Buck Up

The prompt this week is a very thought provocative one. Society seems to believe we have to shield children from failure with the idea that "everyone is a winner." I disagree with this standard as it is hardly relevant in real life. As early as junior high school I was startled with the truth that people keep score and not everyone wins the game.People have tried to shield their children from failure and losing only to not prepare them for the rest of their lives in which not everyone wins at the end of the day and not everyone is equal. The sooner people get used to this truth that life is not fair and accept it the easier it will be for them to deal with it and actually be more successful by not expecting victory to be handed to them on a sliver platter. We cannot raise a generation of wimps and they need to learn how to buck up because life can be harsh. Trial by fire is the way I see it and if our kids never get burnt, they will never make it through the challenge.