It amazes me the lengths older generations will go to convince themselves the problems of this world are somehow the fault of their progeny when these poor kids

It amazes me the lengths older generations will go to convince themselves the problems of this world are somehow the fault of their progeny when these poor kids are only just becoming adults. It is such a common, boring trope these days. Honestly, do older people really believe this nonsense? I am genuinely curious because it is so often I see these types of articles and someone has to be paying for them.