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Are they as smart, yet weak and helpless, as they think?
Somebody else should pay off his student loan. He couldn’t possibly be expected to pay his own way.
At Virginia Tech, a male student asked what should a couple do if they can’t financially provide for a child. We talked about community resources and adoption options. We talked about adopted children who are thankful to be alive. He was visibly moved, we wondered if he is the father of a pregnant woman’s child.
It occurred to me that our culture is telling young people two contradictory things.
First, they hear a steady stream of flattering remarks about how smart they are. Stuff like, “You are the smartest group of students ever to attend this university.” Teenagers already believe they are much smarter than everybody else. That’s part of being a teenager, but this generation believes they are smarter than George Washington and Thomas Jefferson.
On the other hand, they believe themselves to be so weak and helpless, they can’t possibly take care of themselves, much less take care of their own children. It has never occurred to them that parents less well-educated and less wealthy than themselves have been raising children for thousands of years.
This kind of thinking is the staple of the political party who promises to (1) provide for their every need, and (2) preserve their the right to kill their own children. If people figure out that they are plenty strong enough to take care of themselves and their children, the party of dependency and death would become less relevant.
Source: http://www.fletcherarmstrongblog.com/are-they-as-smart-yet-weak-and-helpless-as-they-think/
