This weeks discussion on children today, and whether or not they are better off now or in the past really interested me. I have lots of experience with children coming from a big family with lost of cousins who all live close by, and having worked as a camp counsler, at after school programs, and as an aid in elementary schools, I have had my share with children today. When I initally heard the question if kids are better off today I first thought yes, without a doubt. They have the most technology at their finger tips, they are spoiled and pampered, and they have the best medicines working for them. However, I then thought of how life must have been for kids 20, 30, or 40 years ago or so. Kids still had it
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