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The Way It Was (And Why We're Like This) Safety is Optional: True Stories from a Childhood Without Helmets, Manuals, or Backup Plans
Paperback
Series: Seasons of Laughter Collection
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jan 4 2026
Pages: 86
Weight: 0.28
Height: 0.18 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
The Way It Was (And Why We're Like This) Safety is Optional is a collection of 15 short, true stories from a time when childhood came with fewer rules, fewer explanations, and very little supervision.
These are short stories from an era when:
safety was implied
consequences were immediate
help usually came from whoever happened to be nearby
From propane tanks and milk-jug road trips to playground burns, improvised first aid, and questionable home upgrades, each story documents how ordinary people handled problems without manuals, experts, or backup plans.
The result wasn't cruelty. It wasn't recklessness.
It was competence.
This book isn't meant to soften the past. It's meant to remember it.
An alternate lane from the Seasons of Laughter series. Same era, different lessons.
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