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Today's youth are only as good as the generation that raised them. Therefore, if there are any imperfections in today's youth, it's entirely their parents' generation's fault. Period.
This.
It beats me why people blame Millennials for the participation trophy when it was the baby boomers who created it.
Let's just say that if Millennials were in charge, our Presidential choices would NOT be Hillary or Trump.
The young adults today have had a hard time of things. They're not all perpetual teens living in the family home's basement, and not all of them were helicoptered by their parents.
Most have never worked in a secure job situtation ever, and many have never worked a full-time job ever. They have grown up to be very cynical, especially when they hear the boomer's complaints about 20-year careers that disappeared suddenly, and most don't expect to ever get the SSI benefits they're paying into.
They don't expect to ever set down deep roots in one place, because they don't believe any work will ever last for the length of a full career, and they don't expect any career will come with a reliable benefits package to make them secure in retirement.
This has made young workers tougher and more resilient than their elders. They understand they have to be better than their competition to land a job and then move up to a better job. They don't want all the expensive toys their elders squandered their money on when times were good, as most are just more stuff to haul around when they move next.
Does this make them a worse generation? Or just a very different generation with very different expectations?
I think it's the latter. They are better informed than their elders because they have to be to get ahead. They rely on the government in ways their elders do not for things that are important to them, while relying on each other more than anyone or anything else.
That means they are a force to be reckoned with, and they will go their own way first and foremost. They are going to build a future their own way that follows their own desires and aspirations, and they have the numbers to make their way become the reality for all the rest of us, whether we like it or not.
They choose for themselves who they respect or not. Those who have their respect will do OK in the future, and those who don't won't do as well. They don't care if the old defy them or not, because the future is theirs anyway.
For sure, whining about them won't change a thing, and won't garner any respect from them. If anyone thinks this generation are pushovers, better think twice.
Their own kids are going to be as different from them as the kids in the 60's were different from their elders. Those kids are going to have their young parent's beliefs drilled into them, and they will confound the boomers even more.
The young adults today have had a hard time of things. They're not all perpetual teens living in the family home's basement, and not all of them were helicoptered by their parents.
Most have never worked in a secure job situtation ever, and many have never worked a full-time job ever. They have grown up to be very cynical, especially when they hear the boomer's complaints about 20-year careers that disappeared suddenly, and most don't expect to ever get the SSI benefits they're paying into.
Haven't the Gen Xers also dealt with the same issues except they have been working for quite some time now?
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Originally Posted by banjomike
They don't expect to ever set down deep roots in one place, because they don't believe any work will ever last for the length of a full career, and they don't expect any career will come with a reliable benefits package to make them secure in retirement.
This has made young workers tougher and more resilient than their elders. They understand they have to be better than their competition to land a job and then move up to a better job. They don't want all the expensive toys their elders squandered their money on when times were good, as most are just more stuff to haul around when they move next.
Can you provide examples that indicate millennials are tougher and more resilient compared to Baby Boomers and Gen Xers?
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Originally Posted by banjomike
Does this make them a worse generation? Or just a very different generation with very different expectations?
I think it's the latter. They are better informed than their elders because they have to be to get ahead. They rely on the government in ways their elders do not for things that are important to them, while relying on each other more than anyone or anything else.
That means they are a force to be reckoned with, and they will go their own way first and foremost. They are going to build a future their own way that follows their own desires and aspirations, and they have the numbers to make their way become the reality for all the rest of us, whether we like it or not.
Better informed in what way? When you say rely on government, can you expand?
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Originally Posted by banjomike
They choose for themselves who they respect or not. Those who have their respect will do OK in the future, and those who don't won't do as well. They don't care if the old defy them or not, because the future is theirs anyway.
For sure, whining about them won't change a thing, and won't garner any respect from them. If anyone thinks this generation are pushovers, better think twice.
Their own kids are going to be as different from them as the kids in the 60's were different from their elders. Those kids are going to have their young parent's beliefs drilled into them, and they will confound the boomers even more.
What do you mean those who have their respect will do well and those who don't won't do as well? Are you saying that whether or not we respect millennials determines whether or not we will do well?
Perhaps this is a question that previous generations have asked of us.
Do you believe that today's youth possess the tools, knowledge, work ethic, self-discipline, values, and awareness to be able to fulfill the needs of and help lead our country into the future both fiscally and with social responsibility?
As a whole absolutely not. For my kids? I will damn sure try my hardest! I hope they learn to question everything,never give up and try your hardest!
Manty-clad Trendsters and similar will be running things.......their world view is, well, kinda insane. You know them, the microaggression idiots and similar.
Incredibly unbelievable. I guess they are hoping that in the future, we are devoid of any individuality and we all think, do, and feel everything exactly the same.
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