Were generations before as concerned?

Over the past few days, I've read a plethora of facebook posts, emails and comments on news stories about people fearing what this world might be like for our children and grandchildren. And be it affirmed that I have asked myself this same question. I have turned off media coverage of Friday's events on more than one instance.

However, I've also recommited to ensuring that I try to help MY OWN KIDS develop a strong sense of values and faith, as well as a kindness to others. Frankly, that's what is in my control right now.

With all this in my head, I am wondering if there have been other points in American history when my own family, generations before me asked themselves these same questions. Did my grandmother shudder at the news of Pearl Harbor with a son that was just a little over a year old (my dad)? And what was it like to watch family, neighbors and friends leave for a WORLD WAR? Just think about those words! What was the sorrow and concern that my parents felt when they learned that our nation's leader had been gunned down in a motorcade in Texas? Were they all scared about the world they were bringing children into and leaving for them?

And what role is mass media and social media playing in all this? Is it feeding our fears?

I pray for those who lost their lives at the hands of evil on Friday. I pray for our society that we can heal and that in 50 years this will be a rememberd sorrowful day in history, not a normal occurence. I have faith that we as God's children can and will do better.