I dont consider this kind of talk to be bragging either. there are many things back days of old that are no longer done that people talk about...

riding bikes, motorcycles with out helmets, lead paint, babies, toddlers, children not in seat belts, fist fights between friends without parents stopping it, drinking at age 16, ....

my point is there are many harmful to children things that are no longer allowed for parents to either let happen or do with their children that gets talked about, I tell my children and people of my age group about some of the parental stuff that was legal when I was a kid and not legal now and yea sometimes I wish for those days back again.

just like I wish for that summer at the creek jumping off the rope into the creek even though the creek wasnt all that deep. but that rope has since been cut down by the town and all trees at the "swimming hole" that could be used for rope jumping are gone.

I bet if everyone in this world, really thought about it there will be something from their childhoods that was unsafe and now it would be breaking some rule, law or ethics that they talk about with their friends and say they wish they could go back to those days again..

one thing I keep in mind when I hear talk like this is that just because ....I...... think something that happened to someone is wrong and they should not be discussing it or wanting those days back again theres probably a reason behind how and when that discussion started.... maybe someone say or heard someone being rude or doing something that they as a child would have been punished for.

today's world is so different than the one I grew up in, and Im not a babyboomer. Some teens and children these days seem to be very crude, rude and disrespectful so its natural for me to say to my wife when I encounter this.... man if I ever talked to my parents that way this that and the other thing would have happened and that would naturally lead into a discussion of disciplinary tactics my wife and I have in common when we were children and yea sometimes we laugh about it and say we wish these days were back, why because we did not consider it abuse when we were children. you minded your p's and q's or got swatted and we learned valuable lessons like not calling an adult a MF, dont steal, have manners and so on that quite a few children and teens either refused to learn or are no longer being taught. so its normal for people of those generations to talk about when I was a kid this happened and that happened and I turned out fine kind of talk....

as you can see this is one of those topics that can keep me going. maybe because I am a firm believer that its ok to talk about ones childhood including how one was disciplined compared to today... I mean how do we teach children its ok to say no go and tell if we are not going to talk about how things were before compared to today and what to do today that we didnt do years ago, how are my children going to learn about my history if I keep my childhood the good and the bad hushed up. we now life in a world where its ok to talk about how our parents disciplined us and how we felt back then and feel about it today. I say more power to the baby boomers if they can now feel comfortable talking about being spanked/ beat....