Split from Do you believe we are approaching a major social change? being both topics complimentar to each other to some extent.
I won’t comment on where I believe that the world is headed, instead I would like to share my opinion of the new generations of children/adolescents:
I have been born among the first wave of whiney, immoral, overly-sensitive losers. I believe that parents and society are becoming increasingly neglectful of their duties. Allow me to illustrate: parents are responsible for setting a good example so that their children will be suitable to enter society. However, more and more parents are showing their kids that it is OK to whine like a bitch(forgive me) and turn to their lawyer when they want something. In addition, parents are not disciplining their children, instead they give in to them and lose their authority. I see this everyday, an example is of a 8-year-old I watched throw a temper tantrum in the middle of BestBuy because his dad didn’t buy him an xbox or something. Anyways long story short, the parent eventually gave in to him after he yelled long enough and embarassed his father enough. If I did that my father would knock me senseless, why? To teach me that you can’t always get everything you want when you want it (you learn to deal with it), I thank him for that. Unfortunately we are now producing masses of lazy, ungrateful, disrespectful, unmannered jerks who think that they know it all. I could go on forever talking about the various vices that these up and coming kids posess, but ultimately most people just want to know who to blame. And the answer is simple, they should blame themselves. Sure explicit content is running amok in the music and entertainment industry but in the end it is the job of the gaurdian to decide what is appropriate for their dependents. Now I know that some will say “well don’t listen to him, he’s 19, he doesn’t know what is going on”, but as a previous poster said, I’m experiencing it firsthand…
So what does the future hold for mine and the next several generations? A pile of worthless trash with no redeeming qualites; now there will be exceptions, some will go against the masses and carve their own niche, these are the people who will ultimately inherit the reins.
At some point though, after society has hit rock bottom, I believe we will start over and do things the right way. That’s my .02…