A Generation ...

We grew up with a generation so much different than our own.  You could actually tell the make and perhaps model of a car just by looking at it and the term ‘blog’ would have summoned a quizzical look on someone’s face.  The previous generation had different dollar values and shopped with cash.  Credit was a phrase that was shunned, only sometimes used at the local grocery store - if you had to.  Milk was delivered in glass bottles once a week and children ran free in each other’s yards, streets, amusement parks, beaches and parks ~ they checked in with parents a few times a day.  Those days had their hidden secrets, horrors and abuse much like today; but as children and the young adults that our parents were ~ we were, the most of us innocent, weren't we?  It’s hard to imagine what our children will feel when they think back on their innocence, with live news, war news,  internet, YouTube at any moment’s glance.  Street smarts are something we learn young as an interaction.  My question is how is it applied today when they actually have to deal with real people?  It’s not so easy to deal in human form…  how much practice do they actually get?