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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We have 4 Gen Z children, 3 of whom are in college and 1 in high school.  Our 5th is in elementary school so I don't think he qualifies as Gen Z.

While I wouldn't call them "scarred" like it says in the article, I do know that they AND THEIR FRIENDS are quite dismissive of the Millennials, and anxious to avoid a whole plethora of attributes that they believe define Millennials.  It is interesting because I thought it was just our kids but their friends hold very similar perspectives.  None of them drink very much, if at all, and abhor smoking and drugs.  [b]They also are much less promiscuous. [/b] I can see how this Gen Z generation will prize stability more than anything else.  They also are very hard workers.

The major difference I see is in socialization.  The Gen Z kids seem much nicer to others and much more concerned about the thoughts and feelings of others, and the impact of their actions.  I see a lot of Boomer traits in our kids.  I don't think that's a bad thing, actually.[/quote]

This is weird. There are a million articles talking about millenials being the least promiscuous, most uptight sexually generation in recent memory. The current panic is that millenials aren't having kids like they "should be." I don't think they're know to be really into drugs or drinking either. Sure, they like their craft cocktails, but I have never heard they have the reputation of being strung out junkies or alcoholics. Less so than Gen X's reputation by far, at least back when they were the generation being slagged on the regular as the "slacker generation" best depicted in "Dazed and Confused." Similarly, most studies show millenials as caring about others and social issues a lot more than previous generations and the reputation Boomers are knonwn for is, "f*ck you, I got mine!" So basically, Gen Z sounds great, but they sound like a further extension of attitudes of millenials and your generalizations make no sense. At least stereotype right, come on![/quote]

Anecdotally many Millenials seem to do things more for show (thumbs up! views! here I am at xyz event) than actually caring deeply about causes.  (I'm not saying they're all insincere.)[/quote]

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