Snapchat: A Personal Analysis

Last week, I overheard my sister talking to her friends about Snapchat and its new features. When I questioned her about it, she told me that I was ancient. I took no offense because I love books and speaking to people in person, which is why Simon Sinek’s interview on millennials spoke to me greatly. I can acknowledge that Sinek's view of millennials as entitled is candid, considering the fact that youth are unable to find satisfaction in their lives because of the external factors which have moulded and influenced them; such as the parenting they received, technology they are surrounded by, and the corporate world they have been thrust into.
From the moment we were born, our biggest supporters and adversaries were our parents. We look to

If I wanted to make a reservation or find a job, I had to figure out how to do it myself. It was not because they did not want to help me, but because they knew that these were opportunities where I can improve my interpersonal skills and face reality. If children got everything they wanted, they would not understand the meaning of perseverance. Adolescents are entitled as they expect everything to be given to them as when they were younger, but now they are realizing that nothing is given without effort. Parents must put aside their desire to comply to the every whim of their child, so they have the chance to become more resilient to failure. When expectations are not set high, it is easier to appreciate the smaller things they earn, so much

Consequently, this means more adolescents have access to technology and its applications. Teenagers are obsessed with social media to a point where, “talking about oneself [...] activates a pleasure sensation in the brain usually associated with food, money and sex” (Sinek). The need to be validated causes feelings of entitlement to rise within teenagers because they believe that they deserve the praise. Teenagers believe they are entitled to the likes and retweets that they forget that the social media relationships are meaningless. They are constantly on their phones, checking social media for the acceptance of strangers while ignoring the people that they are with. They leach onto the idea that they are worthy of the appreciation from others because they are constantly fawned over