Anarchistbanjo's World

We learned very rapidly in life that some things are acceptable and others are not. We think things are unfair and we wonder why bad things are always happening to us. Why can’t we do the things we want to do? We learned there are consequences to our actions, that we are responsible for the things that we do and say. At least this was true when I was a child but I sometimes wonder if it’s true in our modern society?

My parents taught me to do the right things at the right times and they also taught me what was socially acceptable behavior and what wasn’t. I learned to live by example and to live according to an inner natural sense of justice and fairness. I thought everyone else was just like me.

Sadly generations of children are being raised without learning that their own actions have natural consequences. Parents over protect their children and let them get away with things that they shouldn’t get away with. How can children be expected to know how to behave when they become adults if they’ve never experienced the true consequences of their own actions?

The other side of being a child is finding ways to get your own way by manipulating others. No one likes discipline and it was always easy for me to find a way to not get caught. I got really good at it until I realized that I couldn’t escape from my own conscience. There is such a difference between my generation and the kids now growing up. Sometimes I wonder if they even have a conscience!