I’m Gen X and at one time I cherished a delusion that we would fix the mess that the Baby Boomers left. No more.
Many of my peers never grew up. And even many of those that married and had kids aren’t grounded in anything greater than their bellies and wallets. Families are blowing apart left and right. The first generation who were aborted en masse are still aborting en masse.
You may be right about Gen Y. But it was once true of us too. We were patriotic too—we grew up in the Reagan era. But whatever selflessness we had was corroded by the time we became adults. Patriotism can’t stand up to societal decay of this magnitude. The Boomers sang “All you need is love” as kids and now are engineering a police state.
Not trying to diss any generation, but the Evil One knows how to turn a generation’s strengths and weakness against them.
If those kids you teach are to have a hope, we have to work to radically change the culture.
Oh, I AGREE with you that we have to “change the culture”.
These kids get hammered from all sides...school, video games, the media, Hollywood, and even their parents!
I am just one person, but perhaps, please God, I might have a positive influence on these kids.
BTW, I am a Baby Boomer. If I was able to change, then there is hope for these kids.