A xanga buddy of mine (tx_christian) recently wrote about so many of the things that will be very different for kids growing up now from what we have known growing up.  SHe mentioned things such as not knowing about being able to buy cold medicine without proof of ID and fear of heavier drug use, not remembering a time when families could wait with someone just before they boarded a plane, and various others.  It was an intriguing post (to which most of the comments were not related for some reason), but it made me start thinking about a few as well...and this was my response:

Kids of tomorrow will not remember when the greatest problem school teachers would complain about was not throwing their gum away in the trash can instead of the various problems with violence, weapons, and drug use. 

They will not remember what it is like to have dinner and parties with their neighbors as our society grows more and more individualistic with time. 

Someone already mentioned the difference between the icons of our culture verses the icons of old, but I am not sure those people (Sinatra and Elvis) were much better role models once you read more about their lives, but our kids certainly will not know of a time when those sorts of details were not as exposed in culture via different media outlets, which ultimately means they will not remember a time when we weren't as obsessed with the lives of people we deem "celebrity".

On a lighter note, I just look forward to making my kids listen to the "oldies but goodies" station because I want to hear my coldplay, dave matthews, and various others and emphatically declare, "Now THAT was music!" And they'll groan from the back seat about how horrible it is, and we'll battle over the radio as they try to get me to listen to whatever is so popular then.

WHAT ARE SOME YOU CAN THINK OF?