Plaguing The New Generation

The largest contributor to the modern state of laziness in America's last quarter century or so of youths is in the environments and situations that most have been raised in. The way parenting has been shaped by the post 70’s generation and that even teaching has guided America's youth is more than anything else, downhill. A loss of accountability and sense of direction that was once a cornerstone of American raising is leading to a generation that is at risk of falling through the cracks and it won't even be necessarily their fault. The greatest resource I can provide in support of this is shamefully enough myself and the problems this very scenario is raising for me as I enter a situation where teachers use a firm hand in place of none at all. The only way to fix the plague of misinformation plaguing the new generation is identifying the causes of the issue and seeing how a person can correct these issues personally before they are too far gone.

It seems ironic that the generation coming out of the seventies and eighties, one of the most “free range” generations in our history have grown into the most smothering. The modern parent functions a lot like mine did, they spoke very often of their crazy childhoods and all the silliness they used to get into it and yet when it came to so much as walking to the store I was either accompanied or not allowed. This same trend held true in many different areas of life, going to friends houses required a battery of questions, every walk had regular check ins, and to go somewhere without asking was simply unthinkable. This swaddling form of parenting left a total lack of responsible development, all the decision making was out of my hands and so I didn’t ever feel the responsibility over my own