“There’s some pressure on parents to make everything look easy. … It may not be a bad thing to show your children that you are working hard to achieve your goals.” —Laura Schulz, a professor of cognitive science at MIT
I’m not sure my generation can relate to the first part in the above quote. I don’t recall my parents trying to make things look easy, at least not all of the time. My Dad, for example, didn’t allow me to sit around the house and watch TV. He came home one day after work and told me that I start my new job in two days…a paper route that I did not know was even available. I met my district manager the next day and after that I had a large route to take care of every morning EARLY.
I’m grateful he did that, it helped me learn how to work hard for what I wanted to spend money on. I learned how to take care of customers well so that I would get Christmas tips, etc.
As a new grandparent, the temptation is to spoil, spoil, spoil my grandchildren, but I hope my daughter and son-in-law instill the same work ethic that we taught our kids.
Each generation IMHO should do its best to instill the value of hard work so that the next generation can create a better life for themselves.
Be careful out there!
Proverbs 14:23 & Colossians 3:23-24
TSK
I’m not sure my generation can relate to the first part in the above quote. I don’t recall my parents trying to make things look easy, at least not all of the time. My Dad, for example, didn’t allow me to sit around the house and watch TV. He came home one day after work and told me that I start my new job in two days…a paper route that I did not know was even available. I met my district manager the next day and after that I had a large route to take care of every morning EARLY.
I’m grateful he did that, it helped me learn how to work hard for what I wanted to spend money on. I learned how to take care of customers well so that I would get Christmas tips, etc.
As a new grandparent, the temptation is to spoil, spoil, spoil my grandchildren, but I hope my daughter and son-in-law instill the same work ethic that we taught our kids.
Each generation IMHO should do its best to instill the value of hard work so that the next generation can create a better life for themselves.
Be careful out there!
Proverbs 14:23 & Colossians 3:23-24
TSK
