Generation Wimp

[rick49]

we have had generation-x, generation-y, generation-z. now we are living in generation wimp.

We're Raising a Generation of Wimpy Kids

"Many people don't seem to be alarmed that adolescence has been extended by an extra decade. We live in a world in which 30-year-olds say they're "adulting" when they do everyday activities like shopping for groceries or searching for apartments. And their parents think that's cute."
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/what-mentally-strong-people-dont-do/201708/were-raising-generation-wimpy-kids

spoiled, entitled parents raising spoiled entitled children. they are everywhere. kids who have never heard the word no. kids who have never been punished for wrongdoing. we see them every day rampaging in the streets destroying stores and stealing everything in sight with zero repercussions. kids in colleges who need "safe spaces" where they don't have to hear differing opinions. kids in college who will endlessly badger their profs to give them higher grades than they deserve. kids who will literally have a nervous breakdown if someone uses a "wrong" pronoun. kids who superglue themselves to anything that isn't moving to protest something. kids addicted to i-phones and twitter in a desperate search for "likes."

[Repat Van]

What a load of hysteria over nothing.

[Repat Van]

Oh nooooo!

Not tutors and coaches - the horror!

“ When their child faces a challenge that is outside of the parent's ability, they outsource the task like a devoted project manager. They hire tutors and coaches who can give their child a competitive edge.”

There is nothing wrong with the term “adulting” which appears to just be slang for “being an adult” and the author clearly has never left their neighbourhood in the life.

Multi-generational living is the norm in many many many cultures.

There is nothing inherently wrong with it.

“ According to the Pew Research Center, 24 percent of 25 to 34-year-olds live at home. But parents don't put any responsibility on these boomerang kids for returning to the nest. Instead, they blame the economy.”

[mids]

Oct 7, 2023 2:17:45 GMT rick49 said:

we have had generation-x, generation-y, generation-z. now we are living in generation wimp.

We're Raising a Generation of Wimpy Kids

"Many people don't seem to be alarmed that adolescence has been extended by an extra decade. We live in a world in which 30-year-olds say they're "adulting" when they do everyday activities like shopping for groceries or searching for apartments. And their parents think that's cute."
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/what-mentally-strong-people-dont-do/201708/were-raising-generation-wimpy-kids

spoiled, entitled parents raising spoiled entitled children. they are everywhere. kids who have never heard the word no. kids who have never been punished for wrongdoing. we see them every day rampaging in the streets destroying stores and stealing everything in sight with zero repercussions. kids in colleges who need "safe spaces" where they don't have to hear differing opinions. kids in college who will endlessly badger their profs to give them higher grades than they deserve. kids who will literally have a nervous breakdown if someone uses a "wrong" pronoun. kids who superglue themselves to anything that isn't moving to protest something. kids addicted to i-phones and twitter in a desperate search for "likes."

You've just described the left.

[Repat Van]

“ Parents are intervening in their adult children's job search. A survey by Michigan State University found that one-third of employers had received resumes from parents on their children's behalf. Some submitted these resumes without their children's knowledge. A quarter of hiring managers have received phone calls from parents urging them to hire their son or daughter. And 4 percent of hiring managers have had parents attend an interview with their adult child.”

Ok the last bit is embarassing but the first bit has been the norm for parents for millennia (getting their child a job at their place of work is really not a new thing.)

[mids]

My parents never intervened on behalf of any of their children. It must be a middle class thing that your parents did on your behalf.

[perrykneeham]

My folks never did. Mind you, I know plenty that have.

[rick49]

There is nothing wrong with the term “adulting” which appears to just be slang for “being an adult” and the author clearly has never left their neighbourhood in the life.

what an odd thing. when i go shopping i say i'm going shopping. i don't say i'm being an adult or i'm going adulting. i must be an uncool outlier. you know who says i'm going to do something adulting? children. and just because kids in other cultures never leave the nest doesn't mean the u.s. has to follow suit. in the u.s. children are expected to grow up and fledge and leave the nest, not stay in the nest and suck up their elderly parents meager retirement income.

[Repat Van]

Oct 7, 2023 15:01:23 GMT rick49 said:

There is nothing wrong with the term “adulting” which appears to just be slang for “being an adult” and the author clearly has never left their neighbourhood in the life.

what an odd thing. when i go shopping i say i'm going shopping. i don't say i'm being an adult or i'm going adulting. i must be an uncool outlier. you know who says i'm going to do something adulting? children. and just because kids in other cultures never leave the nest doesn't mean the u.s. has to follow suit. in the u.s. children are expected to grow up and fledge and leave the nest, not stay in the nest and suck up their elderly parents meager retirement income.

It’s harmless slang. Not worth a hysterical article. I also have never, nor once, heard a child say they are “adulting”.

And the point about multi-generational living is that there is nothing inherently wrong with it. It also occurs in the USA too by the way.

Some people like the supportive nature of multi-generational living and I don’t see the issue. A whole household of people to support each through varying life stages.

That is bad because…why exactly?

A number of my Asian friends still live at home / lived at home till marriage until well into their late 20s / early 30s and some for a couple of years post marriage. Don’t see why it’s a bad thing.

[Repat Van]

Oct 7, 2023 14:21:22 GMT mids said:

My parents never intervened on behalf of any of their children. It must be a middle class thing that your parents did on your behalf.

You never leave your basement. So of course you have no knowledge of things that happen in the real world.

[Repat Van]

Oct 7, 2023 14:56:03 GMT perrykneeham said:

My folks never did. Mind you, I know plenty that have.

Same. All up and down the class line (even more with working class people actually.)

In fact when I was 16 I did part-time work as a cleaner at Aston Uni. My mom got me and my friend those jobs.

[rick49]

when i was young kids took the initiative and found their own jobs whether it was shoveling snow for people in winter, mowing lawns in summer or delivering newspapers.

[rick49]

our parents did encourage us, though. they kicked us in the butt and said "if you want that new bike get a job and earn it!" nowadays parents give their kids a BMW because a Lincoln Continental isn't cool enough..

[flatandy]

Yeah. Of course when you were young nobody's dad got them apprenticeships, nobody ever worked for the family firm, nobody ever went to bus tables at the club their parents were members of, etc, etc..

As for "adulting" it's an ugly word, but it's a useful description for when you're doing the boring or, even worse, expensive and important tasks that don't really bring any joy, like finding the guy who mends gutters or picking out the new toilet for the bathroom because the old one is bust (I just did that, incidentally, and f**k*d up). The stuff you never imagined yourself doing when you were young because it's dreary and joyless, and which your parents always did without complaining (or, at least, you were never aware of their complaints). I think it's a fair enough thing to have a word for, but I wish the word wasn't "adulting".

[mids]

Every syllable you typed there is gay.

[flatandy]

You don't think it's an ugly word?

[mids]

I think it's a gay word.

[Repat Van]

Oct 8, 2023 15:20:53 GMT rick49 said:

when i was young kids took the initiative and found their own jobs whether it was shoveling snow for people in winter, mowing lawns in summer or delivering newspapers.

If you think no parents were helping their kid get a job when you were young (including letting them know of an available paper round or snow shovelling gig) then you are incredibly ignorant of the world in which you live.

[Repat Van]

Oct 8, 2023 19:19:07 GMT flatandy said:

Yeah. Of course when you were young nobody's dad got them apprenticeships, nobody ever worked for the family firm, nobody ever went to bus tables at the club their parents were members of, etc, etc..

As for "adulting" it's an ugly word, but it's a useful description for when you're doing the boring or, even worse, expensive and important tasks that don't really bring any joy, like finding the guy who mends gutters or picking out the new toilet for the bathroom because the old one is bust (I just did that, incidentally, and f**k*d up). The stuff you never imagined yourself doing when you were young because it's dreary and joyless, and which your parents always did without complaining (or, at least, you were never aware of their complaints). I think it's a fair enough thing to have a word for, but I wish the word wasn't "adulting".

I hate adulting. Not the word so much as the actual act of adulting. Life admin is tedious stuff.

[rick49]

If you think no parents were helping their kid get a job when you were young (including letting them know of an available paper round or snow shovelling gig) then you are incredibly ignorant of the world in which you live.

thats exactly what we did. after a big snow storm we grabbed our shovels, knock on peoples doors and ask them if they wanted us to shovel the snow for them. we didn't ask mommy to call everyone in the neighborhood.