Is Making a Difference More Important Than Being Remembered ?
Who will remember me ?
KEY POINTS Parents can impact the world through their children ’ s actions . Essential cultural advances have been made by people who are not remembered . The Internet is a forum through which we can be remembered .
As children enter adolescence , they become more aware of events in the world and the nature of life . At this age , they may start grappling with some major life questions but have little knowledge or wisdom to help them find satisfying an‐ swers . In this setting , difficulties in coping with the ambigui‐ ties of life can cause some children to develop anxiety or de‐ pression .
In the presence of his father , one of the bright 12-year-old pa‐ tients I see for anxiety told me that he felt sad when he could not figure out who will remember him in 100 or 500 years . I asked him why it was important for him