A
regular reader to The Fedora Chronicles writes in and voices her
concern about the children of her Generation and the Generation to
come...
Hustle Here And Hustle There......
By V. Bee
I’ve always thought of myself as an
open-minded individual. Yet, I’m finding that the older I get,
the less patience I have with the A younger generation.
Everyone’s in a hurry to go......wherever, or nowhere. It’s a
hustle and bustle world with humans diversifying all over the planet.
Have we, of my generation, created
the monsters of the current generation? In our eagerness to
provide our children with a better life, have we instead taught them
that hard work is out, and the way to get ahead is to walk over
other people? Let’s examine this phenomenon just for a moment.
Traditionally, in today’s world,
parents who have grown children in their 20's and 30's were primarily
born themselves in the 1930's and 1940's (was born in ‘49). Some
parents came from poor backgrounds. Some parents came from other
countries. In most of these households, two parents share the
burden of surviving and providing enough for themselves and their
children. Parents who grew up with nothing had to work for
everything they had. Hard work was something that people strived
for, to better themselves, to move up the ladder, make a better
place for themselves and their families. For the majority of
these parents, moving up the ladder simply meant work harder to
get to the place they were trying to get to.
Fine. There is nothing wrong
with honestly trying to better oneself. But when I look
around today, I don’t see that happening.
What I do notice, more often than
not, are young people who are stepping (or downright walking) over
other people with an absolute disregard for another’s feelings.
Did we, their parents, teach them this? In our fervent goal to make
their lives better than our own were? Did we, the parents, give
the kids too much? Did we, as parents, make life too easy for the
kids? and so they now think that the world owes them?
What happened to
consideration? What happened to respect? Are we, as
parents, neglecting to relay that message to our children as they
mature? And what will happen when they become parents themselves?
Will they be able to cope with the reality we call life?
My grown son disciplines his five
children. My daughter-in-law? Well..... And what about
Grandma? One look is all it takes, and they know it’s a lost cause.
I really haven’t lost all
hope. The children of today will never face the hardships that
some of their parents did. Let’s hope their children won’t have
to as well.
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