What is wrong with the American youth?

Question

Older teens to people in their young 20's have always been the ones to start the new ways of thinking, behaving, getting along. Like the hippis. But all we do is act like a bunch of mindless robots and do what the media tells us to when we should be rebelling against the old ways of life and stereotypes that people try to impose on us. why don't we fight these stereotypes and create our own ways of thinking?

No, but I am the next generation. I'm 18.

i'm so tired of all this **** about stereotyping. of course i don't think all of America's youth are mindless robots, or I'd be calling myself one. but to ask just about any question in this section you have to generalize so get over it.

Answer 1

too much unrestricted access to the media.. they arent being raised properly.. and thats all i will say on the subject.
~peace~

Answer 2

Every generation has a mind of their own, and the older generation always seem to take it as the young ones not caring at all or being "mindless robots". Change doesn't come in a flash it takes time and I'm sure there are individuals out there "fighting" and you can't stereotype the American youth of today into following the media because that's just idiotic.

Answer 3

I think your description of your generation is accurate for a generalization, but not for all. Their is definitely some issues that substantiate your statement. I do believe most of you are of average intelligence, some better some worse just as other generations. An obvious sign would be the large percentage of people overweight. If you look at a graduating class from 1945 and one of 2005, you will see a huge increase in ratio of overweight to thin people. What does this exhibit? Simple minds are buried far more into distorted media, video games, and social activities instead of an active pursuit of their goals. Everything comes far easier than it used to and parents provide to much of it to their children. This has enabled the youth to become complacent at achieving their goals. They do not try as hard and don't worry about the consequences of failure as previous generations. Teachers and parents now too often say trying is good enough. When you don't succeed in your goals, you say, oh well. You can be one of the leaders of your generation if you refuse to settle for failure. Getting the other TV absorbed, game playing, aimless others, to change is a big challenge.

Answer 4

American youth not only suffer from entitlement issues, they deal with much more "little" stress on a daily basis, rather than larger stress issues, which tends to give them an overall cloud of anxiety. This is difficult to overcome when making important decisions.

In addition, they do not have the "village" raising them anymore; for example, while my parents were in college, my grandparents took care of me. They shared with me their struggles with the depression (when a child was lucky to have ONE pair of shoes, or ONE dress to wear, or even the LUXURY to go to school, rather than work), World Wars (which also limited access to things as there was a "war effort" on), and better values.

It's hard for kids today to deal with issues because they don't have the tools to make thoughtful decisions and realize that the choices that they make will affect not only their own lives, but several others lives.

I'M SO GLAD I'M NOT A KID NOWADAYS!

Good luck, and remember what Gandhi said..."Be the change you want to see in the world."

Answer 5

Your generation and that of your children will have to resolve the following:

1. Whether or not you wish to keep your own country and
2. Where you want the borders to be.

keep those abortions coming people - 50 million since 1973

Answer 6

Every generation thinks the next generation isn't picking up the slack

Answer 7

They're called apathy and complacency.

Answer 8

Now why would you want to do a thing like that?

Answer 9

The same as american adults_ they don't know jesus.