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Originally Posted by jackknife  Children having no personal accountability isn't a liberal thing. Trust me. I taught pre-school for many years both in California and Kansas. Parents from all political backgrounds want to coddle their kids. To define it as a liberal teaching is pretty silly. Not everything in life is right or left wing.
It drives me insane. Parents hold their kids hand for everything and expect the world to do the same. We are raising a bunch of kids who have never lost, who have never been told no and who are always the victim.
It's too late for a lot of those kids. They are graduating now. I have friends that work at different colleges all over the US and a few in Canada and what they are seeing is astounding. One friend had a student call her nearly 15 times to help him figure out where he would find his class. She sent him maps and directions and addresses and still he called for more help. The only thing left for her to do was literally walk him to class. She didn't and he was none too happy about it.
Another said that in the work force there are companies that are making packets and materials for not only their prospective employees but also their parents. Their PARENTS!
We are raising a nation of self-entitled, never wrong, stupid kids. I'm embarrassed. It comes from all walks of life. All colors.
The question is what do we do about it? |
Unfortunately, most parents these days have not ever really "needed". Most kids do not have to "go without". Yes, even the children on welfare usually have a bike, Playstation, satellite t.v. In the "olden-days" t.v. was black and white and one channel, if you were lucky. The video games were not yet invented. Toys usually cosisted of blocks of wood that you would stack when younger, then play catch with when older. No, I didn't go without too much, but todays parents remembered going without alot. They do not want their children to feel the emotions that came with near poverty income. Therefore our children are coddled, can do no wrong and raised to never feel the feeling of losing. That is where we fail as parents in this society. We then leave the raising of our children to the school systems and daycares, then bitch about any sort of discipline.