HOW THE NEWER GENERATION THINKS

[chief38]

Did you ever notice that there were many mystery movies when we were growing up that made us think? Murder mysteries, suspenseful movies - they all kept the killer unknown until the end of the movie but we had plenty to think about and try and figure out by deductive reasoning - "who dun it". I remember the Sherlock Holmes series made during WWll - what a great series of movies! He always talked to Dr. Watson about his deductive reasoning - well it seems younger people lack that ability!

Today's young adults have sort of lost the ability to deduce and think! They are too bust fingering their cell phones, playing video games and texting on social media. They have a hard time coming to a final conclusion based on facts and figures and common sense. They give up all too easily!

I have noticed this over the last decade or so and was just wondering if I am alone here or others have come to this same conclusion.

 

[Greyman50]

See it just about every day.

 

[raljr1]

quote from my SSGT son

My son is a Staff Sgt in the Florida National Guard. Two deployments, one to East Africa, the other as a door gunner on a Chinook in Iraq. He spent 18 months activated in Florida managing the Fla Guard response to Covid. I sent him an article about wokeness in the military. He did not agree with all of the article, but offered this observation about younger soldiers.

"From what I have been seeing, the occasional diversity talk that takes away from training is still very far outweighed by the real problem of the gen-z attitude toward hard work, adversity, and independent thought. We have, for the first time, a generation that was raised entirely online with no consequences for their actions, and that shows up in the way they come to the military completely incapable of even the basics. It is a massive challenge to lead these people, not because they are necessarily woke or consider themselves to be discriminated against, but because they just aren't cut from the same cloth as the people who enlisted during GWOT and the generations before. The peacetime army is going to be a challenge for us to manage. "

 

[CAJUNLAWYER]

I think the most important thing is the lack of independent thought-or critical thinking. I make it a point to challenge my kids and make them defend a position. Sometimes they change mine, but other times they see the folly.
Nobody does this anymore for if they do they are immediately accused of attacking the person and bad consequences often follow.
Me, I'm at the age where nobody can do anything to me that hasn't been done before and quite frankly I don't give a rat's royal rear if they feel attacked.
Would love to live until 100 just to see how it plays out.

 

[Ivan the Butcher]

My oldest 2 grandkids will be 14 and 16 this fall and winter. They have moved from Army base to Army base (Civilian Contractors!) and have never developed any long-term friends except each other. They do schoolwork, play video/computer games, and do physical exercises. The house doesn't get TV so the family watches a movie together every night. They talk things through! They discuss the news and events AND what the things it means to the family.

The next set of grandkids is triplet boys that are almost 12. So, they always have each other. When a tragedy happens, the parents discuss it with them! I've seen them use phrases with each other that don't seem to make sense. Those are references to past events, in a sort of "shorthand", I've noticed their cousins seem to understand this "coded" speak. This tells me, there is social interaction that is healthy and what us Boomers would call normal.

These 5 children all have daily chores and are often given tasks that require thought. They are sometimes allowed to come up with a different way to accomplish their tasks. Then as a family, they discuss the merits of their choices. This also seem within the bounds of boomer normal.

I raised my kids and required them to think things through. Their "Brain Muscles" are very developed! They have taken it to a new level! It also seems to be spreading through the communities they interact with.

One other observation I have. Due to extreme exposure to adult content, I think young kids, often talk like they are 3 to 5 years older than they actually are! Then we assume their childish behavior is because of immaturity when is in fact it is age appropriate, but their vocabulary is beyond their years.

Ivan

 

[dockmurgw]

I blame farsebook and reality TV.

 

[Rammer Jammer]

Blah blah blah...

You can go back to the Code of Hamurabi to find complaining about the next generation.

 

[BLACKHAWKNJ]

Yes, and the older generations who grew up glued to the TV watching soap operas, shoot 'em ups, game shows, reading movie and skin magazines are masters of critical and logical thinking with incredible powers of analysis, quick to detect flawed reasoning, etc.

 

[Private Bailey]

Every older generation thinks the younger generation is worthless. What else is new?

 

[BigBoy99]

I tutored math in the local high school. I learned that the teaching was all done by computer. Problems were on the computer and if you didn't get the right answer by the third try, the answer was give to you. Most of the students would make three stupid answers and then are given the correct one and then 100% on the problem set. Any wonder why there is no "problem solving ability" any more?

 

[Puller]

I don't think the current younger generation created any of the current problems our society finds itself embroiled in. In fact when I happen to notice current national leaders they seem to be from a couple of generations back. Just saying.

 

[sigp220.45]

They didn't give themselves the "participation trophies". We did that.

I always get a kick out of people using social media (this forum) to complain about social media.

The newer generation will be fine.

 

[Eagle 477]

I also think that being taught what to think in school has a lot to do with it History is taught with only one side being taught and if the teacher goes out of the teaching plan its quite a NO No... Young teachers have been taught to teach the communist values
Rob

 

[quikdraw67]

By the time the kids of today are in power. I'll be dead, so it's not a big deal.

 

[Ivan the Butcher]

The newer generation will be fine.

It will be fine or it won't! Either way we will be there to share it with them!

MY wife had each of our 4 kids come to her, just about the time they had 2 kids, and tell her they now understood why we were so intense about following the "House Rules"! The kids also appreciate the last of the house rule: "That which is not forbidden, is permissible!" In other words, we didn't outlaw everything, just the stuff that would kill or damage you!

Ivan

 

[Rudi]

I rarely dine out. Last time I did, there were 4 young types at a table nearby. Each one's face buried in a device. Not looking at each other or talking. And folks say I'M anti social.

 

[arjay]

I've watched my kids and their friends grow up into their 30s and every one of em is more successful than their parents lol (even the girl who became pregnant at 17,married the boy, got her RN and and had another kid)

 

[Rustyt1953]

I just checked Amazon for youth bashing broad brushes and they are out of stock. It seems they were all shipped here.

This is all about Boomer self elevation.

Harumph! Harumph!

 

[Cdog]

Our children and grandchildren are victims of people like me not paying attention to what they were taking in, consuming.

I definitely raised my kids using the same methods used by my parents. Trouble is, the continuity of community values deteriorated a lot faster than I perceived during those years.

I'm deeply involved in one of my Granddaughter's life. I'm doing my best not to repeat my earlier mistakes. I question values held by families she spends time with. I'm up front about it.

We as parents have to be more aware of what our children are exposed to when out of our sight. There's a lot of dysfunctional families out there. Their dysfunction is their normal.

I was raised in a small town, 1950's and 60's values were pretty uniform. Any one parent saw or heard something, wasn't long before your parents knew too.

 

[wood714]

I just checked Amazon for youth bashing broad brushes and they are out of stock. It seems they were all shipped here.

This is all about Boomer self elevation.

Harumph! Harumph!

GET OFF MY LAWN!