I am in generation Y and I have to agree that my generation "as I was born in 1985" has defiantly lost its way.
I am not trying say we are all a lost cause, but there is a massive portion of us that are.
Some of us are slackers, I agree, we do have it much easier than your generation, but is it because of the wealth that more of us have these days and how much easier life is?
I know we have a huuuge poor society and I’m not ignoring that fact, but the saying
“The rich are getting richer, and the poor are getting poor" is so true.
Discipline? What’s that!, yes our parents are much easier on us then I imagine yours were, is this because you had it harder by your parents and you don't want to treat your children the same?
But where has the respect gone!? I do believe that yes the environment you grow up in and the people you associate yourself with are a massive impact, but I feel that the respect for each other and defiantly our elders has gone.
Our generation get married early (if they even do) and just pop out kids, and then a lot of the kids are raised by broken families or single parents; look at the percentage of marriages that fail! We don’t fight, we give up, and we are not fighters like you were.
But no, that is not everyone, and I’m trying not to box us in...But I just feel a major part of my generation has lost its work ethic and respect for others, and that really breaks my heart.
Chloé