is life better for us than our great grandfathers?
543075
Yes Indeed! Our life is much better than our forefathers, but not morally.  \n\nNow, you can get all the informations on your finger tip. That was not the situation while I was studying. There was not a single computer on those days, why even a good lab wasn't there. I have seen on our lab was only a human skelton. \n\nI am an Indian National. In our State, it was in 1983 I think, the first Television Broadcasting started (Doordarhsan) and I think in 1990s first private television channel started broadcasting in our State. The present generation gets all the informations and guidelines through visual medias and ofcourse through the Internet as well. There was a time there, an ordinary mail could reach after 20 or even 1 month to reach. Now, in seconds you can get it on a click. You can imagine how the conditions of women at a time in India, but now no need to mention how far and modern they are!\n\nThere are a lot of difference comparing with our great grandfathers. But morally we are very very low with them.
1041091
I'm OK with it. Why shouldn't they have a shot at the American way of life just like my grandparents and great grandparents did? I think the whole argument of there's not enough room, etc. is just an excuse.
859246
yes, it is. 100 years ago you'd die of horrible diseases and infection, thugs, nature's wrath, wars (the last decade registered the lowest rate of wars in the history of mankind), poverty etc.
871601
I believe the Flynn Effect to be a fallacy. I assume that we have more general knowledge than previous generation because we have more structure than our ancestors. We have many more opportunities and have had further advancements in technology. \nThis is probably why past generations had lower IQ scores than we did.
804966
Grandparents don't love grandchildren more than their own children although it can seem like that.\n\nThink back to when you were growing up and compare their lives to yours now.... I bet there isn't a lot of difference.\n\nWhen your bringing up children there is a whole lot of other responsibilities around you.....keeping house, the mortgage bills etc.\n\nWhen we have grand children because we don't have the responsibility of them we seem to be able to see them more clearer and enjoy them better. I don't think i am explaing this well\n\nAsk a grandparent if they have ever thought "I don't remember you doing that" or the biggest one "I feel like I missed out on this with you!"\n\nGrandchildren give parents a second chance to enjoy the growing up of children again.\n\nThat's all it is to relive and enjoy again children.
750389
Yes, I think so! More fuel to feed our growing bodies-- mine isn't growing much anymore though! And plus, adults' metabolisms are usually slower than ours... :-)
996356
yes it is our time to help, some people just can't handle the fact that their parents are getting old and they can't face the fact that we all get old and die.  I would find it very hard to watch my parents getting old and not able to look after themselves, of course I would help them with whatever I can do but it would not be an easy thing to do.
941333
It could be my grandfather.
1040248
Without a dought back 100 years ago. They had more hardships but they had more respect for everything back then. We have it good now but maybe its too good. We tend to take everything forgranted. Back then was just a simpler time.
295281
its because we are better :D
913545
No.  That's just how life goes.  I never knew either of my grandfathers.  Fortunately, I knew both my grandmothers.  They made great impressions on my life.  I thank God for them both. And, God bless you for reminding me.  They are both gone now.
503339
my grandfather was the kindest sweetest man alive. he died 16 yrs ago and there will never be a man that will replce him. when i do bad i think hes turning in his grave and i feel horrible. my grandma is 92 and shes still as spunky as they come and shes a trip. she whacked my son with her puse recently!! love them both but gramps took us fishing gram took us shopping
1144287
to have a better life
479301
When I was a child in the 50's I think we relied on our parents more for entertainment etc as we didn't have all the after school activities etc that there are today.Parents were definately the head of the household whereas today life seems to revolve around the children.There also seems to be more freedom to access the world via affordable travel so that families today are very well travelled.The one thing that has not changed is the way we all love our own families even though lots of things are different today than they were then.
903655
We are all guilty of this to some extent, aren't we?  On one hand, it is proof of how comfortable we are around our family members.  On the other, why is it so hard to offer them the same respect when they are so much more valuable to us than a stranger is?  We all should work on that, I think.......
428757
Depends. If you are living in Sub-Saharan Africa, then, no, not really. If you are living in Vancouver, life is pretty good. As a whole, that's a pretty broad question. It is better to the extent that modern medicine keeps people alive longer. It's worse because all those people that are living longer cost billions of dollars in tax payer money making it difficult to pay for other much need social services. It's better in that it's easier to make and distribute food. It's worse because we have 190,000,000 people in the US that you could easily call "fat".\n\nIt's all relative.
319591
Life is a evolutionary process. Hard times are to teach us to be better people. If you dont learn the lessons life offers, you end up thinking life sucks.