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In reply to the discussion: The disillusioned generation. A rant. [View all]laundry_queen
(8,646 posts)and while there are some soccer leagues like that around, most are not.
Now, I have a unique perspective as an almost-40 year old returning to school with young 20 year olds, as well as the parent of 4 children, 2 of which are teens. Plus, in school I have studied the differences in the generations in the workplace. While there are a few young people who are entitled, the vast, vast majority are not at all. There are slightly different values in general, but overall, when I hear these stories about 'entitled' youth, without fail it's the usual 'kids these days' ranting from older people. The program I'm in requires a lot of group work and projects and I've been in many groups with 18, 19 and 20 year old kids and they work every bit as hard as the 30 and 40 year olds. I think generalizing all young adults and children as spoiled, lazy and entitled is simply a generational divide that will always persist in humankind so long as there are humans. I'm sure the cave people thought the youngsters then were lazy and spoiled as well, lol.