01-24-2013, 03:11 PM
I agree with Rowen in that doing things the hard way, or at least learning how they're done the hard way, teaches you not only about the task itself but about how much you can achieve if you set your mind to it. And I always got in trouble in kindergarten for deliberately colouring outside the lines 
Instant gratification is not helping anyone. If you can get whatever you want at the touch of a button, without having to save or work for it, you're learning nothing about patience and priority. It's a very great shame that parents seem to think that giving their kids whatever they want is protecting them from hardship, when in reality it's denying them the opportunity to develop coping skills so that when they are faced with even the smallest difficulty it can seem insurmountable. It's no wonder so many young people are plagued with "first world problems".
Instant gratification is not helping anyone. If you can get whatever you want at the touch of a button, without having to save or work for it, you're learning nothing about patience and priority. It's a very great shame that parents seem to think that giving their kids whatever they want is protecting them from hardship, when in reality it's denying them the opportunity to develop coping skills so that when they are faced with even the smallest difficulty it can seem insurmountable. It's no wonder so many young people are plagued with "first world problems".
It could be worse