I found this video about my generation and thought it was interesting. Its almost 13 minutes long, but if you were born between 1980 & somewhere around 1995 then this video is talking about you. Take some time to watch it and the Join the Conversation with your thoughts…I’m posting mine below the video player:
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- First of all, I don’t think you can clump and entire generation into one description. A lot has to be factored in such as upbringing, influences, education, etc…
- On the part of the video where the business man goes off on Mr. Rogers, I totally disagree! First of all, every person is unique and special. God has made everyone different and there is no need to conform to one mold, so by saying Mr. Rogers caused all of this by telling kids they were special is a little far fetched to me! I do however believe we are a generation that does not do something because we are told to do it, we have learned to question versus to blindly comply. The problem is, many from the generation before us did not have the answers to our questions, therefore in many ways we did not comply where they apparently did, without asking questions.
- Instead of trying to pass the blame on a decent man like Mr. Rogers, we can easily start with the parents. I am in this generation and I have some of these traits, but not a lot of them because my parents taught me differently. Parents play the largest influential role in a child’s life, so we should start there. We can blame the government, after all, they are the very source of teaching people to rely on them versus to work hard and rely on themselves. Yes many in this generation are looking for a free pass, but that wasn’t taught by Mr. R – How about our education system? We were influenced by our teachers for longer time spans than when we sat in front of the tv watching Mr. R’s program. Finally, we can look at other media outlets just as much as we can Mr. R – After all it is commercials that teach us we need something, even when we don’t and we need it now, and if you can’t afford it, go put it on a credit card.
- Personally, I think it is ridiculous for business to even pander to people like this. Honestly, I would love to work in an atmosphere like what was shown in many of the video scenes, but by pandering to the people who are self absorbed, you are only making it worst, thus the very reason why many of my generation has the attitude and the arrogance that they have and display, they’ve been pandered to versus being taught, disciplined, and honestly roughed up a bit.
- Oh yeah! We can blame Barney too! People tried to warn others about him, but did they listen? No! And that’s why we have 26 kids playing the leading role in a play.
Join the Conversation: What are your thoughts on the Millennial generation? Was the video accurate or not?