DWINDLING FORTUNES!!!

For quite sometime I have been observing a trend. What I have noticed is that in some families where there are many children the first set usually excel compared to the lower class. In all the family settings I studied over the period of time. I have been able to notice the presence of a common ‘virtue’ or its absence. In fact this virtue is the mother of all others and it’s called discipline.
When couples are young they tent to be stricter with the children they are bringing up. I also notice that in some cases the income of the couple is usually at a low level as of this time. As the couples grow older and more comfortable, these children of their old age are usually pampered and spoilt. Financially, they are obviously better off. The rules are gradually relaxed. The children of old age do wrong things and get away with them.
This child is over protected. He lacks nothing that he desires all he knows is instant gratification. He does not know how to wait for what he deserves. The older chap paid his due. He was punished for almost every misdeed or misconduct; he had to wait a couple of times. Did he have a choice? No he didn’t because money was not available immediately to meet the need as at when due.
To the older chap, all the hardship has now turned into an asset. As he matures and enters into the real world nothing takes him by surprise. He has been adequately trained and fortified for the journey he is now undertaking. He is accustomed to asking several times before his desires become his possession that is what real life is al about. To keep knocking until the door is opened.
Could somebody tell the younger generation that life is not a bed of roses? Tell them that even roses have thorns. We need to embrace discipline. It’s an integral part of our development process. The youth, need to know that “discipline is not synonymous with loss of fun but that could be its short term consequence. The initial rules that produced the desired results have to be revisited. The rules of life must just be fully obeyed.The truth is that we need to imbibe discipline even at the national level. Indiscipline is responsible for dwindling fortune over the years we need to obey the rules.