Essay On Entitlement Mentality

The entitlement mentality is a large and continually growing problem in present-day society because it leaves people expecting to be taken care of causing strain on the rest of society. This mentality needs to be transformed through changes in parenting, school reward systems, and role models in society. The entitlement mentality has our governmental systems overloaded, causing people who need help unable to receive it. The conventional mentality has become people expecting things they haven't worked to get.

A solution to this problem is to start with revamping the way we parent. Ways that we can parent better by not giving in to every want and need.When children are young they seem to have an unending request for things. This may be hard since it is in our nature to make sure our children are adequately taken care of. If you give your child everything they ever ask for you are feeding a sense of entitlement which can lead to problems later on. Parents give children powerful

messages when they are young whether it be directly or indirectly. If you give to much your child they will soon just expect it instead of being grateful causing an entitled mentality. Be a positive influence by teaching them nothing in this world is free.
Schools are a petri dish for the entitlement sense of thinking.

Education is free it is not appreciated as much as it should be,anything just given is worth nothing. Students don't take school seriously and expect to be rewarded for minimal effort. The goal of schools is all wrong the goal for school now is to hold students’ hands through high school with an end goal of college. College, because of this is now viewed as a right and the only way to succeed in this world. A student that goes to college feels entitled to receive a job that pays good money right when they get out of school. They are expecting things they haven't shown, they are capable of or earned. Students feel entitled to this because the school mentality is influencing them. The real goal of school should be teaching students the how and why of things and teaching the basic skills of how to be productive in society. Students not being taught how to be productive citizens are crippling the

country.
A solution that helps to fix all problems associated with entitlement is setting good examples. People learn from their role models what is socially acceptable. A good role model that combats the entitled mentality shows these attributes: Hard working, the ability to inspire, clear set of values, active in the community, accepting of others, and the ability to overcome obstacles. Role models that have these attributes help to give examples of how to act. Everyone can do their part by being a role model to everyone around them.
The answer to fixing the sense of entitlement epidemic is through the education system. Everyone is required to go to school now in some form or fashion. If we can change the way schools are ran then we can raise a for the most part productive generation. This country needs a reform of production. The country is struggling because it finds itself taking care of people who think they are owed something. They are straining the rest of society by making them work harder to take care of everyone. Entitlement has been a never ending problem, but now it has become a disease that for the most part is ignored. It needs to be brought to light and changed by; parents teaching their kids that life is about living to the fullest extent without affecting others. Teachers and schools teaching them how to be productive in society, role models setting real life examples. Could help this county be full of accountable adults solving for the most part the entitlement issue.