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In reply to the discussion: I'm a hard person to love these days and I'll tell you why [View all]csziggy
(34,131 posts)We didn't expect to survive this long. We made serious plans for what to do when there was a nuclear attack. I pretty much wanted to be at Ground Zero in case of attack so I wouldn't have to suffer. I read a lot of apocalyptic science fiction - such as Alas Babylon, set only a hundred miles or so where I grew up - so I knew how bad it might get even if people survived the initial event.
But we survived. And some things got better, for at least a while. Some got worse. At the moment it seems like it is going down the drain even faster but I can't believe that is permanent.
Now I worry about my nieces and nephews and my grand nephews - but the grown ones seem to have more optimism than I did at their age and I know they are for the most part better people than many I grew up with. They are far more capable of dealing with adversity than I was at their age. They've been exposed to more varieties of culture and traveled more than I ever have. They are ready for their futures.
Worry, but try to equip your grandkids to deal with whatever they will encounter. It's all you can do.