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Anchor Mom "The Entitlement Generation"

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Submitted by Drac0 on Mon, 05/04/2015 - 8:42am

Thought I would share this:

http://addins.kwwl.com/blogs/anchormom/2015/04/the-entitlement-generation

I agree with it 100%. I immediately made DW read it because she is constantly critical about how my Dad treated us when we were little. I have an engineering degree and my brother has an MBA, so clearly my folks did some things right....and yes, I am still close with parents. VERY close.

The issues surrounding last weeks fiasco made DW question herself. Over the weekend, she confessed to me that she "swore" at SS. She wouldn't tell me what she said, but she said she felt pretty bad about it. I told her she shouldn't. What SS did deserved some harsh tongue lashing. If he acts like an idiot, he deserves to be treated like an idiot. No more coddling. My philosophy is that it is better for a parent to put a kid in his place because if a parent doesn't do it, someone else will.

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Submitted by Drac0 on Mon, 05/04/2015 - 9:39am

When we are talking about CODs, fear is a HUGE factor to entitlement issues too. Parent's don't want to say no out of fear that the child will hate them or want to spend more time with the other parent. I can't remember the name of the movie, but there was a kid braging to his friend how he loves the weekends because that is the only time he sees his Dad and his Dad takes him out to movies, the amusement park, etc....The other kid asks why his Dad does that and the first kid says "Well, it's because my parents are divorced and my Dad feels bad that he doesn't see me all the time so when he does sees me, he gives me treats." The other kid goes home and walks in on his parents who are having a fight. He says "Mom! Dad! Are you getting a divorce!?" The parents stop fighting and say no, they just have a disagreement. They are not getting a divorce. The kid goes, "Awwwwwwwwww!!!!" And the parents look at each other bewildered.