[angry elephant]

I am not surprised. The parents of both X and Y generations are baby boomers. But the boomer parents of Y generation were older, more established, and better able to spoil and entitle their children.

I see this in the Y children of my peers. Kids who do not cook, clear tables or load dishwashers when at friend or family get-togethers. Just up and leave to go with friends.

My son is an X, I was very young, and made sure to raise him so that I would not have to deal with neediness for my whole life.

[hinckley buzzard]

I see the self-absorption as a distinguishing characteristic. Entitlement, you bet--they don't think they should even have to repay their student loans--they gripe because their college education was not provided to them for free. I cannot even imagine working for a Manager of this ilk.

[Morgana]

“I see this in the Y children of my peers. Kids who do not cook, clear tables or load dishwashers when at friend or family get-togethers. Just up and leave to go with friends.”

This is because their parents did not teach them to do this. I wonder why they did not then complain later when the kids are like this.

[a fool in paradise]

I’m from Generation X and my parents were born during the Great Depression. The baby bust happened because Baby Boomers started aborting their children and gobbling birth control pills. The birth rate plummeted in the early 1970s.