[jsanders2001]

> Today, self-esteem has replaced achievement, and children are becoming more and more insulated from the realities of life, such as failure, disappointment, losing, etc. Conversely, they’re also being insulated from success, accomplishment, winning and the rest. This trend will soon grow to the point children could grow up never having won or lost, failed or succeeded, and never felt the highs and lows or learned the lessons of either.

And life is going to be a beotch when mommy and daddy lose all their savings and jobs because of this president and little Johnny or Jessica have to learn how reality and fantasy differ. Its not going to be pretty....

[Aevery_Freeman]

Plus, many of our children have little contact with the real physical world. They have never used hammers, saws or screwdrivers, have no idea how to grow a plant, prepare an animal for dinner, start a fire, preserve food and a million other tasks my generation was taught as a matter of course.

I agree...it's going to be ugly.