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Rather than add commentary, initially, I will urge you to read this article. It is a very well written "compare and contrast" article about our "Entitlement Generation."
Don't allow my topic title to sway you! Read this article with an open objective mind.
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good for the kids... "Maybe twentysomethings have figured out something that boomers like me took two decades to piece together: Namely, that there's more to life than by-the-book traditional career success," says Ryan, the 45-year-old CEO of a Colorado-based company called WorldWIT, an on- and offline networking organization for professional women.
IMO? the eldest baby boomers have been getting away with too much crap for a long time...
i think the elder baby boomers are the most guilty of the "entitlement delusion"
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"i think the elder baby boomers are the most guilty of the 'entitlement delusion'"
An open mind!
Yep, I learned long back parents are predominately responsible for the way our children behave.
A most interesting article which brings about a question, "Who is responsible for spoiled kids?"
Positive note is our children are questioning the establishment, are questioning if they want to be mindless minions. If our kids mature into striking a balance between personal goals and life goals, they will be successful.
I am referencing a need to strike a balance between what we want out of life and our need to pay dues to have what we want.
Since our girl is now in college, we have stopped doing this. During her first decade and half of life, we made a point for one us, her mother, her father, to take her to Oklahoma each Summer to work as a field hand, as a farm hand, to better appreciate the value of hard work; having no money, hard labor to simply survive.
A result of giving her calloused hands is she took away my credit card, took away my check book and has placed me on a stingy allowance. I even have to ask her permission to take my gas guzzling Corvette to grocery shop.
She is no fun, at all.
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i admit that i have a biased opinion... it is due to my upbringing...
i have watched a priveleged group of the elder baby boomers that have never had to work to survive, and never struggled for anything more the next rung on the ladder....
i also listened carefully to THEIR PARENTS when it was still possible, you know the ones that survived the depression and then won WW2..... there are some spoiled rotten 60-65 yr olds running around out there
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We are the narcissistic (me first) generation.
Thar's good.
Self-sevice is the motivational priority on an innate basis - we are naturally selfish.
From this love of self is erected love of other kin - children then family.
This is also innately based, but varies some among different species.
From love of kin comes love of friends then community then nation. This is innately based to varying degrees - sharks are less sociable than ants.
Morality is an of outgrowth love - we help those we love, ignore those we don't, and hate those we hate as enemies - all as morality based in love. Moralities that espouse love of humanity without any hate ever, are based on overgeneralized abstract needs (a form of thought disorder).
So our society tends to love self, and as individuals we tend to regard selfish actions as moral (right) and selfish actions of others as immoral (wrong) - we tend to think and act in a self-centered manner.
An enlightened morality views helping (loving) others as often instrumental in serving self. The trick is to love (help, agree with, etc.) others when this serves self, and not otherwise. If you overgeneralize this morality to unconditional love, you will help others with no regard to whether this will somehow come back to you and serve your own interests - you let yourself be exploited (perhaps in the belief that you will go to heaven and enjoy 100 virgins eternally). This is a stupid morality.
The only time unconditional love, and the norality that issues from this, is appropriate is in relation to the infant. Otherwise it is based on thought disorder and you become a doormat to others.
This is original material and is one of the realities that most can not accept.
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