For a long time, older generations have liked to moan and bemoan about the younger generation. It has happened since at least the 1920s, when the new woman emerged and rejected the traditions of the Victorian era. Though this has almost become a “rite of passage” as said by Aaron Kaufman in “an Open Letter from a Millennial to Society,” it has made Millennials the “butt” of many mean jokes, and they have had to face many insults about how they are “the dumbest, laziest, most entitled, narcissistic, cocky and most coddled generation to ever live.” Fortunately, contrary to these assumptions, Millennials are not narcissistic or apathetic as they have a high percentage of volunteerism. They also aren’t wrong to feel entitled, which is the most
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The reason for this is their love for selfies, posting photo albums on social media sites, and generally being obsessed by these sites. This, however, is a false accusation as older generations are just as obsessed by them. This is also said by Kelly Brown in her Ted Talks “Why Millennials are the worst.” Brown says that Millennials aren’t solely obsessed by social media sites because Boomers and Gen-Xers “like that too.” Noreen Malone, author of New York Magazine’s “The Kids are Actually Sort of Alright” also rebuts Jonathan Franzen’s claim that Millennials are substituting Facebook “liking” for “real-life passion.” She says that “the thumbs-up isn’t a substitution for anything.” and says that it is a form of kindness. She continues to say that “it is just a function of a generation’s giving out compliments in the volume in which we received them growing up.” This means that the “likes” on a Facebook post are forms of compliments and self-esteem boosts that the Millennial generation have grown up …show more content…
The Boomers and Gen-Xers were responsible for the upbringing of Millennials. Most of the values and beliefs that the next generation have is taught to them by their parents. This is explained by Malone when she says that Millennials are the “product of two long-term social experiments” conducted by their parents: overloading children with self-confidence and encouraging them to follow their passions and interests that looked good on applications to create “little hyperachievers.” These upbringings led to the parents calling the generation “narcissistic” and
The reason for this is their love for selfies, posting photo albums on social media sites, and generally being obsessed by these sites. This, however, is a false accusation as older generations are just as obsessed by them. This is also said by Kelly Brown in her Ted Talks “Why Millennials are the worst.” Brown says that Millennials aren’t solely obsessed by social media sites because Boomers and Gen-Xers “like that too.” Noreen Malone, author of New York Magazine’s “The Kids are Actually Sort of Alright” also rebuts Jonathan Franzen’s claim that Millennials are substituting Facebook “liking” for “real-life passion.” She says that “the thumbs-up isn’t a substitution for anything.” and says that it is a form of kindness. She continues to say that “it is just a function of a generation’s giving out compliments in the volume in which we received them growing up.” This means that the “likes” on a Facebook post are forms of compliments and self-esteem boosts that the Millennial generation have grown up …show more content…
The Boomers and Gen-Xers were responsible for the upbringing of Millennials. Most of the values and beliefs that the next generation have is taught to them by their parents. This is explained by Malone when she says that Millennials are the “product of two long-term social experiments” conducted by their parents: overloading children with self-confidence and encouraging them to follow their passions and interests that looked good on applications to create “little hyperachievers.” These upbringings led to the parents calling the generation “narcissistic” and