🙄 Did Boomers Cause our American Collapse?

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[@appalachiashomesteadwithpatara]

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[@Anonymous-km5pj]

pups look adorable, could use a fuzzy wuzzy pair pyr pup cuddle myself.... 😊always a pleasure, Patara. Happy Growing 🌱

[@kathyparker5899]

Patara, YOU are the one I was watching and you got me interested in canning. At 65 I have a new passion. Thanks for teaching me how to can❣️❣️❣️

[@savagepapa5600]

I'm so glad I'm retired veteran gov is helping me I'm fortunate

[@wendylyytinen903]

In the 70s we went off the gold standard and devalued $. So we saw inflation escalate and women were forced to go to work. Our children suffered for it.

[@deniseclaeys8295]

I was born in 1965, the first year coins weren't 90% silver.

[@sherriebyrd3784]

Yes all by design

[@hummingbird7713]

Amen to that. 70s a lot changed . We are lucky we saw the old ways and had to learn the new ways. We had to be flexible !

[@KS-un3pi]

I think women were convinced they needed to be equal to me in working and bringing in a salary. I now think we were sold a lie. Not that in many cases it doesn't benefit us, because many have gotten burned. Then they had to rely on themselves. I wished I could have stayed home with my babies. My husband worked 60+ hrs a week and I still had to work my 45+ hr a week job. I'm grateful he is working a 40 hr a week job now. Though I still have to work. But we don't live in an area to afford to live on one income. We each work extra jobs as we can to bring in more income. It breaks my Mama heart on the time I missed. But trying to make the best of what we have. We have a roof over our heads, food on the table and gas to get to work. We are blessed. I just felt my Mom sold me a lie (get an education and produce an income). Which I am doing, but I'm not truly fulfilled. Her bad marriage framed that opinion. I can't blame her.

[@leghornlife]

100% correct!

[@janenichols3880]

I am a boomer. Born in 1945, 2 weeks after WWII ended. Raised 3 children, worked as R N since age 21. Retired at age 67. Became a nationally Certified Critical Care R N in 1992. Our generation was serious, hard working and God fearing. 18 year olds were tank commanders in Viet Nam! They came home to become Nurse Practitioners and were honorable. I will never believe this generation was the reason for all today’s problems. We were part of building a better America. Our self serving politicians were undermining us behind our backs. Time to vote the criminals out!

[@BetsyLingle]

well said

[@deanaburnham9571]

❤Agree!

[@maryannbenedetto8854]

Voting just brings new criminals in.

[@margaloone7970]

We definitely need to quit blaming generations.

[@katie7748]

Including the older ones pointing fingers at the whippersnappers. We ALL contributed to this one way or another. FACT.

[@suebolcar7540]

I agree

[@dorothysimpson7040]

Divide and rule

[@lisac8509]

​@katie7748 the difference is we are telling g the next generation was has been done to the country and the just want to blame and do nothing . We sre the WHISLE BLOWER GENERATION NOT THE JONES.

[@cmike22000]

All this boomer did was work his butt off all his life, put himself through school, and did it honestly. Doesn't matter to me what "these other people think about me, or my generation, it's matters ONLY what God thinks"!

[@nannag5801]

Amein!

[@airbourne2]

Agree (I'm 62). Wonder when they created student loans. People use to have to go to night school.

[@PatC-yi4fq]

Amen

[@Notmyhome-y7y]

Amen!

[@lilblackduc7312]

Salvation is offered to all.

[@ghk3104]

This nation turned its back on God caused it.

[@PatC-yi4fq]

Truth

[@paulmoss7940]

yep, and getting worse every day.

[@loridreisbach554]

Amen

[@dianedohman1807]

Yes for sure

[@susanamedee1157]

Amen!

[@janetdufresne4448]

No poor management of our Social Security system . Our Gov't. Did it.

[@tiffanyisaacson1407]

Im 45. I think it will be gone when I reach retirement age. Remember, you will own nothing and be happy. That's fd up, big time !!!!

[@Carolynfoodforest355]

I'm a boomer. I can tell you that i just did the best that I could. I saw a change in people when computers came into play. People spent more time on the computer instead of getting out into the world and learning how to do for themselves.

[@TerriPs91]

Yes! I remember telling my kids that I bet that the internet would be an antichrist one day.

[@snowyowlz5992]

As a 1950’s boomer I’m 2nd generation in computer operations, my dad was in computer operations in the 1950’s in the military and he came straight off the farm because it was easier than farming for the rest of his life for him. I do have a heart for homesteading, bushcraft, and historical reenactment.

[@allysonburns6214]

I think the internet and "smart" phones are the biggest societal change in the history of man. So I agree with you! Stay safe!

[@deborahklinkner1730]

I will say I am a boomer (71) & I know that many of my generation believed is living on credit. Seriously I am single because my ex was not financially responsible. I got my degree & was a computer design engineer & thanks to ex I have nothing to show for those 33 years of marriage. I now own a small farm & I moved 2100 miles away to do it & have never been happier. Any debt gets paid off with no interest. I love my little farm

[@katie7748]

YEP!!!!!!!!

[@lynnschantz9185]

Bless you both

[@taxat10n1sth3ft]

The credit craze screwed us.

[@lisagarrett2920]

Young people can't blame elders. They have to make their own way.

[@katie7748]

Same goes for the other direction. The blame game has got to stop.

[@RayF6126]

Yeah, I bet when you were younger you blamed an older generation for something, because there has always been some problems.

[@user-lu6yg3vk9z]

Of course they can

[@beverlyhayshouston2770]

This boomer was born in 1956. Worked all my life starting as a babysitter at aged 10 at fifty cents per hour. Finally retired and could not make it without my son.

[@stupidusedrnames]

As a boomer I've come to see how "they" started eroding our morality by the time I was 9. I hated all the changes. 1968 was the end of innocencein the US. By 1977 I was super rebellious, drugs, alcohol. By the grace of God I got out. Got married and raised 3 wonderful children with lots of tlc and morals.

[@linanne-t1s]

Im a last leg boomer 1965...trying to leave a landing pad for my kids....yes i have always saved...but in todays world..they need it

[@carla8687]

Thank you for saying that! These kids are going to have it rough. It doesn't seem like some of the boomers (and others) in the comments want to acknowledge that.

[@charlenepierson9893]

I'm pretty sure your Gen X, I was born in December of 64 and if I was born 1 mo later I'd be Gen X

[@AC-sn5io]

Gen X stareted 1965-1980...

[@TheGoodHeart1000]

As a boomer, I’ve put myself through college, paid my student loans in full, worked two to four jobs at one time, taught myself to can, dehydrate food, freeze and prepare home cooked foods. My grandparents were amazing in their skills and they always had eggs, butter, lard, gardens. I’ve worked most of my life 10-14 hour days. Arthritis and all.

[@yvonnestolworthy791]

I am a boomer and when I was a kid homemade cookies was a sign of poverty. The wealthy could purchase cookies at the store.

[@justjet]

So true. The only store bought cookies we had were Fig Newtons because my dad loved them!!

[@amandaforeman2626]

Homemade cookies are the best :)

[@ValerieinSC]

Vanilla wafers were a luxury.

[@deep3499]

I just made homemade cookies today. We love them!

[@amandaforeman2626]

@@deep3499 my mom used to make chocolate chip cookies that were just like the toll house cookies ! I miss her so much when I think of it

[@jerad4336]

This inflationary process started in December 1913 when the Fed was established.

[@vivrowe2763]

Life was hard for years for each generation, and war times are and were tough. This war is going to be fast and furious with many places wiped out.

[@judypierce7028]

I believe this difficulty in our country started about 50 years ago and that it had nothing to do with the boomers. Women had to go to work during WWII because all of the men were gone. No one is really to blame as everybody is to blame. Your Nana is right. People don;t know how to do anything anymore. People living in the cities in apartments and going out every night to eat would have great difficulty surviving if they could not do that activity. Thank you Patara.

[@vivrowe2763]

Well if you think having food is going to be fine, you will see it confiscated as they intend on doing. She doesn't tell you because she probably doesn't understand the plans ahead.

[@marlaconry6341]

Oh, I think she understands just fine. Do you understand the need for the 2nd amendment?

[@astone3871]

My grandmother told of the time she realized she was sharing her favorite berry patch with a bear. She kept picking as she backed out of the patch and then told Mr. Bear he could have the rest.

[@sherryridlen9357]

😂

[@Madonnalitta1]

Lmao, that's actually awesome. Thanks for sharing.

[@debbiewalters706]

I am a boomer 1963, raised by a single mother. Every year that goes by I appreciate her struggles more and more. I think every generation wants our children to have it easier than we did. We were fortunate enough to buy our children their first car but they had to work for gas money if they wanted to go anywhere. Now they are coming back and learning to help us in the garden and help can. We are all learning together and I’m loving every minute

[@bensprinks]

If pastors would have pointed people to their creator instead of building their own business, our world would be different. They joined the prince of this world. We followed.

[@greatfulchristian4314]

Ty YES! And prosperity is the downfall of USA. many leaders of churches today don’t want to speak on current events showing how the Bible is NOT an outdated a Book. Repent USA turn back To The Lord. Hosea 4:6

[@DonalldArmentor]

Nope, a gradual transferal of wealth to the elire class was planned from the start in 1913 with the charter of the FED, gold confiscation in 1933 made it worse, reason they blaiming the boomers was the cancelation of the gold standard. The dollar still had value in the 70's, so the boomers paycheck bought more. Since then the actual inflation devaluation of the dollar has accelerated exponentially. Todays $1 isn't worth a 1913 cent.

[@Luv2Garden2]

I agree. It was all planned and our parents didn't know n if they did they rode it out.

[@white-omorn1952]

Spot on brother! Also, Nixon's "temporary" suspension of the Gold Standard has led us to the profligate spending that devalues our dollar year after year. The baby boomers are victims of all this, not the perpetrators. I remember in 1968, one dollar of my paper route profits bought me three slices of pizza and a coke. One dollar today doesn't even buy me the coke.

[@wendydeane1627]

Nixon did it in 1973

[@zoggin4181]

This exactly 👆👆👆

[@mechelesee4875]

I was born in 1960. My first paying job, I was 11. Once I started getting babysitting money, I had to buy some of my own hygiene products. The day I turned 16, I took my drivers test and my Dad had taken me down and I got my first bank loan/car payment. I worked after school at the local golf resort. I made $1.10 as a waitress. My life has had many challenges. When my son was born, my husband made $2 too much a month for us to qualify for wick. Could not afford formula because he wouldn't nurse. He was an evaporated milk baby. We did not get food stamps and my grocery budget was $100 for the month. We did what we needed to do.

[@maryraibley7381]

I was canning and my granddaughter asked me if I was raised by normal people then she decided that I was cool because when the zombie apocalypse came we would be fine. ,

[@sherryh7485]

Your Nana is part of the Greatest Generation.

[@appalachiashomesteadwithpatara]

Correct but she raised my boomer mama. 😂

[@kalenakai6808]

Actually if her Nana is 88 she would be part of the Silent Generation.

[@bobjelliffe7270]

Actually baby boomers were the people that built America and held it strong for the last 55 years. Which we were happy to do. 💞🎈🎉🎂

[@grantorino2009]

Truth.

[@TheLoveFrequency-528Hz]

​@JoDrake-ui7mx- Please explain giving your parents and grandparents opinions. Because that's all they are is someone's opinions.

[@loisjkindel180]

I'm a boomer. Every generation thinks they know better than their parents until they grow older and have more real life experience. My life is my responsibility, no one else is responsible for my choices. We can all learn from each other if we're willing.

[@PurpleHeartRecipient]

God bless you brother

[@deniseclaeys8295]

I want to get back off the grid so bad! But my elderly parents need me right now. For the time being, I am expanding my cooking skills, growing what they like to eat in their garden, setting up my first indoor garden, setting up an indoor gym and working out, learning first aid and elder care skills...and this is the year I am going to learn to can! I struggle at times, but have faith that I am where God wants me right now. Thank you, Patara, for mentioning the 2-3 year plan, instead of saying it's too late!

[@sherriebyrd3784]

You are inspirational t this boomer. God bless you!

[@vivrowe2763]

She doesn't know what is really going on right now and thinks it's all going to blow over and life will go on. Well it's not and it's all about to get ugly. Food can be confiscated in war times and that is a plan I have seen written.

[@HungryHobbit12]

Worst advice my parents ever gave me was to wait to have kids and get an education first. Should have had all the kids we could. As for the rest, there’s a saying: you deserve what you put up with. This nation has been in a coma for far too long.

[@jomitchell2623]

I never told my children to put their education and careers first. I was young when I started having children and I wouldn’t change a thing. People wait so long to have children now that the grandparents are older when they come along and have less energy. I’m 68 with my next granddaugter due in July. My oldest grandson will turn 13 soon and I’m glad I was only in my 50s when he was born. My mother had six children in 10 years from 1956-1966. I am the oldest and mom was 20 years old. She was a stay-at-home mom for many years while dad provided for us and for that I am very thankful. Unfortunately these days most couples can’t even dream of making it on one income. I think the biggest downfall to society is the little ones who never knew the security of at least one good full-time parent to raise them up to at least Kindergarten age. They get indoctrinated early in the system.

[@rachelrogers7111]

Many of the young are turning to a more traditional role. I'm 41, and my husband and I have 10 children. We struggle but we live on 1 income. We homeschool the older ones and the Littles go to our local elementary school. I think my generation is starting to turn a leaf and I know my oldest and her generation (she's 23) are definitely going traditional.

[@rjay7019]

​@@jomitchell2623And the grandparents are passing away and not getting to spend time with them. 😢

[@organics4you]

A man in a local store told me he was making stock and his son's girlfriend came into the kitchen and said, " urg what ARE you cooking". They have so much to learn.

[@katie7748]

Look around at how many people are in their 50s, 70s, even a few in their 90s JUST NOW learning to make soap, sew, preserve food, etc. IT'S NOT JUST THE WHIPPERSNAPPERS WHO DON'T KNOW HOW TO DO THINGS.

[@cooker-q4x]

@@katie7748yes! My mom, #11 of 13, ran as far from that farm life as she could get. She didn’t pass any of that on to us and I’ve learned each skill as I felt it was needed. My kiddos now are always at mine or my husbands elbow to learn as many skills as they can.

[@terryschoenfeldt4976]

I am a boomer! And no I did cause this mess, our government has done this, they have been doing it for years

[@taxat10n1sth3ft]

Who voted for them?

[@kathleendonnelly6077]

I am a Boomer who was born at end of the generation. I struggled all my life right now into my senior years. If people want to blame me - ok. I blame no one but I am making sure all the people I know in the younget generations learn from my mistakes.

[@Saoirse.n.Murphy]

The movement for woman to go to work to have nicer things or to gain independence and get divorced...ruined the family unit. Period. Never should have happened. Yes, they were conned. Skills were lost, generations in the home... gone. I did not even know pressure canning was a thing until the summer of 2022! Never knew or considered preserving food. 55 year old female. Yes, we all have played a part in being complacent and tolerant. Always said the country was run by the minority. Now folks understand what the reference was then as it is now. Peace

[@wwjd4u]

My husband and I have a young couple wanting to develop a homestead on their property. We have been teaching them . This young couple has been a blessing to us . Also, so much fun to share .

[@judithpaszek3418]

My Teddy, looks like Bruce, was the worst puppy ever. He chewed things, he dug holes, barked too much. He chased the goats unmercifully. I had given up on him. He turned 2 and it's like a switch was flipped. He turned into the best livestock guardian ever. He makes the goats stay in the barnyard. Doesn't chase the chickens. He guards the gate so none of the goats escape. He no longer chases them. Luv my Teddy

[@kalburgy2114]

May a whole bunch of people we have given up on flip a switch.

[@thisnthatcormak]

I did not learn many life skills from my mom. We ate out of cans and she made very little from scratch. It was always boxes or cans. 4 years ago I started learning how to grow a garden, cook from scratch, bake, preserve, can etc. I wanted better for my own family. I read lots of books and watch hours of videos. I have several binders with recipes, notebooks with notes etc so that my daughter will have this information someday. At 4 she helps us do hay, cook and bake with me, work in the garden, do laundry, yard work, p pull weeds, water plants. She can make her own scrambled eggs. She wants and loves to learn so I teach her everything I can. She'll go in her play kitchen and pretend she's doing what I do. I hope this stays with her and she realizes how hard her. Mom and Dad have worked I got tired of weeding. I use fabric weed cloth and I'm going in 4 years of using it. I've found it keeps weeds out, keeps disease down.

[@Arizonagirl1981]

The only ones I blame are those part of the WEF!

[@cindyhamblin5673]

Hear, hear!

[@voodooqueen322]

I am a boomer, I teach canning, cooking from scratch, gardening, foraging, sewing, herbal remedies, most of the people I teach say it's too much work. They rater work for purchasing instead of saving by doing the work. Party on and starve or make your work your the reward. Yeah, I am old school, and my grandson is living with me now and learning the old ways. He will be a very rich man in the future. If you fail, it's your own fault.

[@barbraprosper9065]

❤😊

[@PatC-yi4fq]

Yes

[@MelanatednNature]

Oh wish you were in South Carolina my grannies used to teach us as well

[@loriphilpott4031]

I was raised this way and followed suit other than the herbal remedies and foraging, but I'm learning, tried to teach my daughters and they want nothing to do with it!

[@voodooqueen322]

@loriphilpott4031 make a journal for each of them. Later in life, they may appreciate your knowledge. If nothing else, they will have a great piece of your life. I have one for my grandson, with little letters mixed in, about things we did together. Hopefully, he will pass on to his children and grandchildren. I even put a few pictures of us canning and cooking together ❤️. Never give up.

[@cindy9032]

How can you blame it on the boomers... They worked!!! Electrician, carpenters, brick layers, nurses Doctors, programmers working more than 40 hr weeks...Not counting factory work... Now what others were doing in the government we didn't know what was going on...The Viet Nam War was enough... My son is 29 and works 2 jobs...one job 40 hr week the other is landscaping after a 6am-3pm shift. He has Asthma too!!! Those complaining need to get off their cells and learn something LIFE!

[@katie7748]

"Children are a map of their parents," regardless of age. Multiple generations now have told their children to "go to college so you can get a good job so you don't have to work as hard as I did." Thank God for the children who didn't listen and thank God for the parents who didn't raise their children like that. Yes, there are jobs that require degrees and/or sitting at a desk, but there are far more that don't.

[@sharonspicer9846]

Cindy, Amen sister.

[@pamelamartin8035]

At 68 I’ve purchased a pressure canner and learned to can meats and potatoes. I’ve also been dehydrating fruits and veggies and herbs. I have three raised gardens too. It’s never too late to learn. I’m in better shape now than I’ve been in the past few years. Not to boast, but since 2020, I woke up to what I need to be doing and God has me preparing to better myself and be an example for my two kids, eight grandkids and three great grandkids. Thank you Patara for all you share. You motivate me to keep busy and pray, prepare and be peaceful! ❤

[@fullofhope2222]

being alone and disabled I could cry at the cost of hired help for big jobs - but I know they need to pay their bills too 😓

[@PatC-yi4fq]

Yes

[@envaleorex7361]

1954 here. I started working as a plumbers apprentice during summer vacations when I was 14. Minimum wage was 1.60 an hour, gas was a silver quarter for a gallon, and a hamburger was 20 cents. As a kid I was required to take care of farm animals every day and had inside chores too. I worked long hours for many years. I've never had debt in my life - not even once. If I didn't have the money I didn't buy it - including a house and cars. That's the way my parents raised me Same with the woman I married - 1953. We saved, lived simple, sacrificed, invested. We both have all sorts of practical skills. Don't blame us for this mess.

[@conniegage2141]

I'm a self taught boomer that loves to garden. I'm so glad I learned these skills. I cook, keep the house clean, can food, sew, crochet and try to show others. I think these skills are important to servival.

[@DonalldArmentor]

The inceased dependance on leasure and luxuries has brought us to this point. Our society became soft, we off-shored our manufacturing, over pricing our labor untill foreign labor mahes all our goods, even our medications. We produce nothing but debt, the petro dollar and the foreigners no longer value $$$, as the fear that they will be effectively santioned or bombed for not trading internationally only in the Petro-Dollar. The Brown peoples of the earth are banding together (BRICS+ Nations) to stand up to the Western bullies, especially the US

[@vernshird711]

Boomers didn't ruin people's lives. People ruined their own lives by not being accountable for their actions, or for their lack of action.

[@taxat10n1sth3ft]

Should have probably held your kids accountable then.

[@vernshird711]

@@taxat10n1sth3ft I'm a GenXer, no kids. I just call things as I see them - I had a plan, I held myself accountable, and I'm doing fine. I've attempted to steer people in the right direction - some listened and are doing well while others didn't listen and are struggling.

[@NeighborofKT]

I'm a boomer, and I think that the boomers who were activists became college professors, local politicians, school board members, etc. and yes, we can blame them for moving the country to the far left. Most boomers, though, just loved their country, their families and God.

[@Damselfly54315]

TAUGHT MY KIDS HOW TO GARDEN, CAN, AND PRESERVE!

[@organicwoman5]

Hope you know how much most of us appreciate you and your wisdom. Thank you!😊❤ 🎉

[@appalachiashomesteadwithpatara]

Thank you! I appreciate this! 🌷

[@fwdolphin]

I am a Boomer in my 70s that had children late in life. I always tell them they had a mother grandmother mix. They know the old and the new and are very responsible. They grew up watching Roy Rogers and Dale Evans. For years we had a pasture full of llamas And they worked right along side of me.

[@williamsmarsh7734]

I blame the people that get their news off of the TV.. the news on TV lie like hell!

[@MarilynArchey-qw4vh]

We have raised a lot of entitled lazy humans. Our bad. We did not mean to harm. Try to get folks to prepare and Pray. 🙏

[@cookingprincess327]

I am a boomer and worked all my life and paid into the system. We ALL created this situation! No one is free from this. Blame one blame all!

[@katie7748]

YEP

[@LittleOcasioHomestead]

That's it!!

[@charlenepierson9893]

Yeah, my cousin jokingly blames me for everything because he's early Gen X, and I am the latest of the Boomers. I'm very frugal and he is a spendthrift.

[@sueevans3492]

Hi Patara❤

[@SanaLouTX.]

So true…we must go forward a do the very best we can…use the talent God gave us! ♥️✝️♥️

[@appalachiashomesteadwithpatara]

THANK YOU!

[@PatC-yi4fq]

Truth

[@leehilgendorf6215]

I'm 78 so too old to be a Boomer, I was raised around my elders (mostly farmers) and my children who are now just in their fifties were raised around their elders up to the age of 18/19 years. Because of available work my adult kids live all over the country as do all of my adult grand children now so I don't blame anyone having to move else where to find work to raise a family. The work force requirements have changed over the years

[@Di-zd5xj]

I have taught many people how to make soap-1 has went on to start a soap making business to earn extra income, plant a garden, can what you have planted. I give my home made soaps to older people and they love it because it reminds them of the soap they used as a kid. All of hat I do is self taught. I no longer have the land for a garden but I have large totes I used for moving and I plant potato's, tomato's, zuc, yellow and butternut squash!

[@angieprice7206]

Love the “no gel nails and a whole lot of dirt.”

[@zapbranaginn7324]

Hard times create strong men, strong men create good times, good times create weak men and weak men creat hard times. Any one generation isn’t at fault, rather our society as a whole is to blame. Our history is a continual evolving cycle much like the changing seasons. We are entering the 4th turning.

[@joannbrown2842]

I think we're right in the middle of it

[@shawnbecker9810]

Why are us boomers blamed for everything? It is so frustrating. My kids, and now grands, have done wonderful and are making their own way in this crazy time. Many times, I wish we could go back to the 50’s, IMHO it was a magical time.

[@flowerpower3618]

Everyone smoked everywhere . Yuck.

[@jotunblod]

@@flowerpower3618 It's a vegetable.

[@Christina-cq6hq]

Amen! You hit the nail right on the head, Patara!❤❤❤

[@appalachiashomesteadwithpatara]

🤗

[@jeanniemacadams7983]

Titus 2: older women are to teach & train younger women. That got sent right off the rails in the 1960s-1970s as "older" women went to spend their waking hours in offices. My own mother (born 1921) was one of those, no longer had time or energy to train me (born 1952) in ANY of the old ways of canning, sewing, etc. Many of us lost an entire generation's knowledge & expertise! Today, I'm an avid canner but had to learn from classes, Extension offices, etc. (LOL, that's probably a good thing when considering what is "safe" today vs what was standard way back when.)

[@leghornlife]

BINGO

[@gingerwolfenbarger8112]

We all must take responsibility for our own survival. Blaming accomplishes nothing toward that goal. Let’s put on our pioneer britches and start learning new skills that will go far toward our future, no matter how that will look.

[@barbchumbley9142]

We are boomers raised by hard working parents. We worked saved and paid all bills while raising 2 boys. Taught our boys to work also. My husband told both of them on their 15 th birthday that they had 1 year to save enough money for 1 years car insurance or they could not get their drivers license. They detassled corn, walked beans, served ice cream, and worked for farmers. Both had 1 year insurance money and their drivers license at 16. Next they had to pay for their gas and buy any parts for repairs and were taught how to do maintainence. Dad showed them how to change oil, change tires and check the fluids. They are hard workers today and provide for their family. 25 yr old granddaughter has worked 2 jobs since she was 16 and now putting herself through nursing school. In this family if you wanted something you worked and saved for it. No debt ! 25:21 No time for lazy in this family! ❤❤

[@bestlifeever4548]

I'm 41 and certainly don't blame anyone and get tired of hearing people blame us or past generations. We all did best given information we had and all had our own problems. Past generations had wars and most men left country and women had to step up and work and take care of the kids. We all had either a financial collapse or problems. No one lied to anyone like many claim about college. That was true but they got degrees in particular jobs most degrees today didn't exist 20 or 30 years ago. We could blame those who sold out family land and farms but we don't know what was situation at the time. I know I have worked hard for my 4 sons and future family and legacy. We rebought the farm and relearning the skills and teaching them. It is part of our homeschooling for my youngest son 16. We bought all the old books we can find for future to learn truth from past not new rewritten history. Also hundreds of homesteading and farming books.

[@judithpaszek3418]

My Teddy looks just like Bruce, omgosh, he was the most difficult puppy ever, when he turned 2 he magically became an awesome livestock guardian. 😊

[@SleepyHead76]

I planted blackberries last year and they made hundreds this year. I’m so tickled! Next year will probably be a bust but I’m grabbing them all this year. I’ll be checking on my grandmothers muscadines and scuppernongs this weekend. Edit: and don’t forget the beauty berries! Free berries and they make a good jelly.

[@BBunch9]

Our 14 and 16 year old fix small engines in our town! They taught themselves. I love it because their jobs are brought to them and I don’t have to drive them anywhere! They always have plenty of work ❤️

[@sandragodfrey7691]

U came through loud & clear..in all ways..loved this..always spot on!

[@deborahchaves8180]

Hello Miss Patara so nice seeing you. Thank you for all the information and look at all the animals. Be safe I’m sending you. Blessings much love, and a great hug.❤🙏

[@debrawichmann5152]

Patara is correct, blame is just distraction to not admit individual responsibilities. People need to learn from each other, and with age comes wisdom. 😊

[@katie7748]

Generally, perhaps. However, I've known a staggering number of older folks who haven't a speck of wisdom in their whole body. It's scary.

[@debrawichmann5152]

@@katie7748 perhaps you should share some of your knowledge...never too old to learn.

[@sherriebyrd3784]

I’m a 1956 boomer. I try to encourage and share canning and preserving and simple remedies to those younger. I’m grateful that I watched and learned from my parents born in 34 & 35 plus a beautiful benefit to learn from grandmothers born in 1902 & 1911. I care about all the generations after me and want them to be successful.

[@SCook49]

I too am a boomer and raised my 2 with no help. It was instilled in them that if they want something, it was their responsibility to achieve it. Both of them are in the medical profession, one has a PHD and the other a nurse practitioner. I am very proud they have achieved what they set out to do. I prayed constantly for them and pray that the young people will wake up and see what is in their futures.

[@gmh56]

MSM and social media have so romanticized the agriculture/livestock experience. In reality: dirt, mud, manure, too much rain, not enough rain, pest control, fencing maintenance, pulling weeds, blisters, sunburn, labor-delivery assistance, first aid, etc. But I bet most of you wouldn't change your lifestyle for all the money in the world! Be proud, knowing that you worked so hard, learned new things, built your homestead, and are now mentoring others. Continue to be the example that we need. I appreciate it. THANK YOU, PATERA AND FAMILY. 🙏 💪 ❤

[@shirleygilbert9547]

I’m a boomer 1946, worked hard all my life, raised four boys and my husband worked two jobs most of our married life. Bless his heart he has passed now but he was a good provider. So don’t blame the boomers we did our part now everybody else can do there part.

[@kathleenbaer7037]

I just learned how to dehydrate produce. Have canned in the past and am working on learning herbal remedies. Keep learning and trying.

[@JB-dt9ef]

As a boomer who retired after many years working in Tech, I contributed so much in taxes per year. Most boomers worked hard for many years and voted for freedom and financial responsibility throughout our lives. Yet, this mostly lazy and dumbed down generation blame us for the economic collapse of this nation. Yes, it grieves me greatly to see how our country has declined, and how future generations may not enjoy the same standard of living that I enjoyed. I pray daily for our precious country.

[@angieprice7206]

I’m a boomer who was lucky to have been brought up by a family who struggled and worked hard. Now their thriftiness keeps me on track. Thanks for your positive pep talks.

[@MDK1968Mimi]

Thank you Miss Patara for this video. So important. All of us need to keep on keeping on and doing everything necessary to succeed. All can learn from each generation because there are many skills everyone has to share. Love seeing those beautiful fur babies and your gardens. Beautiful. Blessings to you all ❤

[@buckeyedav1]

I learned to Can on my own also by reading books before the Internet was a thing and then learning more when you tube became a thing. Anna In Ohio

[@brianhoneycutt1694]

I am 74 years old and I learn a lot from you! Thank you!

[@prairiegirl9770]

Hey!! We worked hard and played well.

[@CynthiaGuarnotta]

You make complete sense thank you for that! I agree with you. Utube has everything you want to learn. I am third generation Armenian and I know my grandma did alot and she didnt have it easy. She didnt know english. She would plant everything and we would eat everything out of the garden. You re so smart lady. I love those puppies! I love you too, thank you so much.

[@jmc8577]

No one can do anything anymore because its not taught. One example is my aunts generation cooking at high school was entire meals and cuts of meat etc. Im late thirties (her 16 years older) and cooking at school was burgers, scones and other basic stuff. My kids at school were taught cupcakes and pancakes 🫣🤦 with my daughters teacher telling them she couldnt be bothered. Add parents all working because you cant get by on one income now and boom! An entire generation who doesnt know how to do squat

[@wtexasdanielle4266]

I'm a baby boomer who's been working 60 hour weeks for way too many years, debating on going on social security. Life as it's turned out these past years isn't even close to how I grew up in the 70's. I still find time to garden and can food, thanks to Patera's encouragement. Keep up the good work, sister...God's still got this.

[@lorrainreed3378]

I am a boomer and worked 2 and sometimes 3 jobs to pay for my education and raise my kids. I did want them to have an easier life than I did. The only thing my mother taught me was to hide and try not to be noticed so she wouldn’t beat on me.

[@katie7748]

"Want them to have an easier life" is what every generation does...then turns around and whines that the whippersnappers are lazy and spoiled. It's a tale as old as time :-/ Sorry about your mom btw. I can relate.

[@tammyhance8603]

Patara, I'm almost 60 years old, and you know who I blame? ME! When my Daddy was breaking his back working 6 days a week, some evenings for extra money, and 3 gardens in the summer, he didn't have the time to teach me but I did learn some by watching. When my Mama was picking green beans and canning tomatoes until her fingers bled because she had horrible eczema, she didn't have time between babysitting and raising us 3 kids, and boy, do I wish I had all that knowledge that they did right now. But, I too, got books and taught myself how to can in the past 3 years, and although I don't have much room in a townhome for now, I'm planting tomatoes, I bought a small hydroponic system for growing lettuce, and I'm trying to learn something every chance I get. These folks who just love to not take responsibility for their own actions need to pull their big boy/girl britches up, and suck it up.

[@dianetaylor1085]

I am a boomer (1949), I worked two jobs to pay off my student loans, my daughter worked her way through college but all three of my grandchildren have been entitled spenders with a victim mentality. Two of the three now aged 26 and 31 have families and have found that life is not what they expected and have changed into Savers rather than Spenders.

[@PepperplacewithShawna]

I don't blame any generation for the state our country is in. I blame lack of personal responsibility. When I look in the mirror, I want to see the old face of a dog tired woman who gave 110 percent today. Thank you, Patara. I love those fur babies!

[@LynnDavisHathaway]

Those pups are so adorable!!! ❤ I love watching you pick the berries. They look delicious.

[@tdog4240]

If we are honest, I think Christians haven't taken Jesus serious enoughand standing up for things of God, sharing gospel like people are dying (because many are and headed for Hell). If we were on fire for Christ like the world is for sin, we may be looking at a different world. I think we will answer for being silent.

[@DeliverMeFromEvil-]

We need boldness pray for boldness to share the gospel with everyone and everywhere. Time is short❤

[@airbourne2]

When you said "nobody knows how to do anything anymore," that was the premise of Ayn Rand's book Atlas Shrugged (1957).

[@DeliverMeFromEvil-]

Who is John Galt....we are...😊

[@deborahthompson1634]

Great program Patara ! We are loving the fresh lettuce, potato’s, tomatoes , onions , cabbage , and squash from our Spring garden.

[@Sunnyfl2840]

Patara I’ve said the exact same thing for 4 years. We’re living the hunger games.

[@TelaSmith-xf7qq]

Such a fun video with those babies..Yona and Bruce ❤❤ Patera you have a beautiful spirit and your so sensible. I really appreciate you

[@KennyG233]

It's going to be rough. I knew I'd never owned a home in this economy so therefore never bothered learning handyman work. Now this generation will never own a car

[@zoodryg4327]

CHANGE is the key PATARA ... I told a woman who has recently been forced into massive change as she lost her husband that she has a clean start at a new life to decide who she wants to be.

[@cin4195]

I definitely agree that there are two different groups of Boomers the ones who worked but also did the important self-sustaining survival skills in their lives and then the second group are the ones who went straight for the workforce with retirement pensions as the goal

[@cherylschindeldecker5594]

God's blessings, Patera. God has blessed you with motivational speaking with action. Keep it up. You are a positive force through God!

[@billywalker9223]

I'm a tail end boomer. I live like my grandfather. He borrowed money twice in his life. Once in 1936, to buy a new Chevrolet dually truck, which was financed for 18 months, and then in 1939, when he bought 118 acres for $1,200, and financed $500 for six months. We looked at 33 acres for 13k one time, and he didn't buy it because the timber wouldn't pay for the land. He never had a credit card. So how is it my fault for the current situation, if I never partook of the credit scam? I'm fighting against the latest real estate assessment, while some people in the community are happy with the 138% increase, because they can get a large home equity loan. They didn't get to this point because of past generations.

[@ronwinkles2601]

Please, pass that wisdom on to others.

[@karenwalker4764]

Started digging my potatoes today , getting a good harvest. For the first time in a long time .

[@NoWhereSpecial-Homestead]

Learning is one of the best adventures of life... because you discover knowledge and just good smarts...

[@jenniferschmitt7938]

So true! I have heard it said that we are one generation away from losing skills. We have to teach ourselves. I love learning about how people handle things during the Great depression. I was not taught anything growing up. My mom didn't cook let alone do any of the other things. My husband and I have learned how to cook from scratch, can, dehydrate, garden, build things, repair things.... The list just goes on and on I most recently learned how to crochet from a handful of KZbin videos and I've made my first blanket. I no longer have to buy blankets. I know how to quilt. I can make money doing these things as well. We have to teach our children teach our children teach our children teach our children!!😂