What does the youth of today aspire for? Is is money / possessions or do they want to make a difference ?

Question

What worries the youth of today?

Answer 1

"Today's youth" is avery generic term if used to describe the utterly diverse group of individuals age group 16-35(?) maybe.
I'd say if we were to consider a particular sub-group, lets say, the 21-30 age-group, with access to the internet, probably middle-class graduates, professionals etc; then the picture we get is quite simple: they aspire to try find a meaning of their lives, which could or could not be through money/posession, depending howmuch of themselves they are able to find through a particular activity/posession/association. They do want to make a difference, though sadly in a way that would change multitudes to suit their idea of life, and probably not in a way where it could lead to a generally progressive difference. They have grown up in abject renunciation of hope around them, with almost everyone elder to them pointing to the "irrepairability of this system", asking them to adjust and manage with whatever comes their way. But now they have decided not to be 'nobodys god-damn bargains' and want a life for themselves, which is built around securing for themselves a safe haven, which is devoid of congenital despair, penury and narrow-mindedness. This can be 'bought' only thru money, especially because we are now living in utterly consumeristic times, where our purchasing power, per capita income is supposed to be the sole indicator of our well-being.
Its painful that many young people are being forced into adopting lifestyles and attitudes which is quite contrary to their intrinsic passions.
The youth of today worries mostly about the insufficiencies they have in their lives. They do tend to want to lend their voice to social/environmental causes, but sadly enough that too has become an urban rite.
The strong individuals they crave to be maybe are and maybe will be created through being rich individuals.

Answer 2

Most of today's youth seem to be most concerned about making money, and less concerned about making a difference or giving back to their community.

"The responses to the question which asked subjects to list their "personal objectives considered to be an essential or very important goal of education" indicate that young people in the 90's have a very different outlook from that of their parents. In 1966, 43 percent of the nation's first-year students identified "being very well off financially" as an important goal and 82 percent identified "developing a meaningful philosophy of life" as an equally important goal. In 1997, the numbers were almost completely reversed: 75 percent considered financial success a personally important life goal, while only 41 percent considered a meaningful philosophy of life just as important."

Answer 3

Mostly it's money. The problem is some of them (like the IT/ITES people) start getting a lot of money at an early stage of their career, thereby failing to understand how difficult life is for them who don't have it.

Answer 4

If there is money they can really make a difference.

Answer 5

Unemployment is main one.