Do teenagers and young adults of today believe they are entitled to everything in life?
Young adults and teens have little to no boundaries in this day and age. The parents and society, Social Media, all have played a huge role in yesterdays and today’s Entitled Generation.
Most older generations of people often feel that the current generation is much different than their own. Blame is placed on the current generation for bad behavior and violence and self serving attitudes. The times do change with each generation. However, so does society’s acceptance, technology, social media, educational requirements, social norms and expectations. Our behavior as a member of society or a parent actually dictates how a child will grow up and what influences and boundaries the child will be raised with. Society and parents are to blame for the Entitled Generation of both yesterday and today. Overindulgence giving the awards for “jobs well done” when the job was not completed.
The generation of twenty years ago would say you have to work for what you want and use discipline for out of control teenagers and young adults. A teenager had to work for his/her car. When you came home from school you had to complete your homework and get your chores done. According to Generation Me, it states; Previous generations have a sense of duty and would often do what they were told without asking why. (Generation Me, 404) It cannot be said young adults are like that now. The young adults of todays want’s to know why they are doing it and what’s it for. The teenager’s of today are going home and playing on the internet or gaming online with little to no effort placed on homework. The majority of parents tend to over compensate for their own past and present...
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...for their own actions. You do not get rewarded unless you work for it. That is the way life is. Go to school if you can get your education and apply those skills in the work force and climb the ladder to success. When We learn to stop blaming the current generation maybe one day we can actually stop and learn something from each other
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