Over Sixty Winter 2022 Digital

9 OPINION OVERSIXTY.COM.AU | WINTER 2022 OPINION Animal Escapades – $250 voucher from House of Pets Share antics of unique pets or wildlife in up to 300 words. Reminisce – $400 Got an inspiring or life-changing tale? Submissions must be true, original, unpublished and 800-1000 words. Letters to the Editor Email newspaper@oversixty.com.au Mail Over 60, PO Box 6458, Frenchs Forest, NSW 2086 Please include your name, address, phone number and email. Letters should be no longer than 250 words. We may edit letters and use them in all print and electronic media . Submissions: All submissions become our property on payment and subsequent publication. We may edit and fact-check submissions. We cannot return or acknowledge material not accepted for publication. OUR PRIVACY STATEMENT Direct Publishing Pty Ltd collects your information to provide our products and services and may also use your information for the marketing purposes of Over60 and/or selected corporate partners. If the information is not provided you will be unable to access our products or services. Our Privacy Policy at over60.com.au/privacy-policy contains full details on how your information is used (including how we may share your information with our affiliate companies in the US or other overseas entities), how you may access or correct information held and our privacy complaints process. CONTRIBUTE WHAT ARE THE MAIN DIFFERENCES BETWEEN GROWING UP TODAY AND IN YOUR ERA? “We weren’t reliant on technology and the need to constantly communicate. We wrote letters by hand and we relied on our own ability rather than a calculator. If our parents said ‘No’, we knew they meant it and stress-related illness was rarely heard of.” – MARJE BRUGEL “Safety. We were able to walk to school safely. Doors were never locked, you were able to sleep out on the verandah, neighbours were like family, we were taught respect for parents, teachers, police and adults.” – FAYE BIRTWISTLE “We had boundaries and rules to abide by. If we didn’t conform there was a punishment – grounded or not allowed something that was wanted. Manners had to be used and no answering back.” – YVONNE VISHNICH “So much stress in children’s lives today. We just lived our lives really not knowing what was going on around us. We enjoyed being kids knowing our parents were Your say looking after us. The pressure on children today is tremendous and everything is so expensive to be involved in.” – CAROLYN ZILLMAN “Fewer choices. You ate your meals no matter what it was… no snacks, no screens, you wore what was on the chair… generally hand-me-downs.” – PATRICIA PHILLIPS-JOHNSON WHAT THINGS WILL YOUNGER GENERATIONS NEVER UNDERSTAND? “Milk bottles delivered to your front door.” – STEVE SMITH “Bread delivered not sliced. Listening to the radio for the serials. No TV. Playing in the street, hunting tadpoles and enjoying the outdoors.” – JOAN GEBETSBERGER “Typewriters. And carbon paper to place between two pieces of paper to make a copy. And put it in an envelope to forward it to someone.” – MARGARET INGLIS “Not being able to use the phone and computer at the same time.” – TOLLA EDDA ANDERSON “Dialling a rotary phone.” – MAUREEN LYONS MARTINSKY “No internet. Black and white TV too. Of course no cell phones!” – GEOFF SCRIMES “Stockings, suspenders, belts and corsets!” – ROSY BLOOM “Actual money (cash) instead of paying everything on cards.” – MARGUERITE GAINSFORD STANFORD “Having to stand up to change the channel.” – KEITH WILSON WHAT’S THE MOST VALUABLE LESSON YOUR PARENTS TAUGHT YOU? “Work smart, then you don’t have to work hard. It’s stuck with me forever. Make sure you enjoy your job, that way it’ll never seem like work. Oh.. and be nice to the nerds because one day they might be your boss.” – SIMONE DONOVAN “Treat others as you want to be treated. Love and respect in a family is more important than material things.” – ROBYN GIBSON “My mother always told us to put money away for our bills, such as rent, gas and electricity. That is something I have done for all my adult life.” – CHRISTINE RYAN “Independence, both financially and thinking – particularly if you’re a woman. Never be dependent on a man.” – SUE MACKNEY JOIN THE CHAT! Visit and like us on our Facebook page www.facebook.com/ oversixtys to take part in our regular chats We asked, you responded. Our Facebook community share their views