Generation Y

One thing I've always had an interest in the cultural impact of generations, and more importantly, the way each group is analyzed, and it's decided what characteristics and trends apply to each group. After reading up today, I'm highly disappointed in the reviews of "Generation Y", my generation.

By definition, anyone born between 1978 and 1990 are part of this group, and besides being narcissistic, and we have nothing to contribute to society because of our poor taste in music and movies. Bands that emerged during our time will be washed out and forgotten, and not only are we susceptible to media advertising, we actually enjoy scripted reality tv and lame parody movies. Oh, it gets better- another strike against us is that a whopping %65 of us will boomerang back home after graduating college, and not only that, but once we get there, 42 percent of us aren't leaving for at least a year. That's right parents, I'm holding down the nest for a longggg time.

Come on folks, you can't blame us. While I at least hope that all these traits don't apply to me (there's that narcissim for ya), I think we're a pretty good group. I read about some "new-age" parenting phase that happened while my group was growing up that essentially made us all pansies. Our nickname "Entitlement" comes from the fact that our parents praised too much for daily tasks that shouldn't have been praiseworthy. Now we're all narcissistic, self-loving, and think everything we do is just fantastic because we've learned that we can be praised for unworthy accomplishments.

BUT, we're also more independent than previous generations because of the ever rising rate of divorce and single parenting. We're also more diverse and were raised in more of a melting pot; hopefully that makes us more accepting..?

In conclusion, I think this is crap. To make sweeping statements of an entire generation (or any group for that matter) isn't only unfair to those in the group, but it's also dangerous to fools who blindly believe them. Maybe some of the "negative" behaviors my generation exhibit are actually intuitive responses to a changing economy. And if you want to keep up, you better change, too.