To the Editor:
When I talk to some of the older folks in northeast Iowa at least as old as I am, they always say things like, “Don’t you ever wonder whatever happened to the (blank) around here?”
Some of those blanks have been filled in with things like “sand burrs”, “blue gills and crappies”, “milk weed”, “garter snakes”, “trail rides”, “soda grills”, “shoe stores”, etc.
When I think about how much life has changed during my over 60 years of dancing on the skin of this Earth, it is frightening. I’m “just saying,” maybe we need to take at least two steps back before trying to go what we think is three steps forward.
I was talking to a mental health professional the other day that reported there are studies showing that technology has affected the frontal lobe development of this upcoming generation. The frontal lobe is all about common sense and impulse control. Just think about that, folks.