[Libloather]

The "ME" generation would grow up faster if the parents would stop paying for everything.

Long four page piece at the link above.

[DB]

Just another failure of liberalism. Where men aren’t men anymore...

[Larry Lucido]

Today, many of these young men, poised between adolescence and adulthood, are more likely to feel anxious and uncertain. In college, they party hard but are soft on studying. They slip through the academic cracks, another face in a large lecture hall, getting by with little effort and less commitment. After graduation, they drift aimlessly from one dead-end job to another, spend more time online playing video games and gambling than they do on dates (and probably spend more money too), “hook up” occasionally with a “friend with benefits,” go out with their buddies, drink too much, and save too little. After college, they perpetuate that experience and move home or live in group apartments in major cities, with several other guys from their dorm or fraternity. They watch a lot of sports. They have grandiose visions for their futures and not a clue how to get from here to there. When they do try and articulate this amorphous uncertainty, they’re likely to paper over it with a simple “it’s all good.”

Except for the video stuff, you could have overlaid this quote on any random generation. How much was paid for this study?

[itsthejourney]

What losers. If dad yanked the credit card, they’d all be lost.

[mattdono]

It’s really called no discipline.

Now, the “guys” are more concerned with going to Obama rallies. P*ssies.

In years past, when you didn’t have any discipline, your Dad beat your ass until you straightened up or you went into the service.

Raising a culture of freakin’ sissies.

[browniexyz]

I recently learned that most state universities are populated by a majority of women, with statistics like 65% women, 35% men attending them. Where are the men? It’s curious. But, watching how the female-dominated education profession treats even the youngest of boys, one can see—our culture does not want boys to become men. Too bad!

[Seruzawa]

Thet danged younger gen’ration is goin’ to hell in a handbasket, I tell yuh. Why, I heard a young whippersnapper at the Gen’ral Store sayin’ thet he agreed thet women should have the vote! What’s the danged world comin’ too?

[PowderMonkey]

Sounds about right for some I know, but I've encountered far too many young folks who most certainly don't fit that description. They're the ones who've been proudly wearing a uniform since graduation. Others I've encountered on college campuses are clear-eyed and tightly focused on their futures. They know where they're headed and know how to get there. Yep, no doubt there'll be a sizable number of slackers in every herd, but by and large, the kids these days are alright. They'll do just fine.

[relictele]

gender studies expert Michael Kimmel

Oh brother.

[STONEWALLS]

...been on campus lately?....seen the way the coeds dress now days?....it’s a lot different than when I was in school...no wonder some of these guys just want to party.

[bert]

.....sociologist and gender studies expert .....

This guy slipped through the occupational crack into a never never land of psudoscience and pretendstudy. He is a joke. His conclusions and writings are drivel, pure balderdash.

[A_perfect_lady]

Incredibly depressing. But I’ll say one thing: it makes being a 43 year old cat lady with a decent job feel like an accomplishment.

[dinoparty]

In my neighborhood, its simply impossible to find a teenager willing to make $30/hour helping me with odd jobs around my house. They get all their money from Mommy and Daddy, so why work? When my toddlers get to be that age, they will be working for me, and others if requested.

On the other hand, if a child is raised properly and can be trusted to be responsible, and the college offers a serious education, I think a parent should pay for his college education if able.

[tiki]

Peter Pan with no incentive to grow-up, there is always someone there to take care of you.

[frithguild]

“Those bitches have taken over,” says Patrick. "They’re everywhere. You know that ad 'it’s everywhere you want to be.' That’s like women. They’re everywhere they want to be! There’s nowhere you can go anymore — factories, beer joints, military, even the goddamned firehouse! [Raucous agreement all around.] We working guys are just f------.

Guyland is what you get when feminism teaches that men should be like women and women should be like men. Women are so bad at being men that men end up wanting only their immages in sexually submissive postures and clothing. Men retreat from the society, i.e. the hyper p.c. business world, that denudes their masculinity. Then if you marry a woman with a feminist streak - how do you avoid it these days - your done for good.

I must confess - I miss Guyland.

[tgusa]

Thanks for posting, I never would have caught this otherwise. OBTW my nephew didn’t get a real job and move out his parents’ basement until 1. his live-in (in his parent’s basement, no less) girlfriend left him 2. his glorified garage band fell apart 3. he took the hint that he was developing the reputation of ‘loser.’ His parents didn’t believe in applying ‘discipline.’ His mom: “I’m going to count to three!! One .....two......two and a half.....”
Hopefully, he who this year will be 30 won’t be a loser wuss all his life. Oh, and he’s a HUGE Obama supporter. Wuss.

[redgolum]

And the problem is similar with women.

When I was in college, I was honestly shocked how immature many of my classmates were. But I had to “grow up” at age 13 and many of these guys haven’t yet at age 32.

My sister’s boyfriend is my age, and still lives like he is in college.

[Camel Joe]

Whenever my son wanted money I gave him a chore to do so that he earned a wage, he will be writing his doctoral thesis in chemical engineering by this time next year. The only real advice I ever gave him was this, the measure of a man lies in what he is willing to sacrifice for his family and not in how much he can drink or how many woman he could bed and certainly not in how much he could drink. He didn't always listen, and many times argued, but in the end the truth of my words prevailed. As a parent it was hard to make the tough decisions and to do the right thing, as I argued with myself and was often tempted to do what would have made me feel good and would have hurt him in the long run. A liberal never learns that lesson.

[uncbob]

The "ME" generation would grow up faster if the parents would stop paying for everything.

Exactly

Pay for their college where all they do is screw and drink for 4 years and when they do pay attention in class get brainwashed with left wing drivel

[Chode]

i would have to hazard a guess that these guys come mostly from the city as guys from here in the boondocks grow up with chores etc and for the most part have a better study/work ethic to get ahead.

[MinorityRepublican]

“It’s all good!”