I was 10 years old when #JFK was assassinated, the first stake in the heart of my youthful innocence. Fortunately, my parents ensured that we never turned away from the news of the day. Indeed, their perspective gave me the strength to weather much worse things to come nationally and internationally. I worry, though, that our collective lost innocence is taking a dreadful toll on children - and adults - today.
Spot on with this post. I was 12 years old at time of his death. That was indeed the beginning of lost innocence for me too. It seemed that all the adults around me were openly weeping. I've never experienced that again in the more than 50 years since.
@cassandra17lina I was 9, & my parents sound just like yours. We disagreed on many things, but the big things - the importance of doing the right thing, of caring about other people, that who someone *was* meant more than what they looked like or how much they had, that voting was a privilege & that we had a duty to participate in the political life of the country - stayed w/ me for life, & I can never be grateful enough for that.
@nutmeg3 sounds like we could have grown up as siblings
@cassandra17lina kids are in a tough spot at the moment. They’re stressed because they are learning everything and can’t turn things off. The bright side? They’re able to explore lots of interests that we weren’t able to without going to the library.