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Kids these days are no dumber than generations before.

My best friend’s son has joined the Air Force and is serving honorably. As are a large portion of my kids’ classmates. My daughter (20) is newly married and starting her career in the medical field and my son (18) is busting his butt 60 hours a week as a machinist.

The older generations have always decried the younger generations. Then these kids grow up and do the same thing.

There are a LOT of great kids out there who were raised right and who are struggling (just as we did) to find their way in the world.

But THIS young generation has to deal with an uncertain future. When we were coming into our own, we had several clear paths that would lead us to stability. These kids don’t have that. College is no longer a guarantee of a good job. (And I’m not talking about ‘throwaway’ degrees like “feminist studies”. I’m talking engineering and computer programming.) With the coming draw-down, the military won’t be as available. Family farms and businesses that have been around for generations are dying at an alarming rate. Manufacturing is being moved offshore. The oil and natural gas industries are being crippled by Obama and the EPA. These were areas where many a young man found good work without a degree.

We are living in an economy where a large portion of established adults are struggling. There are no more guarantees.

Yeah they’re scared.

I’m proud to say that my daughter is a member of the Tea Party. She is educated and loud and she votes.

My son is so focused on making himself invaluable in the oil industry that he doesn’t do much more than work and sleep. He plans on being securely employed and earning a decent living within the next three years.

So I agree with you.

As for the ones who seem lost right now...?

They’re still young. Every generation has plenty of slow learners.

“We are living in an economy where a large portion of established adults are struggling. There are no more guarantees.”

Best statement yet. The previous gnerations including the current living elders created a mess. Even the middle aged are finding things not so easy anymore. Toss in the fact that kids have been taught less and less and the current younger generation has no idea how to act, your children being some of the exceptions to that view.