Lightning McQueen wrote:Booney wrote:
That's a cop out, IMO. My two kids, 20 and 16, one full time permanent employee, the other part time work and TAFE. The three couples of whom I count as my closest, 3 kids, 3 kids and 2 kids, all working / studying / work + study. Only one of that 8 is still at high school.
Sure, I lament at the "kids" of today, joked last week that's why techno giants put things in clouds now, that's where these kids heads are at! To call it an epidemic makes it sound like all kids are lazy snoozers, when it might just be the parents who haven't got the drive to get the kids off their arse. ( Present company excluded ).
Let them lay in bed all day and they will, demand higher standards and help them reach them.
Mate, positive attitudes are infectious, my partner's kids were lazy when we got together and could quite happily do the same, I laid down some rules about what time they have to go to and be out of bed, I applied for jobs for the older two and made sure they all attended school or got involved in courses available to them and they soon began doing it on their own accord and both found good employment.
I see it in so many of the youth today that they need a bit of a shove, my eldest had 3 jobs and studying for uni when she was 18, she now has a degree, studying for a 2nd one while earning over $50K pa, it comes down to parenting and who they hang around.
Standards have dropped in all facets of life, if I had of brought my phone to the dinner table my dad would've back-handed me.
Absolutely, just saying "kids are lazy nowadays" is a cop out. You reap what you sow.
