I’ve commented on this before, but I am frustrated with today’s youth and how they generally have become so resistant to developing a reasonable level of personal responsibility, coupled with a seemingly lack of basic values which will help them later in life. For those who flounder and flip-flop from one interest to another right after graduating from high school, with little incentive to improve themselves, a simple solution to would be to enlist in the military. Problem solved...a better person comes out the other end. I’ve witnessed it time and again.
Some conclude all this is due to the rapid advancements in electronic technology such as mobile phones, computers, video gaming, and essentially worthless television shows full of poor examples of personal conduct. My take is that it’s largely due to a collapse in the “family” structure which had been up until the latter part of the 20th Century, one of our strengths. Single parenting, double income earners, a poor economy, and many more things have contributed to a fracture in the fabric of the traditional family; which once ate three meals a day together, shared their visions, fears and joys together, and mostly prospered together. It seems today that few have any time for this. That alone may spell bleak times ahead. True, there are numerous examples of success to be seen around us. That positive serves as a glimmer of hope.
