This explains a lot of what I see in folks in their 20s-30s these days. Unbelieveable - if it isn’t about them, it is irrelevant. I call them generation N (for “narcissist”)
I have some (guarded) hope for the generation following that one - the ones who will be the next batch of new voters for 2012. If my son’s friends (public and private schools) are any sign, they lean conservative. I have been seeing more and more kids like this. My son is conservative for sure, he is VERY upset at what the rats are doing to his future. We butt heads on most everything else but in faith and politics he and I see eye to eye.
Part of it, at least around here is it seems parents seem much more involved in schools and children’s education than they were previously, including a huge number of homeschoolers (almost 1.3 million kids now). It seemed brand new when we first started in the 90s.
I hope it’s not just local and is a movement among young folks
Generation “N”?! Yes. That nails it.