Do you worry about the future, for your children, will it be safe for them!!!!

Yes, I worry about my children, who are grown, and especially about my grandchildren, who are very young. I worry that they will have an economy so bad that they will have to struggle just to survive and won't be able to achieve the American dream of owning a home of their own. I used to worry about gang violence which is why I moved with my youngest to a small town in Florida and why my oldest daughter and her family followed a year later. I agree with you that getting a good education is the key to success, now and in the future.

What you have to do is teach your kid to do the right thing. Even if it goes against everything their friends tell them. You also have to teach them that if they do something bad, there will be consequences for their actions. Also, society will never be a safe place for children. I am sorry, but there is no hope with people thinking that their own decisions won't hurt anyone. There will always be those people who will hurt your child given half a chance. That is why my Mum never lets my little siblings ride their bike alone. Once, it was about a week ago. I was home with my siblings when a lady came to the door. My little brother (he's 13, he should know better) answered before I could and when the lady asked for our parents, he said they were gone. I wasn't thinking, if I was I would have changed the topic and asked what she wanted, but I told him off a bit I said "YOu don't tell people that!" Anyway, she gave me her card and before she left she told me that I did good telling him that. That she sees too many kids opening the door to her and she's the stranger! When I went back inside, I forbid my brother from opening the door ever again and when Mum and Dad got back I told them what had happened. He got another lecture from Mum. ANyway, children are too trustful, I admit that it's alright to trust people, but you have to be careful who you trust. You children must know to never answer the door to a stranger, tell anyone that their parents aren't home, and never get into a car with a stranger.

my child is now an adult and no not really as it will not change anything to worry. sure I get concerned but what can I do about it? Worrying causes stress and stress makes me ill so no I cannot just sit and wring my hands. allthe stuff going on now has gone on for years and we all managed to cope so why fret over everything. Education helps but keeping cool headed is more to the point. we can not hide a way in a cocoon life is to be lived and I intend to keep on living it for as long as possible.