How did so many of us make it to adulthood?

This may sound sarcastic or facetious, but how did so many of us over 40 make it to adulthood.  If you look at the countless toy recalls, I really have to wonder.  Were we "smarter" than the kids today?  Did our parents take the responsibility of watching us more seriously?  How is it that we played with "killer" toys but survived?

Think about it.  Lincoln Logs were tiny, easily small enough to swallow.  Obviously we avoided that stupid step.  The old Tonka Trucks and Suzy Homemaker sets were made of metal and loaded with sharp edges, we avoided cuts scrapes and putting out our eyes.

But I remember a toy so dangerous that producing it today would probably land the company in court slapped with a negligence lawsuit.  It was called a Strange Change Machine and marketed by Mattel.   My mom actually got it for us one Christmas.  And all three of us kids survived it without injury.

Let me give you a rundown of the wonderful features of this one.
Powered by electricity, none of us electrocuted ourselves.
The electricity caused a hot plate in the machine to get hot, none of us burned ourselves.
You had sharp metal tongs to place plastic squares on the hotplate, the three of us still have 6 good functioning eyes between us.
The plastic squares got hot and expanded into all sorts of little creepy crawlies just the right size to choke a child, we are all still living.
You could mash the hot little crawlies back down to little squares by placing them in a vise and cranking it down, all fingers and toes accounted for too.

Could it be that we were given age appropriate toys?  Could it be the fact that most homes were not "childproofed" and we were taught to respect things that could hurt us?  Could it be that we just knew better?  What ever the reason we survived toys that were potentially dangerous and remained healthy and whole.  With all of the toy recalls I have to wonder just how many of the children from this generation would make it through childhood unscathed if they had to grow up with our generation.