photo © 2008 Epic Beer | more info (via: Wylio ) I suppose the title was misleading. This isn't a review of the poignant Oscar nominated movie. If you would like one, look at Damond's here. Rather, I wanted to talk about the state of raising kids today. I inherited two great kids when I married my ex-wife nearly eight years ago. We had our own together six years ago- you've heard of her. We've had the "kids in the world" discussion a few times. The state of the world is so rocky, global warming , wars etc. I've actually heard people say they were not having kids because they could not imagine bringing kids into "this" world. Wow. When I was growing up I remember the Cold War. I remember the drills. We heard the history of the Bay of Pigs and how on the brink we were then! The problems of the world may have changed slightly or a lot I supposed based on your point of view, but if our parents all took the same POV none of us would be ...