Entitlement? Really?

Yesterday my daughter and I were talking about the "entitlement," in this country.  She works for a high end, well-known, retailer, and has mentioned returning customers who own several expensive products from the company she works for. And some have children, or grand children, as young as eight, who also own, and are shopping for more of these costly accessories.

I don't get it. I have never owned a handbag that cost more than $25. Although I have worked for most of my life, I've never felt I needed to spend my hard earned money on ridiculously expensive items. Since she works there, occasionally receives team goal incentives from her employer, and an employee discount, she owns a couple of their pieces. When she buys, she waits for the best possible deal.

In her earlier working days, at other retailers, she used to get incensed by the teen-aged girls expecting their parents to buy them the best event gowns, and accessories, becoming petulant when they would not. Sure makes me wonder what ever happened to earning something because you really wanted, or needed it, and having that wonderful feeling of accomplishment, upon reaching that goal. My parents rarely bought me anything, just because I wanted it, or pitched a fit.

Like so many things in our modern society, the sense of entitlement among many of our young, I cannot see as a good thing. And I, for one, resent our government using the term for things many have, for years, worked hard to acquire once they are old enough. There is a huge difference between working your entire lifetime for something, and those expecting everything without lifting a finger to get it, or demanding someone get it for them.

Sure, many parents like to cater to their children, and that is their prerogative. But just to appease a petulant child, or teen, who makes demands in public, where a parent has little choice but to do what they want? I'm sorry, but NO. I believe a child needs discipline from the time they are big enough to understand Mom and Dad are the boss. Nip it in the bud while they are young, and as they grow.

These television shows kill me where the parents seek help because they cannot do anything with their child. Even to the point of being abused by them. I'm not saying it would be different in every case. But out here in the country, we expect chores to be done, manners to be used, and respect our elders and authority figures.

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Overdoing It

Just my opinion, but I strongly believe we need to close our borders. Anyone in, or out, should be tested and certified safe to enter, before they are allowed on American soil. Every time we turn around, someone, or something, is endangering our citizens, or our country's well-being. I realize it would be extremely difficult to monitor ins, outs, and air space, but it seems like in this day and age, there must be a way.

It is mind boggling how quickly a disease could get out of hand, when you think about air travel. One person enters a plane, stays for hours, all inside breathe the same air. Then that person arrives at their destination, while endangering everyone on the plane, in the airport, and anyone they come into contact with. Then, should they be found seriously ill, those who transport them, the medical staff they are served by, and any who enter their space, could be in imminent danger.

I am no genius or scientist. But I think a lot of our problems could arise from our major obsession with not allowing our bodies, and consequently, immune systems, to come into contact with such things as germs. Without doing so, how do we build up immunity to things that may cause us harm? I know a relative degree of cleanliness, and good hygiene, are mandatory. But I think some carry it to extremes. If every human is continually shielded from, and deathly afraid of a little dirt, or a germ, how will our society ever survive?

In some ways, I believe my daughter is right, she says she is not going to keep her kids from getting a little dirty. She did, and I'm sure I did, as a child. I would think, in some ways, perpetually cleaning with harsh antibacterial products, would rank right up there with constantly sanitizing your hands, or over-using antibiotics. Wash them, sure, but are such extreme measures really necessary? Personally, I don't believe it has hurt either one of us, having been raised, and living, in the country. Where things may not always be immaculate, but so far, I've never run across anything that wouldn't eventually wash off.

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