9andaWiggle
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Dj, that is not a new phenomenon either. When my wife got her degree 18 years ago, all she heard from employers was "Hey, the degree is great. Too bad you don't have any experience."
The difference I see comes from home. Parents don't hold kids accountable anymore. Responsibility is not taught. Nothing is their fault, no repercussions for anything, and never told "No." They don't learn how to take a kick in the nuts from life and move on. So, unlike my wife who was admittedly pissed every time some asshole used the experience excuse to refuse a job in her field, she did what she had to do and took lesser positions to gain that experience and worked her way into the jobs she had previously been denied. I don't see kids today doing that. They live at home and whine and bitch about not getting what they want while crying about how unfair it is.
Life isn't fair, has never been from what I can tell. When I graduated HS, nobody stayed at home to live with their parents. We were all broke as shit, but we all set out on our own and did what we had to survive (holy hell, I sound old! ) Our parents would help wherever they could, to aid us in figuring out the skills we needed to get by on our own. I don't recall this total dependency on parents with me or my classmates. It boggles my mind why kids would want to stay with their parents... I couldn't wait to leave the nest and start my own, independent life! Sometimes it sucked, but hell, I don't remember any other time in my life where I had more fun (despite having no $) than those first few years on my own.
Naturally these blanket statements don't apply to all kids these days, but enough that it is obviously a trend suggesting a significant societal change.
The difference I see comes from home. Parents don't hold kids accountable anymore. Responsibility is not taught. Nothing is their fault, no repercussions for anything, and never told "No." They don't learn how to take a kick in the nuts from life and move on. So, unlike my wife who was admittedly pissed every time some asshole used the experience excuse to refuse a job in her field, she did what she had to do and took lesser positions to gain that experience and worked her way into the jobs she had previously been denied. I don't see kids today doing that. They live at home and whine and bitch about not getting what they want while crying about how unfair it is.
Life isn't fair, has never been from what I can tell. When I graduated HS, nobody stayed at home to live with their parents. We were all broke as shit, but we all set out on our own and did what we had to survive (holy hell, I sound old! ) Our parents would help wherever they could, to aid us in figuring out the skills we needed to get by on our own. I don't recall this total dependency on parents with me or my classmates. It boggles my mind why kids would want to stay with their parents... I couldn't wait to leave the nest and start my own, independent life! Sometimes it sucked, but hell, I don't remember any other time in my life where I had more fun (despite having no $) than those first few years on my own.
Naturally these blanket statements don't apply to all kids these days, but enough that it is obviously a trend suggesting a significant societal change.