madameblogalot

I can’t stand all the government bailout that is going on these days. As many have said, we are raising a generation of people who are becoming used to being bailed out of situations they get themselves into. I wonder how guilty I am to contributing to this way of thinking.

Today, my son called and asked my husband to bring his homework up to the school to him, he had forgotten it at home. I was not home when this happened, but it was before school started. The boy had gone early for tutorials (6:30 am) so it was not like he was being irresponsible or doing something stupid. My husband was reluctant, but decided to go ahead and help him out. Our son was up late doing homework and up early to head out for tutoring/studying. So was this a bailout or just a family helping each other? It’s hard to tell sometimes. But this is not a habit our son is in (forgetting his work) and has not happened much before. The only thing I thought (after the fact) that could have been done differently was, since he drove to school, our son could leave and come back to get the homework himself. He would have been tardy to first period but that would have been part of the lesson.

It’s a fine line to decide just when we are helping someone out or engaging in an all out bail out.