I do want to do something.

Getting permission from a school administrator to volunteer a few minutes once a week to read a library book to a group of third-graders might be a start.

I do believe change will evolve from the youth. The seeds of hope we plant in their lives will have strong roots in the future.

If all we feed them is violence in video games, and denigrating of, particularly women, in music, I'm certain we will get more of the same, but on steroids.

birth pangs

synonymous with the travails associated with labor pains

It's a biblical reference to tumultuous events, nearing the end times (destruction) of the world as we know it. (Matthew 24:8).

Best regards!

Peace.