homework and chores, before going outside or having friends over. We would ride our bikes for hours. We had to tell our parents where we were going, who we were going with, and be home when the street lights came on!

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!!!

In school we said the Lords Prayer, we stood for the National Anthem, and listened to our teachers.

We watched what we said around our elders because we knew if we DISRESPECTED any grown-up we would get our behinds whipped, it wasn't called abuse, it was called discipline! We held doors, carried groceries, and gave up our seat for an older person without being asked. You didn't hear curse words on the radio in songs or TV, and if you cursed and got caught you had a bar of soap stuck in your mouth.

“Please, Thank you, yes please, no thank you, excuse me and pardon me were part of our daily vocabulary!

The world we live in now is just so full of crooked people, hate and disrespect for others

Re-post if you're thankful for your childhood. I will never forget where I came from and only wish children nowadays had half the chance at the fun and respect for real life we grew up in.”