All that will fix that is for our kids to face real hardship.
There are certain people who are giving me grief about letting my daughter move to Seattle and take a year off before starting college. They think she's going to ruin her life.
Thing is, she hasn't had it too hard, even if she was the one of the only kids in her class who had chores, had to earn extra money by doing extra work around the house, and had to let us know where she was. The trade off was that she also got to be open about things because there wasn't any condemnation. Despite those things, she still has some entitlement issues. She's better than most, but they're there.
It's my belief that taking the year off won't ruin her life, it will improve the person she is because it's not going to be as easy as she thinks. Nothing wrong with that.
You're right about it being something a generation learns as they grow up, but I can't blame all of the entitlement problem on the same things you do. They definitely play a big part, but some of it's because even liberal parents shelter their kids. Sheltering leaves them with a false sense of security, allowing the other contributors to entitlement to have an increased impact.
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Re: Curious.
Date: 2007-09-17 12:48 am (UTC)There are certain people who are giving me grief about letting my daughter move to Seattle and take a year off before starting college. They think she's going to ruin her life.
Thing is, she hasn't had it too hard, even if she was the one of the only kids in her class who had chores, had to earn extra money by doing extra work around the house, and had to let us know where she was. The trade off was that she also got to be open about things because there wasn't any condemnation. Despite those things, she still has some entitlement issues. She's better than most, but they're there.
It's my belief that taking the year off won't ruin her life, it will improve the person she is because it's not going to be as easy as she thinks. Nothing wrong with that.
You're right about it being something a generation learns as they grow up, but I can't blame all of the entitlement problem on the same things you do. They definitely play a big part, but some of it's because even liberal parents shelter their kids. Sheltering leaves them with a false sense of security, allowing the other contributors to entitlement to have an increased impact.