Some of us recall the days when the household finances were for needs, and there were few allowances for luxuries. And some of us vowed to be parents whose children would have whatever they wanted. It was a noble idea, but now we must face an alarming fact.
Have we enabled our children to become privileged and dishonorable? It seems the children who received everything they wanted with no effort are not good people. They have a spirit of entitlement, which promotes ungrateful attitudes towards giving, unappreciated feelings towards receiving, and noncommitment.
This has left a generation of workaholics to work an unsafe number of years because some of our children have poor work ethics. We did not consider that earning our desires built character. Which fosters a work ethic, humility, gratefulness, and commitment.
This imbalance is a costly mistake for many. I am not sure if this is the issue; I am not sure how to fix it if it is. But what I am concerned about is whether the children of today will care for others or even their parents tomorrow.
