What’s going on with our kids?

Maybe it's from living a city life? By city life I mean living a non-hunting, non-fishing, anonymous lifestyle.

I grew up in a large family and lived in farm country when everyone hunted and fished. And we all knew hard work and what that meat looks like before you saw it in those pretty white Styrofoam trays in the grocery store.

We also know that death was final and it isn't pretty. Animals don't fall off 100 foot cliffs and walk away; no did anyone survive a stick of dynamite blowing up in their hand. We all knew when things died they stayed dead, unless your where Jesus. That guns where to be respected but ultimately they were mere tools that could be used to put food on the table and pigeons out of the barn. ....and that you really could lose an eye from a BB gun. Where I grew up every kid over 10 owned a pocket knife, and a full rifle rack in the school parking lot was normal. We knew all of our neighbors and most of their relatives too.

Or maybe its kids growing up being told it's not ever their fault. The blame should, can, and will always be put somewhere or on someone else. God help us if we do anything to hurt the child’s precious self image. Pass/Fail instead of A's and F's, not keeping score at athletic events, everyone gets a trophy, it's your right to get everything you want without working for it, and becoming numb to the suffering of others (TV, movies, video games, anonymous web).
Or maybe it’s something as simple as not sitting down at table as a family. When did we lose the will to listen to each other and laugh/cry/share life’s events as a family around an evening meal? Has life become so politically correct, so hectic, so loud, and moving so fast that we no longer can afford to slow down and admire a fine knife, a straight shooting rifle, a good cigar, or even enjoy nature in its unspoiled glory?

In my opinion, that’s what’s happened to our kids.