Less resilient youth

Absolutely less resilient but it is the fault of their parents generation. Too much done for kids, protecting them From everything, mammy and daddy providing everything, no such thing as a part time job, no responsibility and their heads filled with bulllshit like love island. I know it’s not all kids, but plenty of them are being reared to be children not adults.

I do feel sorry for them though, because the world is getting tougher, over population and resources tightening, will mean they need to be more resilient, and sadly so many of them do not know anything about bouncing back because they’ve never been allowed to fail and learn those essential life skills.

I've got an 18yo son and I wouldn't say he is less resilient than my own or prior generations.

He has been through the mill and experienced more loss already in his life than most. Yet, he is a stable, happy and resilient lad. He is very involved in local causes, he has served on Comhairle and is active YAP and other projects. During lockdown he was a co-author on a study on youth mental health and in particular resilience and coping strategies that led to both a successful presentation and exhibition locally along with him and his academic co-authors presenting their study at a global conference last year in Copenhagen.

I think the trope of snowflakes and their lack of resilience is at its core a fundamental misunderstanding of what resilience is and what it should be.

Is it taking the knocks, learning to cope and carrying on?

Or, is it encountering obstacles, talking through the issues and trying to change the system that threw up those obstacles in the 1st place? All whilst being aware of, and dealing with the emotional impact.

The 2nd option is IMO far healthier and productive. It isn't just about jumping on the mental health bandwagon. It really is very much about trying to change the system.

It's not always spoiled kids being entitled or overly indulged. Sometimes it's kids wanting to change and bucking the trend of "we've always done it this way".

Use of the word "boomer" immediately de-legimatises any argument/point/discussion imo. It's all this labelling, identity politics bullshit that the youth of today are seemingly preoccupied with, instead of facing the realities of life.

That is only true if doing it a better way is the answer, I can across a piece where a parent was giving out about a local school 'boasting' about academic results because it might be hurtful to those of lesser academic ability, forget about the boasting being a bit tackie, the reality is that academic ability matters no amount of changing the leaving cert will change that, nor the fact that looks matter on a dating site, so, in the end, the best way parents can promote resilience is by teaching that someone else's success does not diminish them, not be trying to bend reality for them.

There was an RTE Reality tv show on a few years ago about new Irish Army recruits, one of the new recruits said "its a big change being in the Army as I havent made my own bed in around 5 years". That is the kind of mollycoddled youth we have in Ireland these days.

Actually, this is a great point.

I've a teenage boy and talks to me about anything. He's was confused about why everyone in his peer group had so many problems. It frustrated him.

I wasn't sure how to answer on a teenager level without saying "my god they're ridiculously trivial". I eventually did.

It's this eternal gossip and social media that needs to be cut out. I'll sound old school but go out, kick a ball, play pool, sit on a wall...no phones...

Are parents buying phones for their kids or are the kids buying the phones themselves? If the parents are buying them then they are idiots. Kids don't need phones, I didn't have one until I was 21.

Don't get me wrong. Information is always great when accessible...when it's the right Information (I'm not going to tell them the right information, but may guide them with regards to multiple sources).

I'm sick and tired of listening to whining on the bus about ridiculously trivial crap. These are late teenagers. Social media can be fantastic, but for the majority of parts it's awful.

Pretty deep for a soccer player.

Eventually though you end up with a generation that don't know anything about the world, don't have any incentive to find out and just spend their lives being tended to by robots or living in a matrix-like VR environment for escapism

what are they doing for climate change ? Beyond paying it lip service ? The majority, absolutely nothing.

a good percentage of the cohort being discussed are pro massive population increases in Ireland and Europe which has, is and will increase the levels of pollution and environmental degradation across the country and continent…. They are becoming not only the most dangerous and careless generation but the most utterly silly, careless and hypocritical…possibly ever. Utterly bereft of responsibility, tangible intelligence and vision.

The loudest voices are often heard to camouflage their stupidity. Which is why this cohort are not very keen on shutting up… a bull and bluster generation. Which we will all probably end up paying for, in time, history won’t be kind to them…

the laughable thing is, they ain’t resilient now ? Boy they better learn how to become resilient because the pathway this country and continent are headed… 😅

Seems like some people aren’t very happy with their own “situation” and just don’t want others, especially young people, having it any better.

Stocks.

Edit: for their own good.

We’ve seen young people here marching and protesting…

• the cost of living crisis
• housing crisis
• climate inaction / crisis

why ? Yet , the clowns have been advocating for some of the exact catalysts that enable the above three threats.

namely our population increasing hand over fist and by tens of thousands per annum :)

current population 5.084 million

Turkeys voting for Christmas, it’s depressing… such is the WOKE virus 🦠 infecting their brains. That cohort are at greater risk.

proponents and catalysts of a problem that will impact them greatly yet they have not got the tools to cope with it….but they advocate it.

Concern about climate change should go hand in hand with rejecting consumerism.

Less tech, designer clothes, expensive trainers, grooming products, using less energy, walking or cycling where possible etc - that seems to be a bridge too far. Same goes for adults though.

LOL I wont need a pension. Hard workers don't need them.

A hard worker never needed a pension, Jesus 😅