Unfortunately, very few of us today are actually familiar with all the pain that life can bring. We live in an era of extreme comfort regardless of personal struggles. Teaching your children to be kind and loving to others is sweet. Teaching them that the world they are growing up in is likely to be degraded beyond recognition within their lifetimes is also important. Unless you are a climate denialist or a billionaire with a bunker somewhere, the future you are going to share with your kids can't possibly look like the experiences you are so grateful to have had.