>>We were lucky to survive the idealic period you remember.<<
....especially with all that all the lead based paint chipping off walls and playground equipment.
And how us youth of the 50's and 60's that did not wear seat belts and rode in the back of pick-up trucks.
How about the truama of not making the cut for a little league baseball team? I don't know if I will ever get over that. lol
...funny, the other day I had a collage age youg man come into the store and was complaining that he did not have any TV because his cable was down. He was shocked to find out that you can actually get TV free with just a simple antenna attached to your TV. I sold him some 'rabbit ears'.