Thursday, October 31 2013 Topic

1) Childhood

Do you think todays' children have better lives than yesterdays' children? Do they truly have brighter futures than yesterdays' kids? Is it possible that, at least in some areas, our grandparents and great grandparents just might have had much better priorities than we do? Has childhood itself been devalued to the same degree as parenting and marriage has? ..and if so, then why would anyone have children in the first place?

Please read

http://gla1.hubpages.com/hub/Full-time-Parenting-a-Career



2) Coming back for a fourth chance is the topic of National Anthems!

1) Politically Correct Language in National Anthems

Read this one first:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/group-seeks-to-make-o-canada-s-english-lyrics-gender-neutral-1.1874782

Read this one second:
http://www.cbc.ca/day6/blog/2013/10/03/listed-five-politically-incorrect-national-anthems/

Should the anthem be changed? Is the Canadian anthem as bad as the anthems in the second article? Are there any things about your national anthem that could be offensive? How important is it that a country has a proper national anthem? Do we need them anymore? Is this an unimportant issue that should not be discussed?