I agree that the 20 something generation is very needy and self absorbed. But honestly its the way they were raised so some of that blame goes to the parents. I needed a sitter a few months back and was asking church folks if they knew anyone. Well, my mom said she knew an 18 year old girl who was great with kids. So she gives me her number and says “this is her mom’s cell phone number, she handles her schedule”, I said “sorry, I am not comfortable leaving my children with an adult who still needs mommy to manage her life”. Gheesh! When I was 18, I had a car, my own apartment and three jobs. My cousin still has both of her adult children living with her and neither pays bills but both are in college and have full time jobs and advanced degrees. So whose fault is that? And her 14 year old still sleeps in bed with her and her husband. Super weird, and yes I have told her my opinions about it in a respectful way. The adults have crippled their children by doing everything for them. I have worked side by side with these whiny millenials and its very exhausting to say the least. But honestly their parents are worse! “Oh, my poor son! He has so many speeding tickets! Its going to take me forever to pay them and get his license straightened out” this is a comment my 55 year old coworker said about her 27 year old son who lived with her and had no job while she worked 2 jobs. So I put the blame on the adults who raised them. And by the way, I told her she was hurting her son by not forcing him to be an adult and be accountable and my coworkers gasped like I committed a mortal sin.
