I just was thinking that when I was a child (I am 31 now) that it didn't seem to be as much violence then as there is now. I don't remember hearing about people getting murdered, raped and molested as much as I do now. Maybe its because we are a more technology friendly world today but I just think that overall that people aren't as nice, considerate and have lost alot of morals. I am not saying everyone is like this. There is still alot good people in the world (just look at this board!!!!!) But it just seems to me that there is more evil people out there then there ever was,.. JMO
I'm ten years older than you, but I think the situation in our world unfortunately is probably much the same as it was when we were kids and before we were even here, (the "Boy in the Box" is one example). The ability to get the news and share it now is so different. And the stigma in reporting these crimes has also lessened. I had a classmate in third grade in 1976 that was murdered by her parents. She had been showing up for weeks with dark bruises, once her hair was cut but all choppy. She was dead before winter even came. It could have been 2008 with the similarities in some of the stories we read.