Subject: Re: How far will it fall?
It's one thing for us middle-aged/old people to stew in our thoughts, but if we’re also going to influence family, especially the younger more impressionable members, I think it's important not to rob them of their natural optimism.

I don't have any younger family members, but I know a lot of people from my social dance scene in their 20s and 30s quite well, and "natural optimism" is absolutely not what I get from them. More "resigned cynicism", while struggling to find enough work to pay the rent in their cramped co-housing situation this month. Maybe you are referring to children who don't have to pay the rent, yet?