Kids Weren't Allowed To Have Fun In The 50s

#1 Teaching Kids About Safety Is Difficult

The Police Safety League put out a manual for parents and their children in the 1950s called 'It's Great To Be Alive' that was meant to be a fun guide for learning valuable life lessons. Instead, it looks like they were trying to scare the kids into following the straight and narrow path.

There's a fine line between being too strict and being too lenient. This manual must have mentally scarred many children since it's heavy on the dangers lurking out there no matter what turn you take. The cover is cute, with the children anxious to be getting out of school and outside to play. However, the lessons that followed could have been written in a more comforting manner as danger seems to be lurking on every page.

#2 Don't Play In Leaves Or You'll End Up In The Trash Or Crushed Alive

#3 If You're Told To Go Fly A Kite Don't Do It

#4 Don't Play In Or Around Refrigerators Or You'll Die From Suffocation

#5 Cross At The Green, Not In Between, Or You'll End Up Crippled

#6 Whatever You Do, Don't Ever Ride A Bike

#7 Bikes Are Going To Be The Death Of You

#8 Seriously, Don't Ever Ride A Bike

#9 Watch Where You're Going And Respect Your Elders

#10 Finally.. The Final Page Has A Good Message To Follow

But seriously, this manual totally put the brakes on anyone having fun in the 50s. No wonder everyone was so afraid. Let's hope they finally let loose in the 60s!