Comment: heres my 2cents

My 17 year old son woke up not too long ago and was in tears asking if he should pursue a career if its all hopeless and were gonna die. I have never sat him down and talked to him because I didnt want to scare him but hes seen me prepping food ect. He isnt blind and has friends into hunting and guns ect so the recent gun grab got his attention and he must have fallen down the rabbit hole, anyway. All I could think of to say was make your peace with today since thats all we've ever had. And... Hope for the best and prepare for the worst. I assured him I am keeping up with all this craziness and if it gets too bad then we move...far away. I have relatives in other countries and have already put the hint out. No one really knows whats going to happen but if you look at history you will see that people have lived in all kinds of crazy situations and we were born in this time in history. For better or worse we were made for this. I can see he is really awake and now we can talk and I can reassure him. Having someone to talk to is very important. I know because my husband isnt awake and I went through the panic progression to determination alone. So I guess I'd tell you what I told my son. You were made for this, hope for the best prepare for the worst. Sometimes its gonna feel scary sometimes its exciting. welcome to the roller coaster. Find someone(you trust) to talk to.