what happened to the world i used to live in...

You are like a lot of us, the largest group of people our age group, in history. We are all nostalgic, remembering the peaceful way things used to be. Going to town and leaving the house wide open with no fear of invasion. Us kids used to stay out until dark and never worry about the things kids do these days. To think that children now can't get by without a three hundred dollar video unit is just beyond my comprehension. Scripture says we are to seperate ourselves from 'the world'. That's how we are recognized - as being seperate. Sure, it has a lot to do with how we were raised. We were raised in a time when God meant something. Fortunately, we have carried those childhood beliefs with us throughout our days. I'll be 58 this year - thank God.....and am so glad I don't have to be a youngster in these times. I bake my own bread, can my harvest from my gardens, make my own butter, and still sew many of my own clothes, curtains and other things. I live the way I was taught, and how I remember things - from the Good old days.....but......still.....These ARE the good old days.....now.....because when we reach the 'golden years' (God willing) we will certainly have a lot to reminisce over....don't you think? Don't sit and cry. Just praise God we live with the wisdom and knowledge we do and that we were born when we were........

I suppose I have too much of an obsession with finding the positives. I look at my life, or my parent's lives, and think things like: My son is getting better medical care even in a small hospital than I got in a major one. His educational opportunities are going to be much better than my own. He isn't going to have to deal with anywhere near the amount of prejudice and intolerance I did. He's going to be able to learn to use technology in ways that will enhance his life. True, it seems sometimes that kids miss a lot of the natural experience, but they don't have to. My son is a little too young to be a good example, but my friend's children still go camping (no portable video games allowed), swim, canoe, hike, play in the snow, etc. My best friend's son taught me how to rollerblade a few years back. Kids can still do things that don't plug in... they just have to have the right examples to follow. As for the safety issues, I guess that depends on your personal experience. I know people who are much older than me that were victims of violence just as I was, so it's hard for me to believe that there was ever a time when human beings were really safe.

yes it makes you wonder how we survived, I feel sorry for kids these days, they don't seem to know how to use their imagination to play anymore, they have to have something to play with, i remember when i was a little girl i hade a my own little pretend shop with empty boxes collected from my mums cupboards and a make believe school room with all my dolls...oh yes those were the days...