Do you think that young people today are under more pressure?

[huskerwebhead]

No, I think they are as delusional, impatient, arrogant, and self destructive than we all were at one point. They just have different toys and media than we did.

I do get irritated at this inflated level of self worth and entitlement that they seem to have, for example that if your just starting a retail job, why in the hell you think you should be pulling in $15 an hour starting, with no previous experience.

ding ding ding!!! I don't think the amount of pressure has changed (though the sources may be different), but how (most) kids today react to it is what's different. Though I wouldn't lay the blame entirely on them. It's society, parents, etc. that's shaped this sense of entitlement and *****fication of people/kids today.

I was no angel when I was growing up either, but I understood that what I did had consequences. If I acted like a brat my parents grounded me or took away my TV/video games/car/whatever. I never tried to sue them for infringing my rights. I never got mad at my teachers cause they gave me a low score on a test I didn't take the time to study for. I didn't go home and cry to Mom and Dad because coach yelled at me during practice....nor would my parents have called said coach/Administration to complain about it. Life is tough. You get what you earn, not what you "think" you deserve. You have to earn respect, you're not entitled to it. Humility, it shouldn't be such a lost art.

I pity the kids that think everything will be handed to them their entire life. Once they get out from under Mommy and Daddy's little protective bubble their world is going to come crashing down.

 

[amazingfantasy15]

You always hear the phrase "kids these days" before or after someone makes sweeping generalizations of entire generations. I tend to say it myself sometimes too, so I'm not going to act like I don't. There is always older people saying something about how things were much better when they were growing up, and how the new generation is going to ruin the world. This has been going on since the beginning of time, so it's nothing new. Thinking about the current state of today's communication, could this mentality be putting more pressure on young people?

The thing about communication is awareness. We are armed with so much information nowadays, and we have access to gain even more than what we once could. Kids growing up now hear so much about what someone else does, that it can make their personal strides seem insignificant. Hell me graduating with a 4.0 didn't seem like **** compared to Lebron signing a $90 million dollar shoe contract, and being a number one NBA draft pick the same year. I'm not saying that I was jealous of the guy. I am happy that he could do what he loved while being handsomely rewarded, but I'd be lying to tell you that I didn't put even more pressure on myself after that. I couldn't just be some ordinary smart guy. I had to change the world some how, and it was really frustrating when you've got multiple people telling me what I needed to do at the same time. Not only did I feel pretty small compared to Lebron, but now all the resident experts wanted to control what I wanted to do instead of acknowledging what I did do.

Seriously dude, you compare your self worth to Lebron James? One super gifted athelete out of billions of people. I'm sorry man, you're going to have one hard life. Here's a little advice, don't compare your self worth to the 1% of the super rich, otherwise you'll always feel inferior or maybe not, maybe it'll drive you to become part of that 1%, although you're already way behind, you really should have made that first million by now, slacker!

 

[Heretic]

I think that we are at a strange period in history...

The generations coming up will be dealing with economic strife that is unimaginable. The country will be in debt by amunts that will never be paid back, and it is very likely that the dollar, and our entire econimic system, will collapse within our lifetimes.

Yet...the youth today dont feel that pressure. That are the most pampered and apathetic group of kids in our countries history. We need for this to be our greatest generation, to somehow save the country from collapse. Instead, it is probably our weakest.

 

[WompuM]

Your username suits you well.

Our economy is fine and will be for a long, long time. Long time.

 

[Anubis]

That's heretic. He crazy. Like, hold up in a bunker in the wilds of Montana with a few thousand guns and some underage girls crazy.

 

[Heretic]

Our economy is fine???

You guys seen the budget lately??? We are trillions in debt...the interest on the debt alone will soon be more than our GDP. It will be impossible to do anything but sink further into debt....printing more and more money that is worth less and less.

Maybe you guys have seen different figures than I have.

 

[Heretic]

That's heretic. He crazy. Like, hold up in a bunker in the wilds of Montana with a few thousand guns and some underage girls crazy.

By the way, while none of that is true...I am offended that you basically just called me a child molester.

 

[Nivek]

Hey, you hear the sky is falling?

 

[Heretic]

No...you got any proof of a falling sky???

Whats funny is that the only way to refute my opinion is to ignore facts.

 

[Anubis]

Crazy facts.

 

[Heretic]

How so???

See, thats what gets me about this forum. I state that the country is ridiculously in debt, and that is seen as a crazy statement...but ITS TRUE.

I would LOVE to see what logic hurdles you guys jump through to make it seem as if the dollar is not a joke.

 

[Anubis]

Countries been in ridiculous debt before man. Doesn't mean society's gonna collapse. There's facts, and then theres facts with crazy, over reactions added to them.

However, the good thing is, if i'm wrong, there wont be any internet so you can say I told you so, so,

 

[Heretic]

What country has been this far in debt with interest stacking up like we will?

 

[Anubis]

If you take into account inflation? This one.

 

[Heretic]

Oh yeah, inflation covers that big gaping hole...

And when we were in debt before...how did we get out?? Stock market? Buying televisions?

No, it was our super awesome manufacturing base...which is no longer there.

 

[Anubis]

Well, sucks to be us I guess.

Maybe I'll go buy up some TP and bottled water in bulk in preparation for the fall of society. Thanks Heretic, you've shown me the the truth......will you be the one to lead us during those dark days? I sure hope so.

 

[Heretic]

Um...I never said that would happen.

See...this often happens. I cant be proven wrong, so you decide to invent that I believe in aliens or think we'll all be living in caves. yet, I've never said any of that.

 

[Anubis]

Cant' help it man, it's how you come off. It's all in the delivery.

 

[Heretic]

So...since you cant prove me wrong, you just call me a child molester and invent things I never said. Gotcha! Classic internet technique.

 

[Addendum]

Yeah, super.

Anyway back to the topic of the thread, I don't think they're under more pressure. Far less pressure than existed prior to the enactment of child labor laws. It's the same amount of pressure that was present when people who are in their 30s now were under back in high school.

 

[Raiden]

I think kids nowadays probably have more pressure than us old-timers thanks to social network sites like Facebook and Twitter. Back in our school days, a gossip or rumor would stay within the confines of our school fences, but in today's world that gossip can spread to Facebook and make certain student's life a living nightmare. Of course, it's also easy to spread news around thanks to cellphones (which I didn't have back in HS), and texting or "sexting" are all the rage these days. Upon graduating from high school, the kids will have to deal with much higher tuition fees while diplomas are become more and more marginalized in favor of work experiences. I just hope when my kids grew up, they won't have to deal with all the craps we have now, although the conventional wisdom is that things will certainly get worse in the long run.

 

[Reikowolf]

The issues have not changes. The problems that have always existed continue to this day. I have been lucky enough to see one of the major shifts in our society. A study done in media here in Canada has found that in essence, the growth of communication technology has been linked to the 'pressures' of today's youth

I was born in the 80's and have seen the rapid climb.

Basically, before a new means of communication was invented, younger people were naive to the world outside of what adults told them directly.

Enter:
Printed Type
News Paper
Phones
Radio
Movies
Television
Cell phone
The internet
Mobile Data devices

People have access to a compendium of human knowledge know with relative ease. They are learning about how the world works at an earlier age.

 

[Reikowolf]

The issues have not changed. The problems that have always existed continue to this day. I have been lucky enough to see one of the major shifts in our society. A study done in media here in Canada has found that in essence, the growth of communication technology has been linked to the 'pressures' of today's youth

I was born in the 80's and have seen the rapid climb.

Basically, before a new means of communication was invented, younger people were naive to the world outside of what adults told them directly.

Enter:
Printed Type
News Paper
Phones
Radio
Movies
Television
Cell phone
The internet
Mobile Data devices

People have access to a compendium of human knowledge now with relative ease. They are learning about how the world works at an earlier age.

 

[Anubis]

 

[Heretic]

technically, kids had it much rougher back when there was no indoor heat or running water*...but they survived and thrived.


*Modern day Alabama