What I find amusing is that had the internet been what it is today 20 years ago, we'd be seeing this stuff about Gen-Xers. :P
 
Remember, Gen-X were a bunch of lazy hippies and rebelling kids.

Mosvalve
As far as having kids go, if you don't want them don't have them. That is the right thing to do. There are many who have kids who just do want to parent.

+1
Well, as far as children go.....it's a +5 for me (and still growing family ).
 
As far as millennials go, I agree with Rain.....WE are responsible for allowing them to be what they are. If they were brought up with proper morals, values, discipline, structure, common sense, tough love etc...(and of course for me personally, Faith....), they wouldn't be what they are now.   

Glad to say my daughter (24 years old) and her boyfriend (27) are exceptions then. Two harder working young people you could not hope to meet.

jamesg1213
Glad to say my daughter (24 years old) and her boyfriend (27) are exceptions then. Two harder working young people you could not hope to meet.

You must've let them experience genuine accomplishment.  Good for you - bravo!!
 

sharke
I hear the idea that Millennials are no different to previous generations expressed all the time, but I don't know man, I've been an employer for over 10 years mainly hiring kids of the 20-30 age group and I feel like I've been in a position to rate them objectively in terms of their attitude to the job, their work ethic, how quickly they pick things up, their communication skills, ability to handle criticism etc. And I have to say that over the past 5 years I've seen a very sharp decline in the general quality of young employees. There are always exceptions though and I've had a few shining stars, but damn it's getting harder and harder to find them. There is something going on, for sure. I have phone conversations with applicants that you would not believe, they have no idea how to sell themselves and no idea what kind of qualities employers are looking for. There must be some kind of decline in teaching methods or something going on somewhere. 

The real problem is that McDonald's doesn't pay them enough

I just heard that if the minimum wage gets increased to $15/hour that McDonald's will start replacing employees with automation.  Doesn't surprise me (except that they haven't already done it!).
 
Won't be long before the machines realize they don't really need us around, eh? 

craigb
I just heard that if the minimum wage gets increased to $15/hour that McDonald's will start replacing employees with automation.  Doesn't surprise me (except that they haven't already done it!).
 
Won't be long before the machines realize they don't really need us around, eh? 

What if you're borg?  Will they still hire me?

TerraSin
What I find amusing is that had the internet been what it is today 20 years ago, we'd be seeing this stuff about Gen-Xers. :P
 
Remember, Gen-X were a bunch of lazy hippies and rebelling kids.

Were they, really?
 
Virtually all of my friends worked starting with paper routes or such at 12 or 13, none of us received a trophy for coming in 4th, and there were no graduation parties in grade school. 
 
Oh, and unless there was some serious abuse, our parents usually sided WITH the teachers. The exact opposite of the current standard.
 
 
 

Rain

TerraSin
What I find amusing is that had the internet been what it is today 20 years ago, we'd be seeing this stuff about Gen-Xers. :P
 
Remember, Gen-X were a bunch of lazy hippies and rebelling kids.

Were they, really?
 
Virtually all of my friends worked starting with paper routes or such at 12 or 13, none of us received a trophy for coming in 4th, and there were no graduation parties in grade school. 
 
Oh, and unless there was some serious abuse, our parents usually sided WITH the teachers. The exact opposite of the current standard.
 
 
 

+1
Same here.....my older brother had the paper route/job, and gave me only a few bucks in (which I did 1/2 the work in folding/delivering by foot)....I remember it being a fun job and didn't really care for the money.  
 
If we ever got in trouble at school, it was double trouble at home......the standard was to always do your very best no matter what we did and the only awards were if we got 1st place. If not, we just got back on the horse and try once again. 

BobF

jamesg1213
Glad to say my daughter (24 years old) and her boyfriend (27) are exceptions then. Two harder working young people you could not hope to meet.

You must've let them experience genuine accomplishment.  Good for you - bravo!!
 

I'm not claiming any credit. Daughter's boyfriend was working on his parent's farm from the age of 7 or 8, became Scotland's 'Young Engineer of The Year' in 2008, worked for the Forestry Commission, all kinds of stuff. He can build or fix just about anything mechanical. I've told her to hang onto him!