Millennials are narcissistic? The evidence is not so simple

BBC News ^ | November 17, 2017 | by Christian Jarrett

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Adolescents have always tended to be more self-absorbed, selfish, and narcissistic than adults. That hasn’t changed. What has changed is that “adolescence” used to end around the time people turned 20. Now we have many 20 or 30 somethings among us who never outgrew the high school or college campus mindset.

[reformedliberal]

“...my gripes are just a “generational” thing and that I just have to understand that they have “different standards.”
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Yep. It’s a generational thing and our generation(s) were here first, so the kiddos can just get in line.

What? That’s not how it works? Since when?

Oh and kids? By the time the present elders have passed, YOU will be in the elder generation and the standards will have changed yet again. However will you cope?

Imagine the grandbabies of the millenials bringing back traditional mores! Too bad I won’t live to see that.

[ek_hornbeck]

Twenge believes that the rise in narcissism has its roots in cultural changes, especially the increased focus on individualism through the last few decades. For example, with parents, and society as a whole, today arguably placing greater value on young people’s individual achievement over their civic duty.

If the emphasis really were on individual achievement, we wouldn't have this problem. Instead, in a culture where every kid gets a trophy for participating and a reality show-dominated media where anyone can be famous for being famous, people skip the step of actually having something to be proud of in order to be proud.