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Message: [QUOTE="Zepharus, post: 2617670, member: 6135"] you're right about the Boomers ruining things...but these millenials man... This is partially true, but also a somewhat incorrect assumption. Full disclosure, Im a 46 yo Gen Xer that I feel, is the last generation to truly attempts to excel through had work and a commitment to excellence. Gen Yer and Millennials simply DO NOT have this drive. I have witnessed it time and time again. I have worked in the service industry since 94' and I have a 14 yo Son that plays Travel Lacrosse for orange Crush. This leaves me uniquely qualified to comment on this very topic. I will tell you that Parents are part of the problem because they, the sports parents of lacrosse anyway, are a group of overachievers that want and demand excellence from their children but simply cannot get it at the level they feel is attainable. This drives them to push and push. They complain about the kids, they complain about the coaching and almost all are armchair quarterbacks. Yes, some of these parents are living vicariously through their kids, but some simply want their children to give 100% effort, which rarely happens. The simple fact is that the vast majority of kids simply do not work as hard as Boomers and Gen xers think they should. We as parents have facilitated some of this by making our children the beneficiary of things we lacked as kids. But some is herd mentality, learned behavior from what they see and feel online. My parents gave me tough love and I often had to do things for myself. It drove me to become self sufficient and my father had a work ethic like no other. I learned these things. The mistakes i've made were to make too many things readily available for my kids that they didn't have to work hard for... rides to friends, money, jobs, material possessions. In my mind I was providing a better life, when in fact I was handicapping them. I've been course corrected for many years but some of the impact still lingers. THIS IS THE PROBLEM. Millennials have been raised that that they want to work hard on their terms and only enough to get to where they want to be that day.. not long term, not all in. At their core the parents want this excellence that they learned from their parents and the kids are only willing to give it in chunks. They arent willing to listen to authoritarian rules and stuff they find oppressive. . this is a youtube generation of kids that make money playing games and kids watching them play them! Doing crazy stuff on video and getting views and hits. They can sit at home and act silly and make more than you and I. Why work hard ? why kill yourself? Why listen to this "old" curmudgeon who just wants to work and not have fun. This is the mentality of kids today and Millenials in general. There are , of course, always exceptions to the rule but this is how they are in work and in play. Take it from a parent on the inside. [/QUOTE]

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