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I’m with the school board guy on this one.
I never know if posts about stories like this are going to cause big fights in the comment thread or make people tell me I’m full of shit because I don’t have kids and thus should shut up, but that never stopped me before so here goes. A Des Moines mother says she is ...
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Telling a kid to suck it up and work harder is too "harsh"
Wizbang — ... is that these are the people who will be running our country in the near future. What happened to the original American dream? It used to be that you could accomplish anything, be anything, do anything, if you were willing to work hard enough for it . If you fail, try again. Try harder. Don't give up, keep working. Be resilient. And now what is it? If something doesn't go your way, whine and complain until you get what you want? What are we doing to the youth of America? Hat Tip: Rachel Lucas

Telling a kid to suck it up and work harder is too “harsh”
Stop The ACLU — ... is that these are the people who will be running our country in the near future. What happened to the original American dream? It used to be that you could accomplish anything, be anything, do anything, if you were willing to work hard enough for it . If you fail, try again. Try harder. Don’t give up, keep working. Be resilient. And now what is it? If something doesn’t go your way, whine and complain until you get what you want? What are we doing to the youth of America? Hat Tip: Rachel Lucas Cross-posted from Cassy’s ...

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