Young people who are shielded from failure and responsibility struggle to develop essential skills and become dependent on their parents. Previous generations had to learn self-reliance early because safety nets didn't exist. Older adults now assume young people are incapable, denying them jobs and opportunities they need to grow.
The downside is when you don't let kids learn how to do things from a young age, they have to learn later, and it's so much harder. And at that stage, they might not be able to, and also they might not have to. Our parents' generation is always going to be looking out for us, protecting us, and also in negative ways. A lot of jobs, a lot of opportunities are not being given to us because the older generation thinks these guys can't handle it, they're too young. We don't respect young people in our culture. older is always better. I know so many people my age who still live with their parents, who still get money from their parents, who are still supported by their families. Yet at my age, you guys had everything. You were so independent. You were doing everything by yourselves because you didn't have a safety net. You didn't have anyone to ask. But here it's an attitude almost. It's a culture.
