Are you a little shit? Blame Mr. Rogers!
This news article actually gave me a slight aneurysm when I read it. Here’s the summary: All of todays kids and young adult who are imbued with this sense of self-greatness and automatic entitlement can be blamed on Mr. Rogers.
What?
Yes, it’s true. The named professor in the article is making that claim. He states that American kids/young adults have this false sense of their own greatness, or just how “special” they think they are.  They believe they are owed everything for no other reason than because they’ve been told that they are special by no other than Mr. Rogers. This postulate is so ludicrous that it makes me want to stab myself in the face with a spoon.
Let me side-track for a moment here. I’m not arguing that kids and young adults today aren’t deluded with their false sense of self-worth. Anyone who knows anyone who’s 3 years of age to hell, 30 years of age knows it’s true. Even in the article the professor states that some students came to him for more points to get an A because they believed they worked hard for it by simply coming to class. This is outright shit. I deal with these types of people all day, every day. Some are acquaintances of mine. You see them everyday on the road, at the mall.  You know, those loud obnoxious little snerts usually congregating in the food court or outside Abercrombie & Fitch.
To lay this solely on Mr. Rogers is another cop-out and deflection of personal responsibility, especially of parents. This is what happens when you don’t punish or discipline your children. If all you do is spoil them and praise them they’ll grow up with this obscene understanding of reality. Need proof? Look at this princess fad crap thats going on with young kids and even teenagers now-a-days. There’s plenty of lawsuits going around for kids being banned from the graduation ceremonies at their schools because they FAILED but they still believe they’re entitled to participate in the ceremony fully. Give me a break, you failed because you’re an idiot. Bad parenting is the cause of all of this. If you idolize your kids, one day they’ll say “Wait a minute, mommy told me I was the best so I deserve this!!!!!!!” It’s true. Look around and leave Mr. Rogers the hell alone.
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