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Todayjteens don5haveso easyDear Ann Landers: 1 have beenreading a lot lately about the stress our children are under these davswI say, baloney.You are about my age, Ann, and I’ll bet you will agree that we had it a lot rougher than the kids have ittoda y.The Depression was so awful I don't know how we lived through it There wasn’t enough food in the house to feed us five kids. If the neighbors hadn’t helped, I think wewould have starved.There were no jobs Both Mom and Dad took any little piece of work they could find I remember when Dad put in three days at a coal yard and was paid in coal, which he was darned happy to get Kids today don’t know what it is to be hungry. A lot of them get fed breakfast and lunch in school at government expense, which means by us taxpayers, of courseWhen Franklin D Roosevelt became president he started the Civilian Conservation Corps, which was a godsend What a brilliant idea! It not only helped rebuild our country but provided millions of young people with jobs. I was one of them. How many kids today would be willing to work that hard*? Darned few, I’ll bet.I look at my grandchildren. Ann, and they are cream puffs compared to what we were. They have it so much softer, it isn’t even funny I'll bet you agree with me.Please print my letter and let me know what you think. — A Feisty MichiganderDear Feisty: Here’s your letter, but I can’t say 1 agree with you that kids today have it a lot easier than we did.The problems they face are worse than poverty. In fact, I believe growing up in the Depression gave us motivation and survival skills that today’s young people don’t have. To put it another way, they have the disadvantage of too many advantages.
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Dixon Telegraph
Dixon, Illinois, US
Fri, Jun 09, 1989
Page 6
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