I was born in 1960. I remember when man first stepped on the moon, we lost Martin Luther King, the flags burning in protest of Vietnam, hanging on to the tailgate of my father's truck as he drove down the road, doing chores, hanging out in the smoking lounges in high school (yes, we were allowed to smoke in school), the introduction of the birth control pill, how much less women were paid than men for the same job, "Imagine" by John Lennon was at the top of the charts, seeing Bob Marley live in concert....but most of all I remember the big rule about going out to play - go out and play all day but be home by dark.
Maybe we shelter our children too much these days? It's really not any worse of a world than it was in 1960, but because we are exposed to so much more information than we used be; so we have grown fearful.
