Linda B. Cole

Archive for February 11th, 2005

To the Kids Who Survived the 40’s, 50’s, 60’s and 70’s

Friday, February 11th, 2005

First, we survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank while they carried us.
They took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing and didn’t get tested for diabetes.
Then after that trauma, our baby cribs were covered with bright colored lead-based paints.
We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, [...]