JC>  JK> Not at all how Indian children
JC>  JK> were raised long ago according to some folks I have talked with and 

JC>  JK> can assure you that not at all how children were raised by my
JC>  JK> grandparents, either!
JC>  
JC>  Actually, I think "shucking the responsibility" is a fairly new (last 
en
JC>  years or so) phenomena. And, in many cases, used by the "lazy" who are
JC>  looking for an easy way out.
Hi Jim.  
In my opinion, the "not my responsibiliy" mind set came about from my 
generation, and how we were brought up.  (I'm 45.)  I can remember many 
imes,
my parents, or my friends parents complaining because (the ubiquitious "we") 
"we weren't doing anything wrong" when the store keepers or security guards 
caught us shoplifting, loitering, fighting, and other general mischief 
aking.
So suddenly we learned that it's all right to do things wrong, as long as we 
don't get caught, or if we weren't causing too much trouble.  
I wasn't raised that way, but a lot of my friends were.  With me, the 
prevailing attitude of my folks was: "If you get into trouble, you're going 
o
have to get yourself out of it as well."  
Dennis Martin
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