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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I feel like they are smart and understand at 25 what some 50yo still don't get.[/quote]

Gen Z knows way less than boomers or silent generation people did at a young age.

My uncle for instance was drafted in WWII at 18, fought the Germans and survived returned home worked as a bouncer and was a golden glover boxer, and got married, bought a house and had a kid by 25. He then joined NYC Police where he retired a captain.

Todays 25 year old thinks attending a zoom meeting is worthy of a Nobel peace prize.

[b]To be fair their parents babied them and no wars in their life. [/b]

My own mother and father started full time work at 14. No HS back then.

The airplane with Wright Brothers 1903 and we landed on moon just 66 years later. We build Empire State Building one year. What are these kids getting done today ? [/quote]

You mean, besides Iraq and Afghanistan?  Until we left Afghanistan, we had been at war for my now 22 year olds ENTIRE life.

I love this generation BTW. And not just the ones I gave birth to. Smart, engaged, kind, empathetic, and much harder working and with much more direction in HS and college than GenX.  Had to be, to get into a college as UMC students that UMC parents could pay for.  They have different ideas than my generation. And good for them.  The world is a different place. We need younger people to help us change with it. They are also less willing to just accept what they are told. Given Trump was President during their for their for their formative years, they should  be.

Some of their ideas will make work and our nation better. And some are duds. As has been the case for every generation.  But, they are less afraid to be themselves and less willing to conform. Which may make Boomers uncomfortable. But, the Boomer got their chance to remake the world in their image. And now they think they should have a moratorium on change. Not the way that works. You had your shot. Now it’s someone else’s turn.

By the numbers women are very overrepresented in college and most college educated professions. Which brings different values, like work life balance.  But I don’t want us to become Japan or South Korea, where the women getting 2/3 of the college degrees discover that is it’s impossible to both have a job that enables them supports kids and, you know, actually have kids. Which is necessary for social security and the economy.

I’m sure you have a lot to teach Gen Z. But it never dawns on you that they could teach you something.

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