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JohnnyFlame · 05-01-2009, 02:23 PM

I'm finding it's very true and probably my fault. I have suggested my kids get part time employment and pointed out the value. One of them is actually starting a job now and I wonder how she will do. We have in fact babied them to no enth. Driven them everywhere. Paid for everything. Put them in every stinkin thing we could afford.

Contrast that to my parents who said if I wanted a pair of jeans other than the ones they provided I could bloody well go out and get a job. Ditto if I wanted to get anywhere. Get a job--buy a car or walk you lazy dufus was what I heard.

So hey I got a job at Safeway when I was 15 by lying about my age. When I was sixteen I bought my first car. My father's only concession was he put my vehicle on his insurance saving me some cash. I quite literally was forced to strike out on my own and learn the ropes. I certainly had no idea whatsover that I deserved "whatever".

I've no doubt this generation will learn the same lessons but I suspect they will be older when then do so.

05-01-2009, 02:23 PM	#21
JohnnyFlame Lifetime Suspension Join Date: Oct 2001 Exp:	I'm finding it's very true and probably my fault. I have suggested my kids get part time employment and pointed out the value. One of them is actually starting a job now and I wonder how she will do. We have in fact babied them to no enth. Driven them everywhere. Paid for everything. Put them in every stinkin thing we could afford. Contrast that to my parents who said if I wanted a pair of jeans other than the ones they provided I could bloody well go out and get a job. Ditto if I wanted to get anywhere. Get a job--buy a car or walk you lazy dufus was what I heard. So hey I got a job at Safeway when I was 15 by lying about my age. When I was sixteen I bought my first car. My father's only concession was he put my vehicle on his insurance saving me some cash. I quite literally was forced to strike out on my own and learn the ropes. I certainly had no idea whatsover that I deserved "whatever". I've no doubt this generation will learn the same lessons but I suspect they will be older when then do so.