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      Cyberpope wrote --   
      
   >>   Too often that isn't taught any longer.  Its all about me: My wants, my   
   needs, etc.   
   >    
   > Yup. . .The Me Generation, indeed! :(    
      
     Broad statement warning:  Too many younger people have never been told NO   
   by their parents.  Or when told no whine and cry until they get what they   
   want.   
     This then carries over into their "adult" life.   
      
   > Oh well, I don't have to play their games by their rules.   
      
     And "the rules" seem to change daily in today's society.   
      
   > Mot definitely. I'm trying to teach my son the same values, but it's hard,   
   as some are downright illegal now!   
      
     Yep.   
       
   > Imagine if I told him to go shovel driveways without charging!!    
      
     I never had an allowance.  Until I was 13 I was sometimes given some   
   money for small things, but after my father died, whatever I wanted I had to   
   work for.   
     (I learned early to play one parent off the other.  I would ask one if I   
   could do X and be yes told if the other agreed.  I would then tell the other   
   that first said I could if they agreed and usually got what I wanted.     
     After my father died when I was 12 that cut out that bit of business.  My   
   father was a soft touch, my mother not so much).   
     I started mowing yards with a rotary (push) mower at 13 and in the winter   
   passed papers.  (Then all though high school I had after school/weekend jobs   
   passing papers, clerking in a drug store, hospital orderly, etc).   
     That would now be seen as child endangerment what with those sharp   
   exposed blades, etc and no doubt a visit from CPS (child protective services).   
      
   > I'm just thankful I have good lessons to consider; so many now never had   
   them, & it's no wonder they're as they are. Spoiled ne'er-do-wells!   
      
     Yep.  ==sigh==   
     Joe   
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