I am proud to be an American. We have more freedoms here than anywhere else in the world. We;ve been blessed with abundance. While this is good, is also breeds complaceny(sp). Thankfully our children do not need to worry bout where their next meal is comming from, or if they will have clothes, toys etc. Why not give them this or that. Well guess what if you give them everything they want, they will never appreciate what they have. A 6 year old can make her bed to earn an allowance to buy a toy she wants.

I definitly see a trend in the teens lately to expect to receive everything without having to work for it. While there are a few acceptions, mostly its a generation who is falling behind from the rest of the world. I do not think as much is expected of them. I think more was expected of previous generations. Too Many drop outs and who cares attitude.

But I also see the same group of teens as teens who have to face many perils that we never really had to. Their are so many more crazies out there. Its scary when I think that what my crazies my daughter will have to face when she is a teen.

Kel