TO ALL THE KIDS WHO WERE BORN IN THE 1940's, 50's, 60's
First, we survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or
drank while they carried us.
They took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing, tuna from a tin, and didn't
get tested for diabetes.
Then after that trauma, our baby cots were covered with bright colored
lead-based paints.
We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, doors or cabinets and
when we rode our bikes, we had no helmets, not to mention, the risks we took
hitchhiking .
As kids, we would ride in cars with no seat belts or air bags.
Riding in the