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Were Times Easier ‘Back Then’

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It’s hard not to reminisce over the years past.  Especially with parenting, and it’s apparent ease from yesteryear in comparison to today.  While it is true we, as parents put much more pressure on ourselves today, were things really so much better then?

When most of us were kids life was easier, but one of the many reasons we still see it that ways is due to our happy memories.  While overall it is true life has changed, it’s hard to deny that kids do tend to have things easier than their parents.

Some of the reason things just seem so much harder is that we do put more pressure on ourselves.  Even with crime rates dropping, the world seems scarier.  Why is this?  One of the reason is perhaps right in front of you right now, we have literally a world of information at our fingertips, and that availability also means we will find out goings on that we wouldn’t have access to a few short years ago.

While that’s more than likely far from being the only reason, we also live in a bit of a fearful culture.  A fair amount is from tragedy in the years past, and more so we are afraid of the millions of what ifs that are out there.  Much more than our own parents were.  We try to minimize the dangers for our children, and as noble as this is, it also poses it’s own problems.

Those problems take shape with the sacrifices that we make and our kids make to form that same safety net.  It can be borderline unimaginable to think of our kids walking home from school to an empty house, yet even when I was younger- it was the norm.  Those kids are fine now, and many have kids of their own as well. 

Has what we now think of as normal care and concern turned into something more?  Do you think we are going overboard?

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