Its a wonder I'm still alive...
From the age of about 6 + we were allowed to ride bikes w/ no helmets by ourselves all over my friends neighborhood (couldn't on my street b/c it was high traffic area by the college) and the worst thing that ever happened was a scrapped knee. We would play in the pond/pool by ourselves. We made mudpies and sometimes tasted them. We became "bloodsisters".
At my nephews house (they are 3 & 6 yrs OLDER than me), we rode motorized dirt bikes without helmets. Romped all over the lake and woods that contained gators, snakes, whoknows whatelse). Rode Fourwheelers and go carts all over the place.. once again.. no helmets. We jumped off things that were too high. We did flips on the trampoline. TONs of other dangerous things.
I was soooo tan when I was younger. I didn't spend any summer days indoors if I could help it. |