@ChrisMayLA6 I believe younger people are weaker. But before the net hating starts, I do not believe it is their fault.
I believe that political trends such as wokeness, never saying no, and setting the expectation that you never have to fight in life or that life is always fun, is the reason for it.
If todays young would have been given an upbringing where they experience a "no", where they learn that life is not always fun, and that you need to fight to get what you want, I believe they
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Yes, I think there's quite a lot to that; its a combination of parenting & social change, which are of course inter-connected - not sure 'woeness' is really the issue, but the issue of saying 'no' would be at the centre of my concerned & I have posted on that relatively recently....
@ChrisMayLA6 Venn diagram time! Often it seems we are closer to each other than I thought at first read!
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In response to this post@ChrisMayLA6 would be much more robust and resilient.
On top of that, we can then always argue about the evils of social media. If I had a child, I would definitely ban most social media until they are old enough to have had some good values established.
I teach, and my students are aged 19-50, with the majority being between 19-30. I see this erroneous expectations every time the subject gets a bit hard, or every time it is time for an exam.
I don't back down, and I tell them to fight,
@ChrisMayLA6 and the ones who stick with it often thank me for it at the end of their education and say that no other teacher ever did that, and that they learned valuable lessons by having to fight for their knowledge and learn that nothing of value comes for free.
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