somewhere, people have forgotten that a parent's first responsibility is to prepare children for being adults.
we have failed across the board.
i live close to a very affluent area - and i see these kids, with everything, they live in a huge house, filled with beautiful matching furniture, beautiful cars in the garage, the kids get "hand me down automobiles" which might be a BMW, Lexus, Mercedes, etc. - most of the kids are really slackers, they don't work - illegals man all of the convenience stores, pizza shops, grocery stores, etc. because all of these kids are going to be managers, CEOs, etc. ... but have zero and I mean zero skills in reality. my question is, where do these kids go after being given all of these things? i cannot see them going anywhere, except someplace bitter.
i don't blame the kids for this, really, i don't but i put a huge blame on the parents for all of this. i just don't see how any good can come from this.
kids and people in general, rise to the occasion and to the level of expectations placed upon them. i would hate for this to happen, but i think that the u.s. needs is a depression or massive recession and/or something like ww1 or ww2 to put things back in perspective. at the moment, we are spoiled, weak, pudgy and soft - and something needs to change.