I don't know. I've read a few things that tie that sort of talk to young children to entitlement issues later in life. I think that when a child accomplishes something (potty training, learning ABCs/numbers, cleaning up, etc.) praising the effort and result is better than randomly telling a kid how wonderful they are all the time.
I could squeeze you until you popped like warm champagne, and you'd beg me to hurt you just a little bit more.
Fuffy ,'Storyteller'
Natter 52: Playing with a full deck?
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Glamcookie - Jul 06, 2007 7:09:26 am PDT #6641 of 10001
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
Topic!Cindy - Jul 06, 2007 7:16:35 am PDT #6642 of 10001
What is even happening?
I think the pinning the blame on Mr. Rogers betrays a lack of familiarity with the canon of Mr. Rogers Neighborhood. That professor is a newb.
megan walker - Jul 06, 2007 7:16:39 am PDT #6643 of 10001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I'm pretty sure its safe to tell children that they're special just the way they when they're five -- they ARE. They're FIVE. They're precious as hell. Really. Pinning entitled brats in their teens and twenties thinking they should get "A"s on Mr. Rogers seems a little extreme.
Yeah, my generation watched Mr. Rogers and, believe me, the sense of entitlement now is very different than it was back when I was in college, or even ten years ago when I started teaching.
flea - Jul 06, 2007 7:18:01 am PDT #6644 of 10001
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Mr. Rogers has been on a loooong time, though. Since I was a kid, and I'm 34, and no longer a "young adult" and also not in an age grade that's considered entitled. (I'm tail end of slacker, myself.)
A recent study showed it was better to praise hard work than telling kids they were smart, which is probably what GC is referring to.
Trudy Booth - Jul 06, 2007 7:19:08 am PDT #6645 of 10001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
A recent study showed it was better to praise hard work than telling kids they were smart, which is probably what GC is referring to.
I heard about that! It makes a lot of sense.
tommyrot - Jul 06, 2007 7:20:11 am PDT #6646 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Yeah, my generation watched Mr. Rogers and, believe me, the sense of entitlement now is very different than it was back when I was in college, or even ten years ago when I started teaching.
Huh. I guess I don't hang out with young'uns much these days - can you give some examples/anecdotes?
Glamcookie - Jul 06, 2007 7:23:36 am PDT #6647 of 10001
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
Blaming Mr. Rogers is silly, but there is a ridiculous amount of entitlement going on with today's young adults (and yesterday's, too).
Jesse - Jul 06, 2007 7:24:36 am PDT #6648 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
(I'm tail end of slacker, myself.)
You know, that whole Gen X stereotype makes me so angry, in retrospect. It started when our cohort was (a) in college, and (b) in a recession, for those who were looking for jobs. And just a couple of years later, weren't "we" all the dot-com whiz kids? I mean, really.
Glamcookie - Jul 06, 2007 7:26:28 am PDT #6649 of 10001
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
As a proud member of Gen X, I think we turned out just fine. It's Gen Y we have to worry about...
t /you kids get offa my lawn
Frankenbuddha - Jul 06, 2007 7:28:47 am PDT #6650 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
As a proud member of Gen X, I think we turned out just fine.
That's what you think.
Signed,
Member of Generation ? since 1966.
It's Gen Y we have to worry about...
You're not wrong there, though.