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<blockquote data-quote="Jabberwockey" data-source="post: 669372" data-attributes="member: 18238"><p>At least the next season of Game of Thrones doesn't come out till spring.</p><p></p><p>Honestly, the thing that keeps running through my mind most is how he just automatically expects us to let him order a second entrée to take with him because he's out of money and food. I would consider just taking $10 worth of Ramen noodles with us but that would just be mean.</p><p></p><p>I'm trying not to, but I feel myself tensing up for the fight. I know there is no point because he hasn't done anything....yet. And the yet is the reason I'm tensing up.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Sorry, just re-read this and thought I should clarify. Its not that I have a problem with feeding our son. Its the assumption that we will give him whatever he wants or says he needs simply because its his due. At the core of his current beliefs is that sense of entitlement that we all see in our children and I HATE it! And not just in our son, not just in the inmates I see every day, but in our society as a whole. A society that demands that we pay social security taxes so we can be taken care of in our old age but will then spend that money on other things while threatening to end the program all together due to lack of funding. That isn't just our government, that's the citizens of this country as well. </p><p></p><p>Last week, one of the offenders in my class was complaining about having to be there. He doesn't need Employability Skills because he's on disability! Another offender commented that what if the money for your disability ran out and you were on your own. He just couldn't fathom the possibility that the free money might EVER run out and that's the attitude I see in our son that makes me furious.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jabberwockey, post: 669372, member: 18238"] At least the next season of Game of Thrones doesn't come out till spring. Honestly, the thing that keeps running through my mind most is how he just automatically expects us to let him order a second entrée to take with him because he's out of money and food. I would consider just taking $10 worth of Ramen noodles with us but that would just be mean. I'm trying not to, but I feel myself tensing up for the fight. I know there is no point because he hasn't done anything....yet. And the yet is the reason I'm tensing up. Sorry, just re-read this and thought I should clarify. Its not that I have a problem with feeding our son. Its the assumption that we will give him whatever he wants or says he needs simply because its his due. At the core of his current beliefs is that sense of entitlement that we all see in our children and I HATE it! And not just in our son, not just in the inmates I see every day, but in our society as a whole. A society that demands that we pay social security taxes so we can be taken care of in our old age but will then spend that money on other things while threatening to end the program all together due to lack of funding. That isn't just our government, that's the citizens of this country as well. Last week, one of the offenders in my class was complaining about having to be there. He doesn't need Employability Skills because he's on disability! Another offender commented that what if the money for your disability ran out and you were on your own. He just couldn't fathom the possibility that the free money might EVER run out and that's the attitude I see in our son that makes me furious. [/QUOTE]
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