It seems everywhere I turn these days I come across people with entitlement issues. Some ingrained. Some manufactured. Some deserved.

The ingrained seem to originate from the wealth or stature in which you were raised.

The manufactured type is the most vexing for me. It seems to be rampant in our youth of today. The seem to have a mistaken impression that things are owed to them. My generation was taught that you had to earn: a living; honor; and most of all, respect. But I believe my generation shares in this disease of the manufactured group. Society became so busy that we neglected to pass on the valuable lessons from OUR parents. 

The deserved group I deal with daily. They are my clients. Unfortunately for them, partly because the actions of the manufactured group in being handed things they do not deserve, my clients have to fight tooth and nail for benefits they should easily acquire otherwise. I refer to this as the “one bad apple” theory. 

Solution?  I am not sure, but maybe we should go back to the Mayberry days where Sheriff Andy was respected, Aunt Bea helped teach Opie the way of the world, and begin to realize that we can shape our future, 1 child at a time…our own child.

of coarse, this is all just IMO!!!!