awwww....kids are so cute at that age.....thinking they are owed a job
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cPuH8jg5nQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cPuH8jg5nQ
Parents: You are exceptional at everything that you do, and anytime you fail it's the fault of someone else.
Society: Six-figure jobs abound for anyone willing to go to college! Go into debt if you have to, you get to party for four years and then get a sweet job afterwards!
Kids: Wow, that all sounds great. Hey, where is my job? Hey, what do I do with all this debt?
Society: *gasp* Kids are so entitled these days! It must be the fault of the parents!
Parents: Why, we were NEVER like that when WE were growing up! Society must be going down the tubes!
I pound responsibility into my kids, no matter how trivial. Problem is, even with that direction, not everyone of my kid's believes it or really cares.
That's where culture comes in...both poor parenting AND a destructive culture are to blame for general problem.I get where you're going with this, but not all Parents do the first statement. I pound responsibility into my kids, no matter how trivial. Problem is, even with that direction, not everyone of my kid's believes it or really cares. The excuses I hear are incredible, illogical and irrational. I'm not sure if it's culture outside the home or something more innate. It is frustrating, however.
Parents can talk until they are blue in the face, and the kid is still going to make their own choices.
I made my own choices, and my kids are making theirs.
However, looking at the 3 generations of my family (my parents, myself and my children), my children have less of a work ethic then either me or my parents.
Its not just my kids, but kids in general.
It is because work has less ethics in general. It is impossible to have a good work ethic when you can reasonable expect the company to screw you at every opportunity.
Parents can talk until they are blue in the face, and the kid is still going to make their own choices.
I made my own choices, and my kids are making theirs.
However, looking at the 3 generations of my family (my parents, myself and my children), my children have less of a work ethic then either me or my parents.
Its not just my kids, but kids in general.
It is because work has less ethics in general. It is impossible to have a good work ethic when you can reasonable expect the company to screw you at every opportunity.
I know, you are right and I just can't understand it. I go round and round on the cause, and I still can't nail it down. I think it may be a combination of media (social and otherwise), higher standards of living and the school system. But I'm just stabbing in the dark.
In one fairly typical encounter, a father asked his eight-year-old son five times to please go take a bath or a shower. After the fifth plea went unheeded, the father picked the boy up and carried him into the bathroom. A few minutes later, the kid, still unwashed, wandered into another room to play a video game.
Same.Exactly, my father subscribed to Tarkin Parenting.
'Fear will keep the children in line, fear of this ass kicking'
let's make this a thread about unions![]()
Yeah sure. Have you ever referred to bad jobs as "burger flipping" jobs? If so, you are part of the problem. When the kid needs money and the only job is flipping burgers, they say no because you told them they are better than that.I pound responsibility into my kids, no matter how trivial.
But at the same time, he shouldn't be enabling them to play Nintendo and eat his food under his room.Yeah sure. Have you ever referred to bad jobs as "burger flipping" jobs? If so, you are part of the problem. When the kid needs money and the only job is flipping burgers, they say no because you told them they are better than that.
I get where you're going with this, but not all Parents do the first statement. I pound responsibility into my kids, no matter how trivial. Problem is, even with that direction, not everyone of my kid's believes it or really cares. The excuses I hear are incredible, illogical and irrational. I'm not sure if it's culture outside the home or something more innate. It is frustrating, however.
Yeah sure. Have you ever referred to bad jobs as "burger flipping" jobs? If so, you are part of the problem. When the kid needs money and the only job is flipping burgers, they say no because you told them they are better than that.
Yeah sure. Have you ever referred to bad jobs as "burger flipping" jobs? If so, you are part of the problem. When the kid needs money and the only job is flipping burgers, they say no because you told them they are better than that.
Yeah sure. Have you ever referred to bad jobs as "burger flipping" jobs? If so, you are part of the problem. When the kid needs money and the only job is flipping burgers, they say no because you told them they are better than that.
My 15 year old son has already been told that next summer (16 years old) he will be applying to Sonic, Arby's and a slew of other places to get a summer job. Burger flipping is not beneath him (nor was it for me when I worked at Hardee's for two years).