Interesting article...

Louiej

Wdyt of this? I agree with a lot of what it says. My lovely DH was raised with the notion that if you got a degree, you were set. The reality is is that he's had to really struggle and is now in a job that "doesn't fulfill him" I say he's full of shit and that nobody loves their job all the time...hell, I don't!

https://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/3930620

pastalady

I have seen this on facebook and agree. Everyone wants to be famous or special, etc. oh and our kids cannot just be average. Average is a dirty word it seems. Have a kid with special needs and average sounds very appealing lol. My DH has a degree in music composition. He works as a courier in the medical field. He still thinks he may win an academy award someday for soundtrack, never mind he doesn't work on his music ever.

Mrs.Hizzo

Great article, but I can't really relate. DH and I are Gen X, so we're just cynical and broody and have problems with authority.

pitterpatter129

I thought it was amusing.  Love the graphics!  The whole time I was thinking I fell into that date range, but don't relate to this article. I remember now that I'm technically a "generation X" person though, so maybe it doesn't apply to me.   I grew up with a strong sense of "You are not special.  The world does not revolve around you.  You are part of this family and you will work."  I remember those exact words coming from my mother at least once a day.  I was taught to balance a check book, save money, and worked part time in high school for spending money and in college for rent.  I think the phrase "hard work" was uttered more in our house than anywhere.  I've really never met the 'unicorn in my green pasture' generation yet I guess.  I can't imagine that will get them far. I think most my friends are the same age or a little older than me. At work, most of the teachers were also older.  I notice a few new teachers had huge issues.  They would cry a lot, sometimes in class.  Apparently, their career wasn't what they expected.  I have met the future generation of adults though who are currently elementary students, and they are getting a strong "you are a special snowflake and everyone gets a trophy" message that I don't agree with at all.

 

Minipenguin

I agree with most of it but I think part of the issue with them being seen as unwilling to work is that Gen Y tends to strive for more of a work/life balance than previous generations. I don't necessarily think this is a bad thing.

I do think people who build up their kids' self-confidence to the point where they think (to use the article's example) they will have a unicorn on their lawn are doing the kids a huge disservice. They are teaching the kids they can be anything and do anything and the kids begin to define "failure" as settling for a career that is not 100% what they imagined. So the kid decides s/he wants to be the CEO of a major fashion label by 25, which every adult knows is never going to happen. The parents are just setting the kids up for failure and that isn't fair. At 25, they have to struggle through redefining failure and success and recreating realistic career expectations... I'll stop rambling. My point is that I feel bad for the kids who are raised this way. Yes, I pulled the I-feel-bad-for-their-kids line.