Reply #17: "Add" away.. We need MORE thoughtful posts here [View All]

You hit on the kids angle, and that's the one thing we are doing so poorly.. We do not prepare our kids for the real world..

I see more and more 20-somethings that have that "kicked in the stomach" look in their eyes.. They thought they would "grow up" and everything would be FUN.. They would have a nice car, a nice apartment..all they have found is boring work, crappy apartments, and no money.. It's no wonder they are "mad" .. They bought into the tv-land dreams.. Dreams are fine, but they don't pay the bills ...

My mother-in-law always used to criticize me for making my boys watch the news (CNN was actually quite different then), but these three grown "boys" are quite aware of what's happening in the world, and they have a grasp of what's important and what's not..

Gullibility, anger and jingoism is a dangerous mix...and that seems to be infecting a lot of young people these days..