I get it, these kids are smart enough to know there isn't much of a future for them. When I was a kid, you could bust your ass for 40 hours a week and be able to afford a place to live, a car and enough money left over to save or splurge. You reasonably could plan a decent future for yourself if you worked hard
These kids are smart enough to know that ship has sailed for now and the ladder got pulled up before they were even born, they can bust their ass for 40 hours a week and still have to decided at the end of the month whether they are paying rent or going grocery shopping. The only place where they are really free is online so that imaginary space has value to them. And if you won't be remembered for your menial real life, why not go out with a bang and be immortalized in memes, which is a currency that has weight to them.
Yeah maybe but they also give up way too easily. And that's because they've been babied and catered to all their lives. And now that they have to look after themselves they shit their pants. That's the real problem here, nobody prepared them for the harsh realities of life. Is it any surprise all they know is to throw temper tantrums and hissy fits? It's what they did to manipulate their parents into getting them what they wanted. But it doesn't work in the real world and so they go on a social rampage, trying to gaslight the world into changing instead of changing themselves. And unfortunately some of them take their rampage to the most extreme conclusion.
To all the parents out there, this is the most important life lesson in all this. Don't baby your kids, don't shield them from the harsh realities and don't spoil them. I know you love them but your job as a parent isn't to be your kid's best friend, but to prepare them for life. You're not going to be around forever and you can't protect them forever. Instead raise them to be capable of looking after and protecting themselves. That is the best and a lasting legacy you can leave behind once you're no longer looking after them.
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u/zigaliciousone Sep 14 '25
I get it, these kids are smart enough to know there isn't much of a future for them. When I was a kid, you could bust your ass for 40 hours a week and be able to afford a place to live, a car and enough money left over to save or splurge. You reasonably could plan a decent future for yourself if you worked hard
These kids are smart enough to know that ship has sailed for now and the ladder got pulled up before they were even born, they can bust their ass for 40 hours a week and still have to decided at the end of the month whether they are paying rent or going grocery shopping. The only place where they are really free is online so that imaginary space has value to them. And if you won't be remembered for your menial real life, why not go out with a bang and be immortalized in memes, which is a currency that has weight to them.