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One of the things that struck me about this article is that the author assumes that kids now a days are "uninspired by the notion of earning," money. Although there are some children that are this way as she describes she only uses her nieces and nephew as examples of kids who are disinterested in earning a buck. Also her theories on the parents of these kids and the kids attitudes is one of two things. It is invariably black and white which I don't agree with, seeing that there can and probably is a grey area. She says the reason for these kids being the way that they are is out of protection or the world is too dangerous. Furthermore, she compares herself to her nieces and nephew in regards to this issue. I wonder if maybe there is a generation gap issue going on here. I just felt that the speaker seemed somewhat out of touch because of her lack of evidence. I know a lot of kids in the age group that she is discussing and what I have found is that there is a mixed bag with this issue. There are a few kids that I know that fit the description that she talks about yet there are others that don't and do have the motivation and willingness to earn money. Then there are the kids that do both sometimes they want to earn money and sometimes they could care less. I think it depends upon the person that you speak to as far as what value is placed on any interest in making money and not necessarily grouping people as a whole.
Posted by Adriana Worley on 5/10/04; 2:19:29 PM
from the dept.
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