[Hylas]

I was talking with my mother the other day, about fears and such things. It turns out mothers, but I think it's parents in general, have all a stock of hidden or repressed fears they usually won't admit to their own children. Talking to other persons that are mothers too, they will say almost the same things. So I started asking myself: what about fears based on age, role and status? A parent is a representative of a group of people with peculiar fears, about family, children, money, one of these in relation with the other two, etc. If the parent is a female or a male, that represents another element influencing the kind of apprehension you they have.
Do you think every person part of a group have standardized fears? I mean, do you think modern life as we live it also involves a certain degree of being afraid or anxious about something depending almost exclusively on what kind of life you have, what kind of social class you're part of, and so on? Are you supposed to be afraid of certain things according to your status excluding others? Are some fears useful to those speculating on them so they can target their "prey" with more ease and how?

I think about some of my own fears sometimes, and if I think really really hard, I can't say why I am afraid of such things. I am not talking about phobias, those are not rational fears. I am talking about average fears you have to face everyday. Sometimes I really wonder why I am so impressed by those things. I don't have an explanation and it makes me feel an idiot.