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They deserve to be sheltered somewhat.

In 1960, John F. Kennedy made a pretty startling admission to journalist Hugh City.

Such was his life of privilege and wealth growing up.

He explained that despite being a teenager for the bulk of the 1930s, Kennedy had almost

no firsthand knowledge of the Great Depression. His family was rich,

they lived in big houses, they traveled just as they always had. He noticed that his father had

hired extra gardeners so that the men could work and eat, but that was about it. I really did not

learn about the depression, Kennedy revealed, until I had read about it at Harvard.

Can you imagine? It's nearly unbelievable. More important, it's completely inexcusable.

In 1935, the year that Kennedy turned 18, unemployment in America was 19%.

The economy was dramatically shrinking. Tens of thousands of veterans had marched

on Washington in those years and had to be dispersed with troops for fear that they might start a revolution.

To think that his father had not talked to him about any of this is nuts, especially because of the

obligation that the fortunate have to consider and care

for the unfortunate. But it does raise a good question. How much should we shelter our kids

from the scariness of the world? How much should we protect them from knowing about the day-to-day

events of the world that they are not to blame for that they can't do anything about.

Selfishness aside, there is something sweet about the Kennedy kids missing what must have been

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