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Raising a moral child

I had no idea parents had such and influence on there children. It usually seems like kids do the opposite of what there parents tell them. It's pretty cool that just by responding to your a child's mistakes can have such a dramtic affect on how caring and compassionate they are.

Parental involvement is overated

This article challenges what raising a moral child says. It says that parental involvement doesn't really help kids as much as we think. It says that in some cases parental involvement will actually negatively affect a child.

Recover for whom?

This article mostly compared the economy during different generations. It talked about how each generation has been worse off than the last. It talks about how difficult recovering from the recession will be but it's not impossible.

Saving young people from themselves

It's very difficult for the younger generation to save money especially for retirement. Income levels have gone down. Generations are getting poorer and hardly any young people are participating in 401k programs.

The crossroads between should and must

To be honest I almost always choose must. I don't really care what people want me to do. Sure my parents would prefer me to go off to college and be in debt for the next ten years. Then hopefully get a job which I'll most likely hate. But I'm not gonna do that.

In the military you don't get payed a whole lot but I don't care about that. You put your life on the line for your country and you expect nothing in return. Sure your taken care of by the govt but your not exactly living lavish either. The only thing I can see myself doing is joining the military. It's really all I care about. It really is something I Must do. Logically thinking I Should go to college and be safe and get a good job and make good money. I should start a family and be with them all the time and not leave for a year at a time to go off to a warzone and risk my life for my country. But fuck that. I Must join the Army and I Must go off and fight and risk my life it just what I have to do.

I see myself headed in the same direction. I definitely plan on making a career out of the Army. If I do get out early I honestly have no I idea what I will do. I don't want to go to college and I have no idea what I would do for a living. Because all I've ever wanted to do was join the Army.