WW1 and WW2 sucked, but it sure created some people with character, strength, and fortitude.
It sounds terrible...but we wouldn’t have cared about the kids’ “feelings” so much. It did them no favors. We see that now. We really thought it was the right thing to do. In a large part, perhaps it was. However, did we raise part of a generation who needed validation at every turn? Or, despite success, did it seem empty without “peer” approval?
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I gave up way too much for the kids.