That shouldn t have been so hard to do. After all the father was a pushover. That s obvious when you look at the fact that he let the Prodigal Son go waltzing off with his share of the inheritance before he was even dead. The older brother could have had his party. All he had to do was ask.
People just don t take responsibility for themselves or their actions.
It happens all the time. If you re a baseball fan you saw a good example of it last month when Frank Thomas refused to report to spring training because he wanted his contract renegotiated. Even though he put his signature on a long term contract four years ago he complained and said he wasn t being paid enough. It used to be that your word was sacred, and you stood behind it no matter what, but not anymore. A grandmother had to deal with this lack of responsibility every Christmas when she sent her grandchildren their Christmas presents.