07/23/2023
I grew up in Grosse Pointe & Detroit Michigan and never once questioned my parent's income; it was never a discussion. We ate homemade meals consisting of a balanced diet, meat, vegetable & a starch and fruit was often times our dessert!!! We grew up during a time when we mowed lawns, pulled weeds, babysat, and helped neighbors with chores. We by no means were given everything we wanted. We went outside a lot to play, run with friends, play hide and seek, catch lightning bugs in a jar, went fishing, 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 returned it for a nickel. After school, we came home and did homework and chores, before going outside, having friends over, or participating in a wide variety of sports activities. We would play for hours.
We had to tell our parents where we were going, who we were going with, and be home before dark, or when the streetlights 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! We watched what we said around our elders and neighbors because we knew if we DISRESPECTED any grown-up, we would get a real telling off or whooping, it wasn't called abuse, it was called discipline! We held doors, carried the shopping bags, and 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.
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 rarely bored!
Copied and pasted from a friend , please do the same & add or subtract as you desire (change where YOU grew up)
