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Freebird's avatar

Exactly! I stopped donating to local causes like “A Gift for Every Child”, in which an ‘underprivileged’ child’s name, age and gift preference was placed on a card on the Christmas tree. They asked for expensive, brand name gifts, things I didn’t buy for my own children. I never thought that a PlayStation was a necessary thing in our household.

And this entitlement mentality has been fostered for at least 30-40 years, so we have a generation of those folks, expecting that ‘someone’ will provide not only their needs, but their wants as well.

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RunningLogic's avatar

Yes, I have seen far too much of this as well. It’s all because of the desire to make sure kids are “not being left out” or “not being made fun of” because they don’t have “what everyone else [meaning the “popular” kids] has.” I wish we could focus the mindset more on not being so superficial and not judging based on possessions. I hate how this all feeds into and encourages that mentality 😕

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Becky's avatar

This is the left’s MO. If everyone doesn’t have something, no one should. Remember the “studies” showing that kids from happy families had an unfair advantage over kids who weren’t? It was a NYT article, and suggested kids from unhappy families should have lower educational standards (hoops and challenges to jump) and be given other advantages like scholarships and such. The left tries to “level” everything but all it does is capsize the ship.

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ViaVeritasVita's avatar

You and I could be good friends, I think!

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Freebird's avatar

I’m sure we could! I often wish we could have an in-person coffee. Some of us have so much in common!

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Fred's avatar

🎯! We may already be there!

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