Entitled Kids

I recently read a blog post about the disposition of the current young generation of Americans. Basically, it said that most people feel young Americans are self-centered and feel that the world revolves around them. I couldn't agree more.

Our generation grew up in the prosperous ninties. The portion of our generation that is now entering the professional world has had a remarkably easy life to this point. Not only have we had it easy, the television that we watch instills in us a value system that is self-oriented. We look up to role models that are rich, famous and often times selfish. Due to the glamorization of the Hollywood lifestyle, we have come to love and expect attention. And due to the new-age style of parenting, we have come to believe that each and every one of us is, indeed, special.

Then, we get farther away from home and into situations with hundreds of kids from similar households--and everyone believes they're special. Now our generation is taking entry-level positions across the board, and, unlike with mom and dad, they aren't anything special yet. Dealing with the shock of a shift from one end of the spectrum to the other will be, and already is, hard to deal with for America's young men and women. Maybe it's time we went with th old school approach. It seemed like people came out a lot more hard-nosed and ambitious when people were still having twelve kids and ignoring all of them. I'm just joking that we should return to that school of parenting, obviously. But I think today's parents aren't doing their kids any favors by making them think that their interests are the only ones that matter.