Besides the fact that I cannot tell the difference between a 15 year old and a 22 year old today, I feel like young men and women in their 20s are too reliant on their parents and whatnot. I was much more mature in my 20s than I am now and I think it's because I knew that I had to work hard to get what I wanted.
For instance, my nephew is 23 and he still works as a cashier at our local grocery store and all of his friends who are the same age, are still working in retail or just starting with internships. I don't understand this, when I was 23, all of the people I knew were starting families, furthering their careers, and weren't out smoking weed everyday like a lot of younger people do. Also, when i turned 18, I was excepted to live on my own and figure myself out and so were all my friends. Nowadays, I feel like a lot of kids just go to college to party and not to further their education.
Is it a generational thing? Are millennials actually lazy and too reliant on their parents? I see a lot of excuses from them but Baby Boomers and Generation Xers were able to get the job done.
People complaining about millenials are the worst.
You do realize young people now have it a whole lot worse than their parents?
I know for one, my parents got to attend university for free and could easily dream of affording a decent sized home, despite being from a poor background.
At least in the UK welfare and education has a lot to do with it. Welfare used to be much harder to come by, and people really relied on finding employment to fund their lives. Additionally, the education system used to help to divide people into academic or vocational career paths. Apprenticeships used to be valued in society, and people would proudly work to get one.
These days many of the less academic people who used to do apprenticeships and thrive in them are now forcing their way through school to get into universities and do degrees that will never help them get a decent job that will earn them enough money to pay back the cost of their education. Which in turn has led to tuition free increases.
It all happened in the UK because successive governments failed to impress upon young people just how important vocational subjects and apprenticeships are in society. Especially under New Labour, there was a ridiculous push to get more young people into university for the sake of going to university.
People who drag millennials for drinking and partying too much are ridiculous as there's evidence out there that this generation actually drinks much less and smokes less.
A cashier is a perfectly acceptable job for a 23 year old. What is he supposed to be the head of a major company already? Maybe if ur generation slayed like ur saying, we'd be as well!
Young people are more competitive and hard-working than ever. We have more people going to college and more people seeking out jobs that require a degree. The problem is college is more expensive than ever, there are so few jobs available, entry level jobs aren't paying sh*t anymore, housing prices are through the roof, and the economy in general just sucks, thanks to the generations before us.