This resonates with me...

I was reading an article tonight discussing the increase in child/adolescent violence
and a comment really stood out. This is a dose of reality for every parent out there...

"I think the violence is a direct result of the creation of "a generation of kids with entitlement issues, due to parents mollycoddling their children in the hopes that they wouldn't flip out" Kids are told that there are no winners or loosers, everyone gets a trophy and when the kids get older they find out the hard way, that the real world is not like the special olympics. not everyone can or should be a winner and they need to earn things. they dont know how to handle it and go "grape nutz". I was tortured in school. picked on by parents and teachers alike all because i was shy. I had access to more guns, chemicles and other weapons than you want to know. but what got me through it was the fact that my parents told me i need to stand up for myself and do what i need to do. and they helped me develope self confidence based on actual achievements vs. the illusion of "fairness"

WOW. Amen!