The one and only Arnold Schwarzenegger is concerned that too many of today’s youth are sheltered “wimps” unprepared for real life.
Appearing on far-leftist Howard Stern’s radio program this week, he expressed concern that America is currently “creating a generation of wimps and weak people” by pampering everybody.
“Anybody that tries to baby themselves, and pamper themselves and protect themselves — ‘Oh, I don’t want to feel bad, I don’t really want to go through any discomfort’ — It’s over! You’re never going to get there. It’s just the way it is. You have to be able to struggle,” he said.
“You have to be able to accept pain, misery and discomfort, all the things that you don’t like. Because the more you experience the things you really don’t like, the more you can go and the tougher you get and the more you can handle. It’s that simple. So many young kids these days shy away from that, but you have to be attracted to that,” he added.
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Continuing his remarks, the former California governor and former professional bodybuilder pointed to the work ethic of the original Americans who “built this country.”
“Is it people that slept in? Is it people that were wimping out? This, ‘Oh, I want to feel good. Oh, I want to be comfortable.’ No. This is where ballsy women and men that went out there at 5 in the morning and got up and they struggled and they fought, and they worked their butts off,” he said.
“That’s what made this country great. And so now let’s continue this way. Don’t start creating a generation of wimps and weak people and stuff like that where we go and we’re concerned about, ‘How are you feeling today? Oh, I don’t want to hurt your feelings,’ and all that,” he added.
Of course, he noted, this doesn’t mean it’s OK to be an a-hole.
“It’s nice to be considerate, yes. I totally agree with that. But let’s not overbaby the kids, and let’s not overbaby, kind of, the people. Let’s go and teach kids to be tough, to go out and do sports, to study, to struggle, you know, to go through these kind of painful moments sometimes,” he explained.
As seen in the clip above, it began with Stern asking Schwarzenegger about the weight-loss drug Ozempic, which the radio host argued is being used by people who’re “avoiding the big issue.”
Schwarzenegger concurred.
“To me, it’s all about hard work. You know, that’s why I say in my book, work your ass off, because there’s no shortcut, and you have to kind of put the work in,” he said.
As an example of how this works, he pointed to bicep training.
“The more resistance you give it, the more pain there is, the more it grows. The same is for us with a human mind. The human mind can only really grow through resistance,” he said.
“You can only strengthen your character, become a really strong person inside, if you have resistance — if you fail, if you get up again and if you work hard, you work your ass off and if you struggle. The more you struggle, the further you’re going to go, the stronger you’re going to get. So it’s just the way the world works,” he added.
Appearing recently on leftist comedian Jimmy Kimmel’s weeknight show, Schwarzenegger revealed the methods he’d used to ensure that his son and daughter wouldn’t grow up to be wimps, as reported by People magazine.
“My son did not make his bed. He had his nanny make the bed, which was not allowed. So I came in one time, and the bed was made so immaculately that I looked at it and I said, ‘Patrick, did you do that?’ And he said, ‘No, I didn’t,'” he recalled.
“So I grabbed the mattress, opened up the doors, and threw it off the balcony down into the swimming pool! It gives an example. So he had to, kind of, drag it up, the mattress and the pillows — I threw everything out there!” he continued.
He had a similar story to share about his daughter, who had the bad habit of not putting her shoes away.
“My daughter would have this habit of taking her tennis shoes off and putting them right there by the fireplace. And I said, ‘I’m not going to go be a servant here. You know where the shoes go, they go into the mud room. Don’t put them here,'” he recalled.
“The third time I said, ‘Okay look, I’ve told you now for three times, I told you I’m going to burn the shoes.’ So I took the shoes and I put them in the fireplace!” he added.
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V. Saxena is a staff writer with a decade of experience as a professional writer, and a lifetime of experience as an avid news junkie. He holds a degree in computer technology from Purdue University. Saxena also contributes to BizPac Review.
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