And this is the world I brought them into... ... ...  

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hows that song go..? dont worry.. or worry but know that worrying is about as affective as solving an algebra equation by chewing bubble gum.

the line has been stuck in my head since yesterday.

yes.. i think things were more easy when i was a kid. but then, so did our parents.. so did their parents. the world changes and everyone on down the line beleives they had it better than the new generation. thing is.. the new generation is living in it, and can handle it the same way we did with the "new" threats that our parents were terrified of that were happening around us.

and dont regret bringing yer children into this chaotic world. ya never know.. maybe one of yers, will be someone thatll bring about changes thatll improve it.

Hi gemini,

I can feel for that. I remember my dad and mom everytime I will go out or will have a trip before, even when I was in my 20's already, they have a series of advices because I know that they know it is not safe anymore, people will just attack anyone at any time and for now reason or for silly reasons!

I have no kids but this bother me too! Why some parents allow their teens to be like that, to be bad and naughty? where are their parents? a lot of questions will come into my mind and hopefully, like in other Countries, there are curfews for teens as well as officers who will be roaming around the place and check suspicious groups!

Wow! I'm so glad your son is okay, and you're right, it could have been so much worse!

My kids are a bit young yet to have those sorts of worries, but I do have similar worries. With me it's more or less everything! It does seem things have gotten far too out of hand. There is too much violence and I wonder if my children will make it to adulthood without becoming victims of a violent crime. That scares me to death! It's also how far the laws are going. They're to the point where they're going to completely outlaw smoking. We can't smoke in our own cars anymore. Gays can't marry each other... what's next? They're stepping on our God given rights, so how bad will that be when my kids are older?

Have you seen the movie Wall-E where they're all on that ship sitting in hovercrafts drinking food through a straw? That's very well what our future could be like. No actual human contact anymore without the use of computers or cell phones or whatever, no excersize, no cooking, nothing. It's a scary thought.

But I believe everything happens for a reason, and I make myself feel better by convincing myself that the reason I had children was so that they can make a difference in our world. If I raise them with my values and my beliefs about society, violence, laws, and technology, then perhaps they will be able to do something about it and make the world a better place.

So people like you and me have to just keep doing what we're doing, and instill our values in our children so that they can make sure when they're adults that their world is the kind we want it to be for them!

Oh Gemini, Being a parent in any time is always a worry over the kids but I do agree these days it is so much worse. I am pleased to hear that your son was safe but saddened to hear that he can't visit another town without this happening. One of the reasons I moved away from my old town was because of the rising crime and to give my kids a chance in life and luckily there is a very low crime rate in the area I live now but saying that my younger daughter was mugged for her mobile a couple of years ago whilst with a friend early evening in the nearest city (9 miles away)and my eldest and her friends were picked on because they were Grammar school kids but a gang, luckily only injuries were a few cuts but it wasn't pleasant for any of them and thankfully no one was carrying weapons, so it is still a worry as no where is totally safe. Huggles. Ellie :D

I just finished posting on another discussion about what a shame it is that when I was a child I could go out and play all day and be totally carefree. I just came home to eat and I had to be in the house at dark for dinner. Now I can't even send my daughter outside to play for 15 minutes without worrying about her being abducted or something. It's a sick, sad world.

I am 23 years old and me and my husband decided when we got married we are not going to have any children. He is a comedian and we felt like it would be unfair to me, him and the child. At this point in his career he has to focus alot of time and energy on traveling to different comedy clubs. With that being said I didnt want to be left home alone with a child. Also I worry about the economy and all of the violence in the world today. Its hard to imagine brining another little person into all of this. If I ever decide to have a child it will be through adoption. There are so many children who dont have a home and all they want is someone to love them.

I guess it depends on where you live. I live in a small town and there is none of that with the weapons. Of course there is crime once in a while... 911 being called for something, but it isn't like gangs with guns.. it's more like kids out to do pranks and get caught. The last time there was a murder here was about 9 months ago.

Yes. I worry about this all of the time too. I have a 17 year old daughter and it scares me when she leaves the house because even our childrens ways of life have changed drasticallly also.

hello mam this is sandy and i really appreciate that you really care about your children's but it is worthless to do so because you are going in wrong direction
as you thikin that you have done wrong thing by bringing your children to this
brutal world and you are also saying that the world is far better at your time than you are wrong because the condition were same at that time too,the only thing different is atmosphere provided by your parents that you are not providing to your children so just do that or if you are noy able to do so then make your children to protect themselves and there loveone ,you could provide your children some sort of defence fighting training like karate so that they become self dependent and for your information i tell you that world is not that much bitter than you think
ok bye take care of you and your children's