God Bless the Child

“God bless the child who's got his own”. Most people think wow I remember that song, Blood Sweat and Tears, right? Well, yeah but long before that Billie Holiday. That's not what matters though, what matters is the child and how he gets his own.

A child who's been given every little bit

will often treat his toys as he doesn't give a shit.

He believes he is entitled as he's been given all he's had

and then we wonder why within ourselves he often acts so bad.

Strange little problem we have with those who have been born into money and fame. It's really not their fault though these children were born into a society that believes they are the privileged few. They've been treated from day one that they are better than those other people. They've been given a head start in life because of their parents money and really don't have their own. These kids haven't made their own place in this world, they've been thrust into the place of another’s making. This whole scenario becomes a huge problem when it gets to the point where children born to privilege show that they have no care what-so-ever who they hurt along the way while extending that which their parents have birthed them to.

Now on the other hand, there are the children born to what we might consider the norm. Brought up in families where the parents could not provide their every little whim and wish. Brought up in a situation where they learned to respect the dollar because it had to be worked for. These “children of the norm” grew up realizing that the work for what they get had to be done by themselves and that along the way, they had to consider that others in this world were in the same boat that they were. Generally they learned that we are all in this together and we somehow have to see others with the same respect we wish to have. They've had no head start. It's not their parents money and place in society that they have.

They've got their own.