Are all of today's teens/20-somethings dealing with entitlement issues?

[rickyjo]

I, frankly, have to essentially agree in a more reserved tone with ideafx. People IN GENERAL and not of any specific age group would do well to wake up to the real world and be happy with what they can get. The most entitled people in my life (and I'm not saying this is the norm as I suspect it is fairly equally spread) are 40 and 50 somethings who over-extended themselves and don't want to give up what they couldn't afford. Consumerism upsets me. I hate hearing about your $100 bottles of champagne and $1000 days in Vegas. It makes me sick that people are starving amongst this excess, and then the people participating in the excess lose their house due to sheer stupidity and waste. banghead

Also, parents who expect to be able to provide somebody with everything they want and then stop on a dime generating a radical life-style shift are nothing short of foolish. The shift must be gradual, or just don't spoil your kid to begin with. Nobody adjusts well to a major negative life change, especially a drastic, sudden, unanticipated one. I think that has more to do with it than anything.

I moved out at early 16, I've lived among and seen some shit I can barely believe. I've slept in the parks (BTW, don't do that if you are ever homeless, I guess they can arrest you), I've done the drill. Ungrateful, ignorant people who don't believe in bad luck or 2nd chances (until it happens to them, then the world is so unfair because they need to get a smaller house) are going to be the death of us.