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Older generations always gripe about the younger and how much better they were when they were growing up.
There will always be examples of the extreme and that's what makes the news.
The young people I know are not this way. Most have worked while teens. They are good kids who have value and morals. Bashing the younger generation gets tiresome.
Are there entitled kids? Yes. And there always have been.
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I hate these threads. I don't personally know any kids the accusations apply to. I see young people committed to volunteering, working their butts off to get into good schools, drinking much less than I did as a teen, and worrying what kind of jobs they will find upon graduation.
I challenge those who paint the younger generation with such a broad brush to actually spend some time with them. It would be an eye-opening experience, and likely one to put our settled selves to shame.
Something I've noticed with the younger generations. Lack of commitment, self-absorbed, self-entitled, selfish and don't seem to believe in hard work but want high pay. I saw a report on the news that said that today's generation is very spoiled by their parents, with some parents even going on the interviews with their children. If ever there was anything so ridiculous.
Eh, I don't know that this generation of students is drastically different. I do think the biggest issue is that this is an age of instant gratification. Students get used to instant responses and easy communication due to texts, emails, etc.
I work at a university, and overall the students I meet with are not what you describe. Are there some who come off as entitled, and are demanding, and don't read and expect to be handed everything - oh, yeah. But those "bad eggs" are more the exception than the rule.
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Parents are doing the following:
- Everything for their children
- Not making the children take responsibility
- Not teaching children the value of a dollar
- Not teaching their children that one has to work for what they have.
I think you are painting all parents with a really broad brush here. The parents I witness with children in my neighborhood are doing the exact opposite.
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Then, they tell their kid if they go to college, they will make $100,000,000 a year working a plush job that requires them to do nothing all day.
this is one of the more ridiculous statements I have read lately.
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I didn't really think I would appreciate it growing up, but I'm actually thankful that I grew up poor. Instead of expecting everything to be given to me, I know that I need to work for what I have. I know if I make a mistake, I'll have to own up to it and make it right. I know the value of a dollar.
I'm smack dab in the middle of the entitlement generation - it irritates me what people my age expect to get away with.
There are plenty of people who don't grow up poor who understand that not everything is given to them.
I also think that some of the younger generation has it harder this day and age depending on their field. For many people I know, work never "turns off". You have your blackberry, cell phone, remote access, etc, and you're expected to be available all the time. In my field I have seen people become lower rated employees because they weren't available in the middle of the night/holidays. You can't leave work and turn it off because of technology. There is a constant flow of information and an immediate "must have it now" mentality that is perpetuated. I know some people that specifically plan a vacation where there is no cell phone access in order to get a break.
Not to say generations of the past did not work hard. OF COURSE they did (and you have the exceptions in all generations that do NOT). But it's definitely a different era now for some.
The problem, where it exists, comes from Parents who strive to be their child's "best friend" (don't you just want to puke when mom and junior hug and they say that...'we're best friends'?) instead of being a parent. How many folks do you know where junior is still living in the family home in their twenties? Rent Free? Meals and Laundry included?
When I was growing up that scenario MIGHT have lasted about one week.
At least they learn at school that "self-entitled" is the opposite of "entitled". And they don't go writing "entitled" (which means they are due it) when they actually mean self-entitled (which means they imagine they are due it).
It always amazes me how so many people are okay generalizing this generation. You can't pidgeon hole an entire generation because some parents spoil their kids. Personally, as a 17 year old I feel entitled to NOTHING. I hate asking for my parents help when it comes to money. I work full time during the summer and part time during the year to get what I want and I have been for almost 2 years. Before then I worked odd jobs, mostly babysitting. I do my own shopping and similar things. The only thing my parents actually pay for is my car insurance ( and they bought my car bc i earned it) and I know they can choose to stop that at any time.
Most of us, of course, play by those rules anyway because we have to eat. Indeed, the laziest and most "entitled" people I encounter are much older.
I encounter the same, but more so entitlement than laziness. It makes me think of my parents to be honest, who are in their 70s, and their parents. There's a sense of entitlement (Medicaid and never ending medical care regardless of cost and outcome, SS and pensions that should run for 30+ years, little contributions to the community, etc).
At least they learn at school that "self-entitled" is the opposite of "entitled". And they don't go writing "entitled" (which means they are due it) when they actually mean self-entitled (which means they imagine they are due it).
No, "entitled" can mean either of those things, depending on context.
"Self-entitled" is simply not a word. I don't know when that got started, but it isn't English.
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