53rd runner,
Same goes for some parents. As a mother of two, one already out of high school, the other one will be entering this fall. I get so angry with other parents and their values. I must have missed the boat, or was totally brought up with different values and morals. This was a big source of contention for my daughter in high school, I experienced alot in middle school, but high school was the worst.
I don't understand the parents who give their children everything, what could they possibly learn to appreciate in life, or achieve? My daughter had countless friends whose parents bought their children cars to drive, and didnt instill that a job come with it, or to pay for it. Same with shopping sprees. This was a cause of depression at times for my daughter, as we did NOT hold these values and her peers where constantly saying Why hasnt your parents bought you a car yet?!!!, I dont care if I had a million dollars, they will work for it!~, I watched this mentality of parents making sure all sports were their true objective for school, not education. To pay for their kids to have a "good time" and constantly on the run. My daughter was home several of these nights, but sadly I didnt see many parents like myself with the same perception. Most of these have held true to what my predictions of them have come, they have been selfish, go to college with partying as their major, still hold no jobs, and NOW, these very parents, are buying condos for these kids to living in, instead of a dorm room!!! What gives with world? Maybe this is the norm nowdays, but I will still stick with the old days of the way I was raised regardless, seems we are a dying breed.
