MBO:

Don't take it all to heart. It's all relative (no pun intended).

Old history books will tell you that this is not a recent development. Every previous generation laments the decline of the next generation. Ask your grandparents what they think of your parents generation...I am sure that they would voice many similar concerns as discussed here already. My parents generation have made the same comments about my generation. I am almost certain that in 20 years or so, your generation will be saying much the same about your child's generation.

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Earth and sky, woods and fields, lakes and rivers, the mountain and the sea, are excellent schoolmasters, and teach some of us more than we can ever learn from books.

John Lubbock