Human sapien weaklingus vulgaris

Papa Roach!

The law of Nature as described by Charles Darwin is that the world is for the fittest. Over time, to allow the survival of the not-so-fit (the sick, handicapped and weak) and to allow them to share the wealth of Nature and co-habitat on Earth, man created the concept of God and putting the fear (of God) of a super Being watching your move and deciphering your every thought with the promise of 72 virgins in the after world and possibilities of moving up the ladder of karma with every divine deed must have been introduced.
65 million years ago, the last the roaming dinosaurs were wiped off the surface of Mother Earth probably due to adverse planet conditions or attack by giant meteors. Apparently certain die-hard never-say-die survivors survived this catastrophe and have managed to cling on to their style of living amongst us even as we speak. I am of course referring to our not so friendly home grown roaches (have been around for more than 300 million years) and members of the lizard family (200 million years). These two creatures may be the only beholden of the secrets of Mother Nature and how man can survive his own made increasingly hostile environment. It is said that the adaptive features of the cockroach is so good that they may withstand a nuclear holocaust! Of late, I have been thinking....of our offspring. Are they tough enough to face the challenges of the world- amongst its citizens and the adverse environmental conditions?
The desire for continuity of species in the animal and plant kingdoms alike is so great that under severely extreme conditions, nature had resorted to self pollination and parthenogenesis within the same generation for continuation of species!  
Many years ago, we as children, played in the rain with the sand, soil and whatever which came. Worse thing that happened was cuts and bruises which healed over time but not the memories. Fast forward to 2001. Send a teenager for National Service and the child comes back in a body bag - C.O.D. Leptospirosis due to drinking water tainted with squirrel's urine!
Are we becoming weak or what? Not to sound inconsiderate to the bereaved ones, our children are becoming weaklings, too guarded for their own good. 
Are they tough enough to face the challenges in store in their future journey? Many things that are happening in our daily lives make me think otherwise. 
From the time they are born, they are sheltered and guarded like the incarnate of the Dalai Lama! The bottles that they drink from are sterilized with sterilizing tablets and water filtered through myriad of water filtration systems, BPA is painstakingly eradicated for safety, immunizations are given in mammoth proportions, a single drop of rain cannot fall on toddlers hair, maids running around to dampen their every fall, prepare their every favourite food and clean up their mess and chores that their parents used to do in their childhood. Whilst their ancestors had to sing (work) for their supper, these nouveau riche offspring have TV to sing during all their meals. 
As they grow older, they do not have to wrestle through the early morning rush to get school but arrive neat with iron folds uncreased via their private school buses and roller school bags. They do not have to rough it out with the HSC/STPM examinations which are deemed as the toughest exam in the world but have it easy by enrolling in private colleges which pave a sure way to success!
With this type of mollycoddling and spoon feeding, will they be able to rough it out in the real world with real challenges? A point to ponder is the phenomena of peanut allergy. Whilst most Malaysian kids can easily enjoy the succulent satay with the peanut-rich gravy with no qualms when peanut allergy is a real clear and present danger which to be on the rise in the developed countries.

In Britain, Southampton University’s Dr. John Warner issued a statement: "The increase in allergy generally may be explained by better hygiene. Fetuses used to respond to parasites present in the maternal blood. Now that these have been eliminated they are reacting to other things in the blood, such as antigens." 

Surfers in Surfers' Paradise in Australia who were instrumental in the development of Billabong and its off shoots, used to say life is a beach - some days with good waves and other days with none. But FG used to say that living with a bitch is like living in midst of a tsunami everyday! 
Thesaurus
Homo sapiens - the only surviving hominid; species to which modern man belongs; bipedal primate having language and ability to make and use complex tools; brain volume at least 1400 cc;
Weaklingus - pseudo-Latin sounding word for a weakling or wimp, milksop, doormat, 98 pound weakling;
Vulgaris - common, not referring to the vulgarities that culminates from their oral orifices that seem second nature to them to add 4-letter  prefixes and suffixes to emphasize the gravidity of their massages.