Eh, I think if you put serious thought into what has been gained and what has been lost, it's hard to come to the conclusion that we should go backwards. Not sa

Eh, I think if you put serious thought into what has been gained and what has been lost, it's hard to come to the conclusion that we should go backwards. Not saying that there is no legitimate criticism to be levied, but the nostalgia-driven takes generally don't stand up to scrutiny, in my opinion. And they are historically common. [0] [0] https://www.lipstickalley.com/threads/kids-today-are-spoiled-a-brief-history-1895-2022.5112695/ https://www.lipstickalley.com/threads/kids-today-are-spoiled... > New York Daily News, 7 August 1925 Are Children Today Spoiled By Luxuries? By David Belasco Are They Spoiled? Remove the girl or boy of today from radio, the telephone, the libraries, movies, and other forms of amusement and comfort -give them merely a jackknife and nature's unchanging wonders for amusement, and how would they fare? I fear me ennui would claim them for its own and that they would fare ill until returned to their accustomed habitat of convenience and plenty. Is too much luxury, too ready means of amusement, taking the truly American spirit of pioneering and invention out of the personalities of our children? Are we softening them mentally and spiritually because we do not make them understand and appreciate what civilization is doing for them as compared with those of but a few generations agone? One hopes not- but the fact remains that the youngster of the late eighteen hundreds was a pretty self-reliant American citizen...