Same with me. It's been a family tradition to watch the world news together every night for as long as I remember. It means you are conscious of things like environment problems, famines, wars, crimes etc by the time you are five at most. And I can't help but feel that's a good thing. If this horror just doesn't happen (in this disgusting Ignorance-is-Bliss way so many people seem to adopt nowadays), how can we ever hope to change things? Only strong feelings can give birth to resolve. If you tell a 15-year-old for the first time that the rain forests are dying, you'll get something like, "What rainforests? I've been living well enough without caring about them so far!" for an answer.