We are raising a generation that believes they deserve everything—without effort, sacrifice, or consequence. They demand freedom but reject responsibility. They want blessings, but not boundaries. This spirit of entitlement didn’t appear overnight—it’s the harvest of years spent avoiding discipline.
In our desire to be “kind,” we spared correction. We replaced hard truth with soft words. We told children they were special, but never taught them that character is forged through struggle. We gave them comfort instead of conviction, praise instead of principles. And now, they cannot bear correction because they never learned that love sometimes says “no.”
The result is a culture where accountability feels like oppression and truth feels like hate. Without discipline, we have produced dependence; without correction, confusion.
Psychologist Jordan Peterson once said, “Do not let your children do anything that makes you dislike them.” It’s a sobering reminder that unchecked behavior in childhood becomes rebellion in adulthood. A generation raised without correction will one day despise authority—and eventually, truth itself.
But discipline is not punishment—it’s love with direction. It teaches humility, gratitude, and self-control. Without it, we create people who feel owed rather than called.
If we want a generation that can carry the weight of truth, we must return to discipline—not as cruelty, but as care. Because a nation that refuses correction will eventually crumble under its own pride.