posted in Asklemmy
What is something that is growing because of young people?
Inspired by a post I saw on AskReddit (which has now been removed). What is something you believe is growing because of young people?
Replying to @4TBHMeCCL@suppo.fi
Maybe not directly related to young age, but incompetence in problem solving is growing. This could be COVID era fallout.
My kid is a teacher and the newer generation of kids can’t do anything by themselves without explicit direction. They dont know how to help themselves. They have no life learned skill or curiosity, as they possible just were fed screen time as a babysitter.
Replying to @BCsven@lemmy.ca
This sounds a lot like gripes that older generations have always had about younger generations.
Replying to @SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world
This has been going on for generations. The world used to be a much more dyi, less prepackaged place. Each generation does less and less for themselves. I see the difference between my father’s generation and my own as well as between my generation and later ones. Shit, my grandfather built his own fucking house.
Replying to @blackbrook@mander.xyz
People once complained about people reading newspapers on public transit.
Nothing has actually changed.
Replying to @SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world
Everything has changed except human nature.
Your example shows how far cultural norms have shifted. Reading a paper around others is anti social in a culture where you are expected to interact with and give others your attention.
Each generation may react the same way to the new behaviors of the next generation, but that does mean those new behaviors do not form a consistent trend representing real change in the culture. In this case that trend is increasing individualism and weakening of community norms.
Replying to @blackbrook@mander.xyz
People already didn’t pay attention to one another; the conplainer was just using a convenient scapegoat. It’s smartphones now. It’ll be neural implants next century.