In Defense of Me, Me, Me

[SheilaT]

2. There has simply never been a time when

the older generation didn't think the rising youth were a worthless lot.

I'm a baby boomer, 64 years old, and I can recall very clearly when I was first getting into the workforce that the general opinion of our elders were that we were lazy, incompetent, ignorant, and unlikely to ever make anything of our collective selves.

And you can go back and back and back, and read similar opinions in every era we have records for.

In general, the only thing wrong with young people is that they are young and inexperienced. They age, get experience, and for the most part do just fine.