Reply #20: Well the blanket statement has to be qualified of course

[nadinbrzezinski]

and I am sure this kid (for many possible reasons) is an extreme case. But in general we are seeing far less of a sense of community... and that worries me. It is not just the kids, it is architecture (designed to discourage social interaction) as well as many other factors.

I worry what the last 30 or so years have done to the US... insofar as a sense of community is concerned and that ahem rugged individualism that has taken root all across the society.

My observations of course, and I am sure it will never be as bad as any of us fear, nor as good as we all hope...

:-)

And I am glad your daughters are growing up to be strong individuals who know how to work within a society, they are indeed the hope for the future.