As you get older and wiser you realize that when people are given anything without having to earn it (unless they are physically or mentally utterly incapable of earning anything), they become ungrateful and lazy. They also become less happy.
Most people who call themselves conservatives can't explain the American value system.
The problem for the Left, however, is that the moment it stops painting the Right as vile, it has to argue the issues.
Want to raise children who will be happy adults? Teach them not to whine.