Kids these days, am I right?
This is a sentence stated too often, and mostly in regard to how young adults today are very irresponsible and spoiled. Today this kind of statement is often made in reference to millennials, and said by people of all ages from senior citizens to people who fall under the category of being a millennial.
I could write this article in response to the video linked above showing a young woman discussing what's wrong with her generation, but instead I'll take out a few points she made. Obviously I'm biased because I myself identify as a millennial, but there are simple facts to prove anyone wrong about the shame that is our generation. Not any generation or group of people is flawless, but we are not the worst thing to happen to this world.
Apparently we are a generation that not only doesn't respect our elders, but also finds no way to support our country. I'd like to point out that the U.S. military has been at war since I was a young child, and not once has the draft needed to be brought back into place. Not only are there more people signing up for the military, but those that do are almost all high school graduates. More of us graduate from college, and much less of us have children while in our teens.
We are also a generation that has been called spoiled and entitled. Our own president, Barrack Obama, called college students "too coddled." We now live in a (sort of) politically correct society where it is thought of as uncool to use certain terms, and that makes some people very happy and upsets others. If we are a generation too coddled and spoiled, frankly, who's fault is that? To those who claim this, judge us on how we raise our kids instead of blaming your mistakes on us.
We also apparently use too many drug references in our music. I would just like to remind everybody about the example The Beatles set for young people, as well as the violent reaction the older generations had towards 1960s counterculture. If you don't know anything about it, the anti-establishment vibe that young people had in the '60s greatly worried their elders about the future of this country.
This brings me to my last point. Looking back in time, everyone is always nervous about the younger generation not being able to handle taking over. In the 1920s young people partied too much and wore dresses that were too short, in the 1960s they were so anti-government and anti-war their parents didn't know what to do, and today we are so attached to our devices that we'll never know how to have a real life relationship. Don't be too stressed that people don't trust you because you're young, because that will change.
I believe in you, my fellow millennials. Let's prove our parents wrong.
