Do you feel that this generation is lost?

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I feel like these children 12-18 are just a lost cause. There's no saving them because they don't want to be saved.  And don't get technical with the generation thing.

DailyIntrovert · Accepted Answer

I was actually talking about this today but I'm talking about the younger millennials too as I feel it also affects us. I feel like there are two factions, you have your revolutionists like in Les Miserables, these are the ones who are doing amazing things by fighting for causes that matter to them for the good of society in general like climate change, class division and such. Then you have the ones who are trying to govern themselves like in Lord of the Flies these are the ones who have been unable to have the freedom to express or think for themselves and now they're living in a world that's complete chaos and feel powerless to do anything about it and the mentality there is if you can't beat it join it. The issue as a whole is that the world is fractured and changing so all youth is under an incredible amount of pressure and stress because we're living in a completely new age with no guidance that we can take from the past except that what we're living through now is what usually happens when an old system is broken down to make way for a new one. All I can say about 12-18 year olds in particular is that they're the first generation not to grow up believing in the lie that if you work hard at school you're guaranteed a good job because they've seen that's not always the case and maybe that translates into the way some behave. I don't know what the solution is or if I've conveyed my thoughts in the right way but that's my theory. Either way I don't exactly think they're all a lost cause, there's hope for the underrated youth.

DepressionXglitter · Accepted Answer

As a fellow teenager, I 100 percent agree. To be honest, this generation of 11 - 18-year-olds are just assholes. One, you learn to grow up quick. There are so, soo many kids in grades 7 and eight who have already had sex, started smoking pot, cigarettes, you know. Then they just don't wanna stop and skip school. It's honestly so dumb. They are ruining there future because with the way everything's going, the worlds just gonna get more expensive and climate change is going to be even worse. So these kids shouldn't ruin their future because they want to look and be cool for smoking, and partying, and having sex.

tartaarsaus · Accepted Answer

Considering statistically the world is pretty constantly improving (healthcare, education, contraception, medical research etcetera) and every generation tends to have a higher standard of living than the generation before, definitely not.

Just because you may or may not like someone’s choices in music, fashion or whatever (leaving out the “iM noT LiKE tHe oThER gIrlS” crowd) does not actually imply that the choices are worse. Many boomers like rebellious punk and rock in the 60s and 70s, barely in a time where people in the US would implode when a black person was on the bus with them.

Also, this shit is infused with a significant degree of observation bias. Observing kids that are much younger than you is not a justified basis for saying whether a generation is screwed. They are kids, they’ll grow up. If an 8 year old happens to be rude now, it does not mean that he’ll be an F tier person in 20 years.

In every generation, kids deviate from their parents. It is a very common thing, yet every generation does not seem to end the world like prophesied by the generation before them.

Lightning8 · Accepted Answer

If I could pinpoint one problem... We all enjoy a lot of freedoms today, which is a huge blessing compared to the struggles, discriminations and bondage of previous generations.

But unfortunately, many of those pillars of society we took down to get here, we never replaced them. And so without these pillars, of course newer generations won't be as upright and on their feet; because the roof caved in, exposing them to the elements that they may be divided, isolated, atomized, broken, even dead.

Durrelle · Answer

Children raising children... and this is what happens.

I think they don't want to be saved because they genuinely believe they don't need saving.

I learned from experience that it's more productive to provide information to those that seek it, than to impose wisdom on those that can't comprehend it. The same way a student seeks a teacher.

I learned this the hard way, and not only is my life happier because of it. I have more energy to offer to those that want to listen.

Something Jay Z said in a song: "nothing wrong with your aim, just got to change the target".

DockEllisDee · Answer

Saved from what? Who the hell says they need saving and who are you to make that kind of judgment or decision on what the generation you're talkin about even needs? Maybe what they need saving from is the fervent elderly adults in our society that are still trying to cram their own personal views on religion down everybody's throats no matter how young or how little interest is shown in it. If that's not what you're talkin about here then I apologize but I don't know what else you would be referring to...

Daisy007 · Answer

No, not completely (: they ARE developing / discovering things a lot sooner then I did when I was their age but it's do to how easily they can access things at a touch of a button & I believe also due to lack of parenting (in the sence that they're not checking / monitoring them to see how they're doing) I've worked with middle school & elementary school kids for almost 3 years now & I can tell you from experience just saying "hi" to them & letting them know you're there for them goes a LONG way :')) never let them get away with things ex: bad language, vids, disrespect

sawno · Answer

No, i don't think that at all. But they are in an extremely manipulative and toxic environment with constant brainwashing. Most people from any generation do not break out of it unless exposed to the truth or when the brainwashing failed on them (I am a combination of both). The effects will go away over time when they get exposed in the real world. Last time i checked the impact was slightly less than 50% of society so the people who are aware need to step up their game.

vickiezalez · Answer

I know what you mean. I'm 32.

However... I believe older generations think like that about new generations. Not saying everyone thinks that but a lot do. It's like a repetitive pattern. The older generations seem to know best and are at the ready to show the "young'uns" about life... but most 18 year olds don't want to hear it. Let them be. They need life experience because life is short. Don't worry. Once they hit their 30s, they'll know the older generation (or parents) were right... well a lot will learn that. You might get a few stubborn ones. Let live. 'Tis the repetitive cycle :)

ThisAndThat · Answer

They are being indoctrinated. Feminist are teaching girls that men hate them, men are dangerous to girls, men are rapist lies that are 100 percent the reverse of the actual truth. Both girls and boys are being indoctrinated with homosexuality starting at age 4 they have been deliberately brainwashed and indoctrinated. I love children and I wouldn't give up on them. What they were taught isn't their fault, it's the fault of those teaching them those things and those parents that go along with it. They need the truth if they are to be saved.

MotherEarth2020 · Answer

I wrote something a while back on these lines. Those kids have no idea what life is really about. To think they're going to be running the world soon is scarier than thinking of a zombie apocalypse. Or just the same.

BetteDavis · Answer

Maybe I know different kinds of kids but I reckon they are pretty awesome. The ones I know including my own are empathetic, smart, curious and hard working. I do think the schooling system needs to adjust ASAP to ensure they are teaching more relevant topics and skills - but all in all the kids seem pretty great 👍

cgerm25 · Answer

"The children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise. Children are now tyrants, not the servants of their households. They no longer rise when elders enter the room. They contradict their parents, chatter before company, gobble up dainties at the table, cross their legs, and tyrannize their teachers."
-Socrates

People have been crapping on the next generation for most, if not all, of recorded history. You're basically just continuing a long-standing tradition in doing so lol

Bribree18 · Answer

I mean, I’m good. I’m 18. In college. Dual declared majors and a minor. Came from poverty and the worst childhood and still doing just fine. Also you are right, I would say we don’t want to be saved. I think we are all just exploring who we wanna be, what we want our future to look like in regards to society... people just gotta roll with the punches.

anube · Answer

This generation is quite a case study, all negative in a human condition way, the online distance and remote viewing is a great works for a psychopath humans are far more sensitive to a persons odor, animation mannerisms etc, take that out of the aquation and I see arrogant self inflated quasi narcissistic cold power tripping etc, I hope I'm wrong

bente2 · Answer

How are they lost? If anything, it’s their parents’ generation that’s lost, because they raised them to be this way.

I also assume you speak of technology? You need to understand that relying on technology in this generation isn’t a bad thing, it’s how to advance now. Everything is based around it.

Lucky1974 · Answer

I refer to those born after 1990 as the ‘Shit-Head Generation’; they have crap taste in bland food, music, and movies, if a scene in a movie lasts for more than a trillionth of a second they feel suicidal, there idea of great movies are those oversaturated with C. G. I, flashing images, never-ending series of jump-cuts from start to finish. Evidence of my statement exists on Rotten Tomatoes audiences reviews. However not everyone of that generation is a shit-head, there are a few exceptions.

ShortCircuit · Answer

Zoomers (Gen Z) are society's only hope for the future. Millenials (the worst generation still alive) have already failed. The generation younger than the Zoomers, the one you're referring to (which hasn't been named yet), isn't showing much promise. They're the ones who are leading the next wave of nicotine addiction. I wouldn't say they're a lost cause though. They're certainly better than Millenials, at the very least.

OBanana · Answer

I think they (or we) are doing ok considering what pressure young people nowdays have. Sure I know many kids where I really wonder if they have a brain, but at the same time I see many smart and engaged young people that hava a goal in life.
So I don't know who you're talking about, probably US. American kids

MindYourEyes · Answer

It’s a strange generation right now. It’s like a big ass mix of what da fuq

XavierSteele · Answer

They are and it's the fault of the generation that has raised them.

FunkyMonkee · Answer

The last few have been lost and get worse with each new one!!

TahoeHiker · Answer

Yes, but it was my generation that helped them get lost

Codywow · Answer

My generation is way better off than yours that are adult children.
And have accomplished better things and are already attempting to solve problems of society and the world although misguided occasionally by your generation. My generation are child adults and yours are adult children that want socialism because they dont want to work. I know its generalized but that is the hole point of the concept of generations.

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