My youngest is 6.. I question myself as to what I am going to do to try and leave things better than they where given to me.
I find myself wondering if my generation (the 1950s) was the last generation of the American dream. My children are not better off. My grandchildren will certainly not be better off. Sometimes I could, and do, cry.
Kiddos today are growing up in an entirely different world. On occasion after I have shared a story from my past with him, my teenage grandson responds with “How weird”. We miss what we had. No one but God can undo what has been done.
I often wonder if maybe each generations desire to leave “more” for their children than they had was such a good idea after all.
I’m sorry to be pessimistic but you can’t possibly leave them better off as far as America goes. We are broke and not producing wealth, yet we are spending more and more as if people are “entitled”to it. And we are weakening our defenses.
America faces economic collapse and a devastating war. All preventable except our politicians and many of our people are now pure scum.
Other than that things will be ok.
Teach him/her how to shoot.
Accurately and often.
Just my $0.02