Change for Generations X and Y

The annual release of crime statistics from the FBI always sets my teeth on edge. Crime is down but for young people it remains devastatingly high. For young black men, it unacceptable as I said in my Seattle Times column. 

A new president, an energized, united Congress and can-do has become our mantra. At least some of that ought to trickle down to the youngest generations, the ones most devastated by high murder rates, unemployment, evaporating student loans and substandard public schools. If I could request something of every American parent it would be to do something each day that smoothes the road a little for our kids. Not just feeding them and sending them off to school, but planning ahead - thinking of how expensive college will be, of how downsizing and outsourcing has  narrowed opportunities and changed the rules of the game. We're living them a mountain of debt and globe with wars flaring up in too many spots to count. In all good conscience, we have to help them navigate the minefields.