I am so sick and tired of our society and it's 'Me First' attitude. We're going to hell in a handbasket and people sit around and wonder why? They wonder why there's more crime and why people are so much more mean and rotten than they used to be. Well, let me enlighten you. It's because we're a great big bunch of selfish twits.
Yeah, you heard me.
We tell our kids to share while also telling them that THEY are the princess or little prince who can have whatever they want. We teach people that they are ENTITLED to things and then wonder why they act like the world OWES them something.
In a society where advertising caters to you and wants tyou to feel like you can "Have it Your Way" and self-awareness programs taught in school want to make sure you know that YOU are the most important person on this little planet of ours, we have experienced a decline in the level of humanity that is outright disgusting. We pretend to be shocked when we hear about people not helping other people. We whisper about "How could they!" and then make sure everyone knows what WE'VE done. We are insatiable in our need to feed our egos.
Charities are begging for help - not just monitarily but for physical bodies to come down and help them out, but we're too busy with our own plight to look beyond and see what someone else is going through. "What about ME?!", we cry.
You can't flush something down the toilet and then wonder why it's gone, people. It's gone because you flushed it. The good news is that you can fix it. You can step outside of yourself and reach out to someone else that needs help. You can teach your children that the world does NOT revolve around them and that the world will be a MUCH better place if they will reach out and lend a hand or shoulder to the people around them.
You're worried about the shape the Earth is going to be in when our children grow up? Maybe you should worry more about how their souls are being polluted and destroyed by our selfish mentality. Read them the story of Pamela Purse and teach them about not being first. Teach them that it's better to give than to receive.
Because I really find the overall attitude of our kids (hey, mine too - I'm not innocent here!):
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I don't know if you caught my earlier post about parenting but I planon having my kids volunteer from the time they are able to...as soon as it's allowed. This very issue is the main reason I quit my nanny job almost a year ago. I could not STAND the selfishness in that household. I love those people, don't get me wrong, but it worked my last nerve when the TEN YEAR OLD got his SIXTH game system, cell phone, iPod touch, and I was told I needed to pick him up from school everyday because the 40 minute bus ride home was "too long". It was just.too.much.
You are SOOOOOOO RIGHT!!! AMEN AND AMEN AND AMEN!!! I love it!
Well I'm the proud Mom that had my nephew stay the night with us this weekend, and my oldest discovered the condition of his clothes and gave him stuff of his OWN! WOOHOOO!! I'm doing something right there....
LOVE the blog makeover!!
Amen. You know, the hubs and I were talking about this same thing just the other day. There is such a me first mentality and it's easy to get sucked in and I think we're probably all guilty of it!
Oh, and I like the new blog look!
i couldn't agree more. a whole generation of children who think that they are princesses and princes and owed the world, without working a lick for it!!!
i've been waiting for this day for a while. something i have to get off my chest, but can't on my own blog...
ya know, i dated the great big a$$, who was controlling, and mean and nasty when i was 16. my parents barely tried to stop me. when i was 18 they paid for me to go to college out of state with him...4 hours from home. alone.
he almost beat the fire outta me when i was alone with him in oklahoma. my parents did nothing to help me. i had to take care of myself. i protected myself, quit school, moved home, filed reports in several towns...on my own.
i blogged about the dude adding me as a friend on facebook, and how just reading his name scares the pants off of me.
my dad read my blog. and had the 'nads to send me this message, "well, ya know, i have a gun now. let me know if he gets too close to you. i'll kill him."
oh, really? so nice of you, dad. i'm a grown a$$ woman, with a husband and children. i see you maybe 10 times a year. you didn't want to kill him when i was 16 and coulda used a helping hand...or firearm. why do you wanna protect me now? when i dn't need your help...not even a little bit?!
thanks, dad. but, i took care of myself when i was 16, 17, 18, and protected myself from the giant a$$...i think i got this.
ugh!! for some reason, this really gets under my skin. i know that teenage love is not easily controlled by well-meaning parents. but, when the boy is abusive...you protect your kid...and risk her being a little upset at you, but alive!!
thanks, heidi...i feel better!!
sorry for writing a whole blog post in your comment section!!
i heart you!!
Amen!
Amen! We live in a "total, instant gratification" society. We also live in a society which has totally forgotten kindness, respect, and manners.
If one more cashier/sales person calls me sweetie, honey, or darlin'...instead of ma'am...I might just pitch a fit! Also, to the cashiers who are one the phone (or talking to the bag boy) while ringing up my purchases...Helllloooo?! I'm right here...listening to you talk, acting as if no one else is around. Please acknowledge the fact that I'm standing right in front of you. Hold off on the personal conversations and gossip until after you have assisted me.
Thank you...thank you very much.
This is an AWESOME post. I just printed the story out to share with my kids when they get home from school.
This is the best rant I've read in a long time.
Here! Here! I second that emotion:-)
Can I get an AMEN, sister! I agree 100%!
I totally agree. Trying to teach that concept over here.
I agree fully! The level of disrepect and entitlement from a lot of people amazes me. It's not just the kids and that's the sad thing. They are learning this from their parents. I hope I am a better influence on my children and they grow up to put others first!
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