The Blame Game

Blame Game

My parents lived in a world very different from mine

When Mother had a straight, not curved, spine

When Father never expressed his feelings

When children never cursed, even when they were bleeding

Who stole the cookies from the cookie jar?

I get a chuckle, eye roll, and no gold star

Father got a lashing and Mother got a "talking to"

How can I know is false and what is true?

Back then, adults were the omnipotent beings

Now no one will admit that they're seeing

Grown-ups being portrayed as inferior

While the youth is celebrated as superior

Bad grades were blamed on the student

Now the teachers are told to be more prudent

That's just how things are

I must admit it seems bizarre

That two generations could be so conflicting

The life of my parents, so unfamiliar, depicting

Disciplined teenagers with hard work finished

Today they're entitled with appreciation diminished

How have things changed so drastically?

When parents of this generation instruct so passively,

I can't help but think of

The Blame Game