The World As Seen By Young People

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As an older person, I remember a much different world than what we see today. When I was a teenager, the world was a much calmer environment. We didn’t even lock our doors at night. In the summertime, we slept with the doors open and only a screen door to let in the cool night air. As children, we were allowed to play out in the nearby woods and down by the creek. We had no cell phones and sometimes we would be gone for hours without our parents even knowing where we were. I don’t ever remember feeling afraid, even after dark, when we would play “kick the can,” a game of hide and seek. I remember riding the bus, by myself, when I was 10-12 years old, to go roller skating, in another town. The bus stopped at the top of a hill and I had to walk several blocks down the hill to get to the skating rink. After skating ended, it was dark and I had to walk back up that hill to the bus stop to catch the bus back home. There were a few street lights but basically it was very dark and all the buildings were dark. To do something like that today? It would be unheard of. Today, my doors and windows are locked, even in the day time. My car is locked at all times. My grandchildren are not allowed to be out of sight. Today the realities are crime, abduction of children, kidnapping, war, terrorist attacks, children starving to death, robberies. If you are a young person, your only experience in this world must make it impossible to believe that the world used to be different. It must be difficult to imagine what the world used to be like. It’s not uncommon to hear a long list of horrible incidents on the evening news every night. Some young people refuse to watch the news, but that doesn't mean all these horrible things are not happening. WHY is the question that most people ask. WHY are all of these things happening now? Will things ever get better? Watch this 3 minute video and you will have the answer.