No more than I missed, being born in the 60s and only knowing anything of World War II from the history books and stories my Dad and relatives told.
By the time your kids are the age you are now, you will have seen plenty of history, good and bad, to amaze them with.
All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us...
That's what Ronald Reagan did. That's what George Bush is doing. We are all called to live in different times. And the test of who we are is how we live up to those times.
I remember the dark days of the Carter Presidency. I was in college and those were perhaps some of the happiest times of my life. At the same time, they were some of the darkest years for our country.
I'm even old enough to remember JFK's funeral. I was five.
But, like Bear said, I don't remember WWII or the Depression. There are many brave men and women who have gone on before us.
The best we can do is to try to honor their memory by the way we face the challenges presented to us.