Or here's an alternative theory: New parenting styles have led to a generation that refuses to put up with any injustices and unfairness, no matter how small, a

Or here's an alternative theory: New parenting styles have led to a generation that refuses to put up with any injustices and unfairness, no matter how small, and the confidence to stand up to the people who inflict those injustices. The older generations, who have implicitly accepted those injustices the same way our grandfathers implicitly accepted racism, can't understand why anyone else would refuse to accept it, and see all these legitimate complaints and attempts to address them, as being "entitled whining." Most likely, our grandfathers would have characterized the entire civil rights movement in an identical manner as well. I'm not saying I believe in the above theory. But given that every "anti micro-aggressions" complaint that I've read defaults to the same extreme anecdotal evidence, and vague claims of entitlement, I've yet to see the above alternative theory being disproven in any way. Every generation complains about how the next one is useless[1], and yet, every generation turns out to be smarter than the previous one[2], and historically, has succeeded in making the world slightly more egalitarian, fair, and less discriminatory. Chances are, 30 years from now, people on internet forums will be talking about how their own generation was perfect, how we were Neanderthals on the wrong side of history, and how their kids are ruining the world. [1]: http://mentalfloss.com/article/52209/15-historical-complaints-about-young-people-ruining-everything http://mentalfloss.com/article/52209/15-historical-complaint... [2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flynn_effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flynn_effect