Starting with something small like Halloween, it is simply not the same. When I was a kid, I walked down my block alone and filled a bag/pillowcase with candy, a lot of king size or full size bars as well. Now my block has maybe 10 people who still give out candy, and while I sit with my mom outfront there's barely any kids walking around. Halloween was always one of the best holidays, you got to dress up and get a ton of candy, and it's not that way anymore.

Neighbors aren't the same anymore either, luckily on both sides of me are great people, but other than that people aren't the same. My block has changed significantly, we used to all be one big family, and now I couldn't tell you who lives 4 houses down. So many people rent now, and no one is friendly or neighborly. People keep to themselves and no one is talkative. They no longer have the same mentality as before either, people take up 5 parking spots and park like they've never parked before, there simply is no common courtesy.

Then, growing up I was outside for as long as I could be, just playing games, not looking for trouble, but this doesn't seem to be the case anymore. All over my news feed I see articles or news stories reporting some type of terrible act that has occurred, and this is a daily occurrence. Of course our city has always seen its share of violence, but lately it's been hitting much closer to home.

The issue is also that a lot of these posts are dealing with young teenagers or young adults, so why are people no longer being raised with dignity and respect? It is definitely a different time of living, and parents have seemingly stopped trying to take control and discipline their kids in the way that they sometimes need to. But, life can't continue to go on like this, people have no care for another's life, gun violence has shot up and so many young innocent lives are being taken.

We might be a bit too far away from the past to get back to how things used to be, but if we start to change how we are now, then maybe our kids can see a difference in the future, instead of living in a society that shows no hint of what our childhoods looked like.