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I'll give you something to cry about. How many of you heard that one growing up? I sure did. That and other lovely sentiments like children are to be seen, not heard. It's kind of how many of us grew up. If you're over 50, I don't know, maybe even in your 40s, and I please I hope it's not going on today. I think that's all too familiar to many of us. And honestly, I didn't realize that until I started reading comments in videos a number of years ago.
There's a lot of Gen X creators out there now. It started up a few years ago and this applies to people older and unfortunately probably some younger as well. And they talk a lot about these things. You know, the children are to be seen and not heard. Um, you know, oh, you think you have it bad. You know, you should have seen it when I was younger. All of this, let's face it. We did not grow up with nurturing parents, most of us. And I didn't realize any of this, till I started reading the comments in some of these creators um, videos and things, and it helped me realize, oh my god, other kids grew up like this.
There was a lot of um I think alcohol abuse downright maybe alcoholism and all the ugly things that can come along with that in a lot of families. I think it had to do with um generational stuff of why people got married. Uh birth control options were not so much around. Women didn't have a lot of choices. So they were looking for a provider. And I think marriages were not necessarily about forming solid partnerships with uh goals and wanting to build families and all like that. My parents were very young. This isn't about bashing parents. It's kind of about um acknowledging how many of us grew up sort of feral, not nurturing, um you know, not being uh encouraged to share your feelings. I know I was not taught any kind of skills to even deal with a lot of what we experienced growing up throughout life. And I suppose our parents weren't either. I think things have changed a lot and I hope so.
But I got down this rabbit hole because I've been reading your comments. I always do. But it really hit me lately when I was reading them on the video about um nighttime and how things seem worse at night. And I shared that I kind of have panic attacks sometimes and the anxiety and fear, loneliness that can creep in at night sometimes for all of us. And I'm seeing hundreds of comments come about. And you know what? All my videos, I've got one out there that's got uh I think almost 9,000 comments, the ending up alone video. And it hit me like a ton of bricks in a good way that all of us that grew up not in this warm fuzzy nurturing household most of us and here we are in 2025 jumping into comment sections on YouTube videos and for sure for sure now we are sharing and we're nurturing and helping each other not feel so alone. We're sharing things that we couldn't when we were younger. We might have got smack across the face or something or told to get outside, get up in your room, I give you something to cry about, right on this channel and many others out there, share away.
You know, we talk a lot about how uh life is difficult, life sucks, you know, social media sucks, it ruined everything. There's definitely some truths to that that there can be negative consequences, especially when it's replaced a lot of human contact. But the number one thing for me, maybe you guys too. Share away is opening up my awareness like, oh my god, I'm not the only one that grew up this way. And now I'm not the only one feeling these things. I'm not the only one experiencing it. And we can all connect. all of us from all around the world can jump on this internet and share our what's going on with the entire planet almost. It's amazing. And I I remind you guys sometimes in the comments when you're like, "I'm so alone." I totally get that. But by the same token, here I am in the little speck of East Coast United States. I see you. It touches me. I feel it. There's something human about this for sure. You know, this internet is a crazy crazy thing. But I think it can be a tool used for good. And connection can't replace us humans. I still like hugs and holding hands. It's been a while. But um you know I I think I wanted to put that positive vibe and message out there that we all are contributing and doing some good. We forget to think that way sometimes. So much is negative out there. What's going on in these comments? You have no idea who you're helping. You're helping me a lot. I don't totally know who I'm helping, but I see your comments. I see you. This is amazing.
And it's especially crazy given how growing up I could not have even begun to imagine that there would be an internet, whatever that would have been. At the time, I wouldn't even had that thought. And here I am at 60 years old talking with you. You're looking at my snoring dog over here. You could be in Russia. You could be Batswana. Anywhere. And we're connecting and we're sharing things that we didn't get to share growing up. And if we're feeling alone or anxious or scared or worried about finances or wars, we can come on here and we can share it and we can be open and honest in ways that insanely we couldn't when we were children. Not even with our parents. Nobody wanted to hear it. So, I just wanted to talk with you about this and hopefully share this positive message and uh say thank you. Continue to share away. We're going to talk about many things as the years go on. Okay? None of us are alone out there. I see you. Nugget sees you. He likes to remind me he's the star of the show and I'd have nothing if it wasn't for him. Yeah. But thank you guys. Thank you so much. Have a wonderful day. I appreciate you and people all over the world appreciate you. Take care.