Board an airplane in America, and all will be revealed. We are ridiculously entitled people, and by extension our children are precious special little gemstones who shouldn't have to be impinged upon by such trivial things as the entire rest of the world. I haven't spent enough time in other countries to know whether we are unique in this regard, but I know it is true for us, and it's honestly pretty disgusting to me.
And they (particularly the boys) are referred to as "Little Emperors." The fact that they are ridiculously spoiled has not gone unnoticed over there, either.
Just out of curiosity, what does air travel have to do with your argument? If you're going to go down the well-worn path of "babies do not belong on my airplane", we parents are well rehearsed in that song.
Americans are being boiled alive in the giant nanny state, and are treating their own children like the government treats them, no coincidence. Adults now rarely possess the virtues that are being questioned about the children, and that's where it stems from. Self reliance? Independence? Who needs it, the state or mommy & daddy will take care of whatever is wrong. It's the gimme gimme gimme generation, they want their cake and they want to eat it too.
Boomers were the worst generation of parents (so far) in American history. And so it passes down.
Fortunately, it's all burning to the ground and will be forced to change. Nature doesn't allow such absurdities to exist for long.
Where's this magical place where the government takes care of you? I've never been there. More like, if you get injured and can't come up with enough money, go die. If you can't afford food to eat, go die. If you can't find a job, it's cause you're lazy, go die. If you can't afford a car to get to work, we will not provide a bus, go die. What on earth are your generalizations based on?
