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January 17, 2008, 8:31 am PST

Entitlement

Quote From: truck_em_up

 Where is the responsibility the mother receives the money then gives it back to the children then in the same breath gives it back to them and sticks up for them because often times the employer doesn't pay him in a timely manner.  Get a new job!!!  Many children today do feel entitled because of how they are raised there are no consequences.  I had a step-son who lived here and once given rules and guidelines and a rental agreement it was 2 days before he moved out.  Of course I was a few choice words as well.  He is also 22 has a full time job but at the time he saw no need to go to that job every day while living in our home and was on the verge of losing that job.  Now that he has his own apartment its amazing how he can arrive at work on time and be there every day now.  We are still not liked because we will not pay for a cell phone that he just has to have or cable or buy him a tv.  That is another story!!  These kids think that when they move out that they need to have all the amenities that Mom and Dad have that we have worked all our lives to acquire.  It just does not work that way!!!

I agree completely with your last statement.  When kids grow up these days, they expect to have everything their parents had (or better!)  Instead of a teeny efficiency apartment, they need to have a $200,000 house.  And don't even get me started on the cell phones, TVs, cars, etc. that they must have - the latest and greatest. 

 

This feeling of entitlement has created the poor economic situation we are in now - bankruptcies because people can't pay for their debts, and foreclosures on homes that people should never have bought in the first place.  I'd love for Dr. Phil to do a show on how we can keep our kids from this future!  I try hard to not give my kids everything they want, but it's hard when all their friends are getting/doing the things I am withholding.

 

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