Growing up Boomer

Growing Up Boomer: Beloved TV Shows That Would Never Be Made Today

Television was a big part of us Baby Boomers lives, with our popular shows often mirroring societal values and cultural norms. However, as our perspectives evolve and social awareness deepens, some of our beloved TV shows from the past would never see the light of day. So, sit back, relax and see if you agree with Padre and Cotton’s picks for banned TV shows.
 
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Growing Up Boomer: Walking Old Roads

Baby Boomers; we’re not perfect but we forget that we still have a lot to offer future generations. Walking Old Roads: A memoir of kindness rediscover, is a book that leads us not to forget our everyday blessings and what we can offer to make our world a better place. Social media, 24-hour news cycle, and information overload can sometimes make our view of humanity tainted. But if we just remember that we are all part of one big family, will help us to realize that the majority of our population just want the same thing we want. To live in peace and harmony    
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A Baby Boomer’s Thanksgiving

We Baby Boomers were part of the 4F Club when it came to Thanksgiving. Family, Friends, Food, and Football. Even though we Baby Boomers lived through tough times, we always recognize that the greatest blessing was always family and friends. And even a greater blessing is when your Family are your Friends.
So, Cotton and I would like to wish everyone a
Wonderful Thanksgiving
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Things Baby Boomers Did as Kids That the Gen Z Generation would never imagine Part 2

As a generation that came during significant cultural and technological shifts, we experienced a childhood vastly different from today’s Gen Z’ers (Zoomers). From innocent and adventurous activities to risky and outdated practices. So, let’s delve into some of the most remarkable aspects of baby boomers’ childhoods that will have Zoomers scratching their heads.
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Things we Baby Boomers Did as Kids, that the Gen Z Generation would never imagine Part 1

As a generation that came during significant cultural and technological shifts, we experienced a childhood vastly different from today’s Gen Z’ers (Zoomers). From innocent and adventurous activities to risky and outdated practices. So, let’s delve into some of the most remarkable aspects of baby boomers’ childhoods that will have Zoomers scratching their heads.
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A Baby Boomers Halloween

For us kids in the 50’s and 60’s, costumes were homemade, trick or treating door to door was considered safe and, we would collect enough candy to last until December and a trip to the Dentist the following year to fill in our cavities.
 
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Boomer’s note to Millennials and Gen Z’ers, Signs That Will Make You Say, “Oh My God, I’m Old!”

We Baby Boomers have a message for all you Millennials and Gen Z’ers. Getting older is a natural part of life, but it can still be a bit of a shock when you start to notice the signs of aging. The following signs will make you realize “OMG I’m old’!”
 
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Baby Boomers and the Three Stooges

The popularity of the Three Stooges live’s on today. But for the Baby Boomer it was a way of live. Who can’t forget the eye poke, head slap, the nose ringing. The Three Stooges also added to the lexicon of us Baby Boomers with the “Nyuk, Nyuk, Nyuks, and Woob, Woob, Woobs. So, sit back and enjoy while we pay homage to Stooge mania.
 
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Baby Boomer Pieces of Wisdom That Millennials and Gen Z need to hear.

Ask any Millennial or Gen Z and they’ll tell you everything you need to know can be found on Google. But not so fast, Remember the person coding the programs for life advise is a Millennial or Gen Z Google employee, so forget about real life advise. We Baby Boomers have lived life to the fullest and have some advice that can’t be found on any search engine.
 
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Baby Boomers and the NFL

Looking back at in turbulent times of the 60’s and 70’s football was a great escape to be able to sit back and forget the troubles of the world for a least three hours. For those to young to remember here are a few highlights of the time.     
Monday Night Football, Instant Replay, The Ice Bowl, The Immaculate Reception, The Catch, The Heidi Game, The First Super Bowl, and the Miami Dolphins perfect season.
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