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What if the "kids these days" is not constant, but periodical? People say "kids these days" when kids get lazier, and don't say nothing, when parents get strict
by bmacho 4y ago
What if the "kids these days" is not constant, but periodical? People say "kids these days" when kids get lazier, and don't say nothing, when parents get stricter.
- javajosh 4y agoIf you measure laziness by counting the angry shouts of a parent, then a stricter parent will sound the same as a lazier kid.
- kshacker 4y agoI wonder if the famous survivorship bias plays a role here? The people writing this are those whose writings survived generations so they may have been good and motivated and could complain about the young ones, but eh slackers who may see the young ones as more motivated maybe never wrote anything to influence the society's opinions.
- mywittyname 4y agoI'm sure everyone felt like they were overworked by their parents when they were younger and parents can readily identify chores that they were responsible for as kids which are not omitted from their children's current regime.
- sdwr 4y agoJust had the same thought! Parents and kids is an asymmetric relationship. Parents have experience and practical control, kids have more energy and burn warmer. When there's real shit to do, everyone listens up. When everything's easy, the opposite.
- triceratops 4y agoFor at least the past 500 years in the Western world, each successive generation of kids has surpassed their parents in wealth, education, and standard of living. Why is "kids these days" still a thing?
- drdec 4y agoThat's the reason - each generation has it easier than the previous and doesn't need to work as hard. So the older generation sees the younger generation not working as hard as they did and complain.
- triceratops 4y agoIf the kids are't working hard, how are they beating the pants off their ancestors' achievements?
- replygirl 4y agoby not starting over. their ancestors gave them all them all their foundational knowledge
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- WeylandYutani 4y agoWhy does it matter how hard people work if they're happy and paying the bills? God knows most jobs out there are hardly of earth shattering importance.
- googlryas 4y agoDid the lost generation complain about their kids(the ones that shot the bullets in WWII)?