I’ve been thinking about your comments, but I honestly think I’d rather my children have to struggle, and struggle hard. For all their bitching and moaning, life has been so easy for them up to this point that they have the instincts of leftists. If they have to work to eat, maybe they’ll pin on a professional manner and come over to the Light Side.
There’s alot of wisdom there Tax-Chick.
And while my oldest two have done me proud, I am seeing what you describe in my younger ones.
My 12 yr. old is relentless in his demands for everything he sees among his peers.
Yesterday he was nagging for a phone again and I wasn’t in the mood....not only isn’t HE getting a phone...mom and dad may have to get rid of THEIR phones and ditch the plan altogether!
Maybe as I got older and overwhelmed with the business and chaos of a large family, I didn’t have as much fight in me as I did with the older ones.
So as you’ve pointed out - maybe it’s just time to rethink how we’ve been looking at things.