There are rarely extinction level events in a lifetime. Changes happen one little event at a time. As I sit and watch the lack of respect so many kids have for our institutions, the parents and community who raised them, and the older people who’ve paid their dues and sacrificed, I think about how we got here. It’s not a simple reason. It wasn’t one event. It was a series of small things. It was giving trophies for showing up. It was telling them how unique and special they are without having done the work to earn it. It…

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