We talk about "children being the future" which is true, but that future isn't going to be much different if we encourage them to be just like us

So true! People don't like to change, that is why change is hard. We cling to ideas not because we believe in them as much as we want to show others that we're in charge. No matter if what we control is wrong. Ego. The entire problems of humanity are around EGO. When we will learn to control ego, we will change. Until then my intuition tells me we will more likely manage to distruct before we will build. A necessary damage for progress and change to happen is suffering for those who can't embrace change naturally, it will be through the force of the inevitable.