Americans do not Think Much of their Children

Because they are are not much. Their parents have careers, and are a success - they have neither.

Their parents, however do not know this, or want to know this. This is part of their society's self-destruction, that they are also unaware of.

It does seem to me that the human species is going through a mass extinction event. Just this morning, DelanceyPlace featured a book showing how Mass extinctions have dominated the history of our earth: Origin Story: A Big History of Everything.

Like every other species that ever existed, we are unaware of this. Or at least, most of us are.

I downloaded the Kindle version, and I must say the Introduction is quite optimistic.