Just the other day, I was driving by a home near ours when I saw a troubling sight. Here was this elder man, a grandfather pushing a lawn mow in the summer sun. Some yards away from him was a stout young man, the man's grandson, hitting golf balls. Obviously, neither the granddad nor the grandson saw anything wrong with this picture.
Something tells me something is seriously wrong with a lawn-mowing grandfather and a golfing grandson on the same lawn at the same time. That boy should have been pushing that lawn mow, and that grandfather should have required him to.
It is this sort of child-rearing or child neglect that is eating away at the work ethic of the younger generation. In God's name, what sense does it make to feed, shelter, clothe, and provide every necessity for a teenage boy, and then let him play ball while you mow the lawn around him and his golf balls?
By the way, Grandpa bought the golf club and golf balls too. Later, that grandson of his will probably expect Grandpa, even ask Grandpa to buy him a golf cart, that little vehicle golfers ride around in.
What's the underlined social problem here? It's the lack of authentic manhood, gold ole masculinity. I wager that this grandfather was a spoiler of his own kids before he became the same to his grandson. He may well think he's loving that young man the best he can, but Grandpa forgets that he won't always be around to pamper that young brat. And when life later begins to kick the little guy's soft butt and callous-free hands in the real, he'll have no clue what hit him in the rear end, what he missed out on while growing up.
Seemingly, that teenager has no father to teach him work ethic, which means getting him to work as an ethical way to live. Now, his one and only hope, Grandpa, is failing to show him how to work like a man.
There goes another masculine disaster just waiting to happen! Before you know it, the boy may flung school, drop out of the school or quit after high school, get into crime or drugs. And you know where that road leads: straight to jail.
Something tells me something is seriously wrong with a lawn-mowing grandfather and a golfing grandson on the same lawn at the same time. That boy should have been pushing that lawn mow, and that grandfather should have required him to.
It is this sort of child-rearing or child neglect that is eating away at the work ethic of the younger generation. In God's name, what sense does it make to feed, shelter, clothe, and provide every necessity for a teenage boy, and then let him play ball while you mow the lawn around him and his golf balls?
By the way, Grandpa bought the golf club and golf balls too. Later, that grandson of his will probably expect Grandpa, even ask Grandpa to buy him a golf cart, that little vehicle golfers ride around in.
What's the underlined social problem here? It's the lack of authentic manhood, gold ole masculinity. I wager that this grandfather was a spoiler of his own kids before he became the same to his grandson. He may well think he's loving that young man the best he can, but Grandpa forgets that he won't always be around to pamper that young brat. And when life later begins to kick the little guy's soft butt and callous-free hands in the real, he'll have no clue what hit him in the rear end, what he missed out on while growing up.
Seemingly, that teenager has no father to teach him work ethic, which means getting him to work as an ethical way to live. Now, his one and only hope, Grandpa, is failing to show him how to work like a man.
There goes another masculine disaster just waiting to happen! Before you know it, the boy may flung school, drop out of the school or quit after high school, get into crime or drugs. And you know where that road leads: straight to jail.
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