I grew up in the 50's. We were neither poor nor rich. My family often spoke of their struggles during the Depression and WWII. The nuns who taught us in Catholic school, prepared us for a life where you serve others be it through work or personal relationships. I look around today and see a society where many people live on entitlements, given to them with the taxes withheld from the paychecks of the hard working class. This article puts it all into perspective.
We of the baby boom generation and the ones that follows have no idea what hard times really are. Our brows do not sweat very much.
There is an old Yiddish proverb - a happy man does not have what he wants. a happy man wants what he has.
Doesn’t mean that when a child needs help, you don’t help
the child.