A few years ago when I was mentally roaming the world trying to find purpose in the world there was a well written poem titled: Children Of The 80′s.

Now a few years later as a parent to Ami, I think of all the things that have changed since I was her age.

As a child I could spend hours upon hours playing outside with my friends. I did this with out my mom worrying about where I was or having to check in every so often, to let mom know I was ok. This is not because my mom did not care or anything it was because the neighborhood was different, the people were different. There were also less people out on the roads, and less nutjobs in the world.

Things were so much more simple twenty years ago. I look over at my daughter and I think about how much more protective I have to be then parents did when I was her age.

Although the whole Adam Walsh thing was a little over twenty years ago, and things were still fucked up back then, now, twenty years later things are so much worse. Teenage girls are getting abducted in parking lots, stalkers and rapests are infesting on myspace, and here is my little girl at Best Buy yesterday wanting to roam the video game isle. I have to tell her to wait until I am finished with what I am doing so I can go with her. Just so I know she will be safe.

It is so unfortunate things are that way. To make matters worse Ami does not always understand why I am so strict.

She will understand when she has her own kids.. I know I did.

I still hate that fucking dog!

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