Boy, back when I was a kid, things were different. You actually played outside - in a vaguely organized fashion without adult supervision - and loved it. Parents loved it too. "Go out and play" was the only direction a kid needed for a day of fun and parents needed for a day of peace. I refer you to ANY Calvin and Hobbes for a point of reference.
We also manned our way through childhood diseases like mumps, measles and chicken pox. Heck, if the kid across the street got chicken pox, your mother would send you over to play with him so you would get it and "get it over with." This is the stuff manly men were built upon. Kids today? Wusses with vaccines. No childhood suffering to overcome and grow stronger by.
As romantic as this all sounds, we DID manage to miss one small point: if you get chicken pox as a kid, you stand a 1 in 3 chance of getting shingles later in life. You really, really DON'T want to get shingles at any time in life.
Another childhood myth shattered.
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