I think they are too wrapped up in their looks and not enough attention paid to morals and character,  only from what I have seen but I don't have many friends of the very young age..

So many seem to be so enamored with face book and the likes and take too much notice of such and have to get likes etc

I feel positive about the younger generation.  They are switched on and so much more present and aware in their thinking.  I hope their bodies can adapt to the environmental challenges that are coming up.  Nature as a whole is in decline thanks to human activities and mistakes made, and of course it also affects us.  Declining fertility, increasing childhood diseases and the AI pose great challenges for humanity.  

Some of the younger generation are a clued up lot, but that I have noticed is from the younger ones. Those closer to 18 and over seem to involved in having their heads down in to mobiles and can't see what the hell is going on around them. They are the ones with out a moral compass, no respect, no loyalty, and so self absorbed in their own little world.

I agree with all above. But I don't think young people have enough education or knowledge about managing finances. They seem to spend for today &/or tomorrow without much thought for the future. We now see so much financial stress because people have not saved for their future.

I worry for the younger generation with a world approaching crisis on so many fronts. We, the older generation do have to bear much of the responsibility for this but then we think we were doing it hard. Think, however, how our parents managed with so much less than we had.

I am in my early eighties and lived in the UK until the 1960s and looking back I am so much better off than my parents ever even hoped to be. I have lived in Australia through its golden years and feel sad looking at the changes of the last 20 or so years. 

The facts is however that every generations expresses despair about the upcoming generation with criticism similar to that expressed in posts above.

PlanB is right on the money. It is my observation that the younger generation of today over fed, overindulged and very overrated. This all comes from, what would have been called years ago, the Americanization of Australia. They leave for dead, the part of the older generation, known as Keeping Up With The Jones's. All clothes have to be fashion labelled, very few go to barber shops, they seem to require the assistance of a hair stylists, to whom they pay ridiculous amount of money on a regular basis, in most cases to be butchered. They have very little or no regard for money, they don't save, borrow money to go on expensive holidays and when disasters such as COVID-19 strike, expect the Government eg. Taxpayer to bail them out. They show their great lack of intelligence by drug taking, sitting in front of video screens, playing senseless games for god knows how long, covering themselves in tattoos and piercings  (which once again cost the Taxpayer of Fortune) and in most cases believe anything they're told. Without a computer or a smart phone (very appropriate) in their hands, they can't add, spell the simplest of words or find their way around the city. Granted, these comments don't relate to all the young or not so young but they certainly apply to a damn good percentage of them. For some reason they seem to think they have the right to do whatever they please and are very insulted when their tapped on the shoulder and told no. I am really Disgusted when I hear of these Poor People who are forced into  Hotel Quarantine for 14 days, in an attempt to keep the general public safe, from whatever infections they may be contaminated with. They receive 3 square meals a day, more if they want, Air Conditioning, Television, Netflix, you name it, they've got it. And all they can do is whinge and carry on about their shocking treatment, how are they going to carry on, the state of their mental health and not one slight concern for their fellow man. Wouldn't these Sweet Delicate People have been a great asset in 1940 England during the blitz. Living in rubble, little food or fresh water and what food there was, rationed, little or no electricity and That's Right, the constant fear of bombs dropping on you. Yes these Delicate Creatures have got it pretty tough. And don't forget the reason they are in Hotel Lockdown it's because they continually insist on travelling from state to state or country to country, which should have been knocked on the head when covid first started. As you could probably guess I could go on for hours, however I'll give you a break and eagerly await your responses. Thank you, have a good day, stay Covid free, Jacka.  

I also wonder what will be left of our planet for the future generation too. Saw the frogs are dying and scientists don't know why. Sock eye Salmon are being cooked https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/salmon-climate-change-1.6114328 There are more sites regarding salmon other than this one.

Is this the way of the world now? Our PM is being pressured by USA, UK plus others about Climate Change, yet does nothing. States its under control for 2050. What a moron! its too late - make it 2030 and we may have a chance. But this klutz decided to add more mining in the last 12 months. This will not help our CQ2 levels.

This god damn man is an embarrassment to Australia, vaccine delivery - FAIL; Order more Vaccines - FAIL; Climate - FAIL; was pre-warned in 2020 to grab as much vaccine stock as possible and didn't - FAIL.

Hi, Plan left you a message further up :)

When I think what my late mother cooked when she came from a nice kitchen in the Uk in 1951 to what she cooked in it trial and error too.  Victoria Sponge Cakes and Eclairs!  Scones were always available too, it is not what you cannot do, it is what you try to do that is important.  I get cross with people that say they cannot cook. Food is too readily available these days if these 'uncookers' were hungry enough they would learn to cook.

Better be nice to the young uns, they have a big job on their hands providing funds for the oldies. Have some respect what a lot of ungrateful people. Shame on ya!

I really like young people, those I know and all of those I meet when out and about shopping or whatever. If I was a young person reading this thread I would not like the tone of most of the old people's views. They are disrespectful and arrogant! The primary theme is "We are better than you, also were better than you when we were young, and we have dealt with life more effectively".  What is the point of that competitive way of thinking? Young people today are facing hardships that we could not even dream of when young...like climate change, high rents and inability to buy homes, lack of secure work, this pandemic,....and I'm sure the list goes on. They have adapted to a world that has changed in so many ways since we were young and most that I know have a strong social conscience and treat me and other elderly people with respect and kindness. I would like to think it goes the other way around too and that most older people show caring, understanding and kindness to young people.

Young people need models not critics…so stand down those who attack them. You should be ashamed of yourselves! You are no models by any stretch of the imagination! I love young people …we have a wonderful relationship…I learn from them and hopefully I am able to impart something to them.

Yes...I worry about them because, unlike the older generation, they will have to navigate a troubled and difficult world and I pray they manage to do so. 

“Older men declare war. But it is youth that must fight and die.”
 Herbert Hoover

I wonder if the girls today would bend over a hot stove and cook, work out change in the head and wash like our mothers used to or even we did? I do feel that the youth of today have it easier than the generations before us.

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