Posted by
Gary A McAvin on Wednesday, December 13, 2006 9:53:11 AM
When I was young, (which now seems like a very long time ago) we were taught to work for what we wanted or needed. It now appears that this is no longer the standard on planet earth. I keep thinking and saying; that somehow I was morphed into this planet from another location! This is not the planet I was raised on. Someone has found the key to the space time continuum. Someone has played a cruel trick on me, and placed me here against my will.
The planet that I was raised on was a real nice place. People were basically nice and most people were well mannered. When you wanted something, you said please! When you received something, you said thank you! Almost everyone worked very hard for their necessities. Nothing was handed out to them unless it became impossible for them to make a living. Welfare was unheard of on the planet where I came from. If any assistance was needed, it was handled by the local churches. Catholic Social Services did a lot for the poor and downtrodden.
The gimme generation expects everything to be handed to them on a platter. Why? Because they feel they are entitled to it, that’s why! They have it coming, so they believe. What changed? I believe a parent child communications breakdown has taken place. The parents of this gimme generation have relaxed the standards. Child labor laws prohibit children from working as they used to, and should. Somehow making children work, has become verboten! Don’t make the little darlings work, it could harm their psyche! They will have self-esteem issues if they are forced to work too hard, or at all.
When everything is handed to the gimme generation, they become like welfare recipients. That welfare check is expected to be in their mail box, or by direct deposit every month, and it had better be on time too! Parents giving their children weekly allowances without any effort on the child’s part to earn that free gift, only encourage them to be enablers and takers from then on! When we received any allowance money, you can believe some chores or work tasks were the reasons behind our parents giving us anything of monetary value! We earned it!
Personally; I really miss the planet I was raised on. Life was so much better there. Everything had reason and purpose then. Reality was taught and lived by the planet’s inhabitants. We all looked forward to the future, and we taught our children to be good contributing members of that planet. We were concerned for everyone’s safety and well being. But; alas, that happy place no longer seems to exist. I sure miss that place and time, don’t you? Could I be morphed back to the planet I really came from?