10/07/2023
I grew up in India and I walked to primary school regardless of the weather and dinner time was at 8:00PM and bed was 9:00PM
Eating out at a restaurant was a huge deal, that only really happened when it was a birthday or a very special occasion.
There was no such thing as Fast food and having a bottle of coke or a Large milkshake from the milk bar was a real treat.
You took your school clothes off as soon as you got home and put on your ‘home’ clothes. There was no taking or picking you up in the car, you walked or rode your bike! You got home did your chores and your homework before dinner.
Our house had no phone and no television.
We played Cops & Robbers, Hide & Seek, Football, Cricket and any other game we could come up with.....
Read books and diligently studied course books.
Staying in the house was a PUNISHMENT and the only thing we knew about "bored" was --- "You better find something to do before I find it for you!"
We had a radio and transistor to listen to music.
We went to the local mom& pop shop for bread, milk and candy used to be a couple of paise.
We ate what mum made for dinner or we ate nothing at all and if we didn’t eat our vegetables there was no dessert.
Bottled water is luxury, we drank from the tap.
We went to temples in the mornings, and rode our bikes for hours and ran around the neighbourhood.
We weren't AFRAID OF ANYTHING. We played till dark... sunset was our alarm.
If someone had a fight, that's what it was and we were friends again a week later, if not SOONER.
We watched our MOUTHS around our elders because ALL of our aunts, uncles, grandpas, grandmas, AND our parents' best friends were all extensions of our PARENTS and you didn't want them telling your parents if you misbehaved! Or they would give you something to cry about.
We respected the Police, Firemen, Ambulance workers, Doctors and Nurses.
We never answered back..... ever !!
We got detention at school for not doing homework, being late to class or being naughty.
Those were the good days. So many kids today will never know how it feels to be a real kid 😁 I loved my childhood and all the Friends I hung around with. Good Times 🤓😘
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