Most of my parents’ generation lost everything in the Great Depression. They worked as laborers as children (when work could be found) to help support their families. When the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor they waited in line to enlist.
How could a generation that survived the dual crucibles of the Great Depression and World War II not be successful?
Unfortunately, like most parents, they wanted nothing more than for their children to never suffer the deprivations that they endured, resulting in the Baby Boom generation of spoiled hippies.
The Baby Boom hippies then sired the generations of weak and insecure children that followed.
I fear for our nation.
I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard people say, “I want my kids to have what I never had.” They get all flabbergasted when I ask, “WHY?!?!”
I swear, the next time we have some touchy-feely training at work, I’m going to tell them that I’m traumatized because my parents didn’t buy me every Star Wars toy under the sun. There were several times that I went outside and played with a stick!!!11!!1!!!11!!