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Barbara Peate (Sabo)
Fred, I also see we are living in a world where all parents think their children are the best at everything and should be rewarded all the time. I get tired of hearing parents saying "good job" for everything they do, aisles in department stores filled with large "prams" for babies as though they were royalty, instead of the modest strollers we had. This is certainly a different generation with very different ideas than we grew up with and our own children grew up with too. Families are trying to compete with each other for all the material things, the biggest house, fanciest car, all they can give their children, which children are in the most activities, etc. Frankly, some of these children need to know defeat without a trophy or a ribbon is what they will find when they enter the real world on their own. Of course, many of the college graduates are going back home to live with their parents now since they are covered under their parents' insurance until their mid-twenties, as opposed to being forced to get a job after graduating (albeit not as high paying as they would like) until they work their way up......they seem to think a high-paying job should be handed to them and, if not, well they will live at home for free while Mom and Dad work their butts off! Not true of all, of course, but a good number. Lin has a friend that has all her children living at home with them (in their 30's), have gotten them jobs, take them on expensive trips, and right now are building a bigger house and also a house for their youngest who works detailing cars after leaving college with not much time before graduating. The parents think it's great! As parents and grandparents, we cannot stick our noses in our childrens' business. Perhaps some things parents of young children need to think about today...Enough said.
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