There was a time, not all that long ago, when boys were raised up to be young men. It seems that these days, though, they are mostly becoming “big boys” rather than “men.”

Imagine if we could go back in time and observe one of these guys being honest with his Kindergarten teacher.

”Little Johnny, what do you want to do when you get older?”

The little future-big-boy replies, “Well, I want to get high and drunk on an almost daily basis, and play a lot of videos games. I’ll also want to get laid, so I guess I’ll need a girlfriend. Since my parents don’t have a basement, I guess I’ll need to move out to have more privacy, so I’ll probably need my own place. Maybe I can just get a party house with some other guys, so we can all share our drugs and alcohol, maybe even our girls if need be, and then I’ll have someone to play video games with. I’ll probably want to watch TV a lot too, and maybe look at porn online late at night. All that will mean that I at least need some money, so I guess I’ll have to get a job, but I don’t want one that drug tests its employees. Maybe I’ll just try to wash dishes at a restaurant or something.”

”Well, what a well thought out answer Little Johnny. You’ll fit into our society just fine!”

I know that such a situation of a child answering that way sounds very unrealistic, and yet, so often that is exactly how young men “grow up” these days.

Much of the life of young men these days do not prepare then to be men when they grow up. They are taught to live for pleasure and do whatever makes them happy, and eventually wind up being in their twenties or thirties, drunk, high, playing video games and sleeping around.

I know that everyone had the freedom to live that way if they choose, and I’m not trying to condemn anyone, I’m just painting a picture here.

I think that men are a threat to corruption and corrupt government systems. Since they pose a real threat, it is best to try to prevent them from existing. Obviously killing all males is not an option so if they can be distracted and trained to live for pleasure they will be far less of an obstacle to deal with.

Deep down in the heart and soul of all people there seems to be a driving force pushing us to accomplish and achieve. Hard work, commitment, and dedication used to be the way to obtain that sense of accomplishment. These days though, you can conquer entire worlds just by using a video game controller, all from the comfort of your favorite sofa or lazy boy.

By a conservative estimate, I wasted at least a decade of my life wandering aimlessly seeking pleasure, and for the most part, I gained zero life skills or understanding that I can apply as a husband or a father. Many parents these days have gotten very little insight and practical know-how about how to be a parent before they wind up having their own children. Many of these parents came from dysfunctional or broken homes, and don’t even have a good example of how to raise children from their parents.

Personally, I don’t really trust the day-cares and schools to prepare these children for real life. I think that many of the current “grown-ups” all around us are the results of that type of training.

I KNOW THAT I WAS!

Yes, we all have choices and no matter how bad the odds are, we can over them. Still, people can be influenced, and there seems to be a disturbing trend here. I’d rather not raise up my son to be a STD-infected inmate who’s really good at playing Call of Duty drunk when he’s on the outs.

Certain character traits like honesty and integrity have very little focus in the current society in which I live. Being respectful has gone out of fashion. Ends justify the means now, and all anyone wants is the easiest way out.

In the end, it’s my responsibility to raise my boy, not society’s. If he chooses to get married one day and have children, I’d like him to have a clue about it ahead of time rather than fumbling through one of the hardest jobs any person will ever face: parenting.

If any of this short rant has offended you, please know that such was not my intention. I just wanted to speak up on this issue a bit because I am growing ever more concerned for the future of this world. No matter what happens, there will always be those who want us to be under their control, or dead. I have other plans, and don’t want to just live a distracted life while more serious things could be attended to.