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Sun Oct 11, 2015, 03:11 PM

Oct 2015

only 6 or 8- are examples of those who know better than others how life should be lived, i.e., no tolerance for others and other ways of thinking, than their own.

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Are we becoming an emotionally fragile nation? [View all] Prism Oct 2015 OP

Yes, we are B2G Oct 2015 #1

+ a googolplex. hifiguy Oct 2015 #12

I hate the way you shame and blame them. They're the product, not the producer. nolabear Oct 2015 #133

And combine everything you say with the fact that kids don't interact much Algernon Moncrieff Oct 2015 #14

And it's only going to get worse. Initech Oct 2015 #15

+1 JonathanRackham Oct 2015 #42

+1 Oneironaut Oct 2015 #45

Yes, & they grew up in the age of 911, war, & terror. dmr Oct 2015 #69

Thank you! Octafish Oct 2015 #79

unlike those who grew up in the 50's and 60's dsc Oct 2015 #116

Has that gone away? daleanime Oct 2015 #128

I couldn't have said it better myself. Deadshot Oct 2015 #94

This. bigwillq Oct 2015 #112

My first thought was "yes!". But that might be considered by some to be a jonno99 Oct 2015 #2

Lol. Adding microagression legitimacy to the list above. nt B2G Oct 2015 #3

Yes, you are. Iggo Oct 2015 #4

Parents and schools used to prepare kids to deal with life B2G Oct 2015 #5

Agreed. I find it interesting too, that in "global happiness surveys", those countries where folks jonno99 Oct 2015 #10

not too surprising to me Amishman Oct 2015 #26

Yeah, right. Act_of_Reparation Oct 2015 #51

Old People?? RobinA Oct 2015 #105

No, of course it isn't. Act_of_Reparation Oct 2015 #119

I saw this in one of my family member's young adults . Still couldn't function at 21 . Called his Person 2713 Oct 2015 #62

It's tough for teachers now flamingdem Oct 2015 #6

I think a lot of this comes from experience with testing in Elementary, Middle and High School. Maedhros Oct 2015 #7

When I was at college Nye Bevan Oct 2015 #8

This. We are raising a generation of victims. nt B2G Oct 2015 #13

Yep, everyone is a victim notadmblnd Oct 2015 #58

When I was in college Thav Oct 2015 #17

It was called being an asshole back then. B2G Oct 2015 #19

Yep. hifiguy Oct 2015 #21

+100000000 Kilgore Oct 2015 #83

I know I'm pretty emotionally fragile xynthee Oct 2015 #9

There have been societal issues since time began B2G Oct 2015 #11

Yeah, I remember when none of that existed. Good times. Throd Oct 2015 #25

As opposed to 1939 Oct 2015 #31

amen to that n/t TorchTheWitch Oct 2015 #118

Thank you. nt raccoon Oct 2015 #120

How old are you? surrealAmerican Oct 2015 #90

Does anyone else ever get a little jolt when the Emergency Broadcast tone comes on unexpectedly ? Hassin Bin Sober Oct 2015 #107

Yes Kilgore Oct 2015 #110

Yes, I do. Frank Cannon Oct 2015 #121

The scoientists were all predicting "nuclear winter". NT 1939 Oct 2015 #126

Are these examples indicative of the average call to a counseling center? LanternWaste Oct 2015 #16

Yeah, what do the counselors know? B2G Oct 2015 #18

I don't know; I'm not a counselor, so I can't pretend to. LanternWaste Oct 2015 #20

Stop microagressing me. B2G Oct 2015 #23

Your allegations are creative. LanternWaste Oct 2015 #24

Not knowing fuck all about it isn't stopping anyone else alcibiades_mystery Oct 2015 #89

Many of the counselors are students themselves. Crunchy Frog Oct 2015 #125

The issues are being cited by the counselors themselves Prism Oct 2015 #28

True. It's been like this forever treestar Oct 2015 #96

yes, fewer people are able to cope with adversity Amishman Oct 2015 #22

This thread needs a trigger warning mwrguy Oct 2015 #27

If they can't handle microaggressions, what will happen when they experience a macro aggression? LittleBlue Oct 2015 #29

All of this. A thousand times over. nt hifiguy Oct 2015 #38

Here it is, in a nutshell B2G Oct 2015 #30

I agree with you on this. btw I am a Grandparent. n/t KarenS Oct 2015 #35

Agree and the comments from other parents because your kids are acting normal is insane Person 2713 Oct 2015 #77

"still feeling that if a problem arises they need an adult to solve it." They were raised not to lunasun Oct 2015 #124

No Child Left Behind has put enormous, existential pressure on adminstrators, principals, cheapdate Oct 2015 #32

Kids HAVE changed B2G Oct 2015 #33

Our difference is purely semantic. cheapdate Oct 2015 #55

Too many teachers come out of meetings hearing the following. Igel Oct 2015 #68

To use a metaphor, this is another real symptom of the disease. cheapdate Oct 2015 #71

Claiming and celebrating victimhood is a way to attain status without actually achieving anything. Throd Oct 2015 #34

And the internet is damaging our kids in a myriad of ways B2G Oct 2015 #36

I'm glad internet porn didn't exist when I was 15. Throd Oct 2015 #37

But you're happy it exists now? JonathanRackham Oct 2015 #47

Is that what I said? Throd Oct 2015 #50

:) JonathanRackham Oct 2015 #67

And it's a million times easier than it used to be Bonx Oct 2015 #46

MAYBE THEY ARE GIVING THEM TOO MUCH TO HANDLE Skittles Oct 2015 #39

Why? Throd Oct 2015 #41

#32 is a good post Skittles Oct 2015 #43

When I went to college, my parents did not have to buy me my own computer treestar Oct 2015 #98

Life doesn't come with a "trigger warning". GoneOffShore Oct 2015 #40

What is the number for counseling? hfojvt Oct 2015 #44

I have a nephew who ohheckyeah Oct 2015 #48

Yes I see a lot of the helicopter parents now have permanent adult residents Person 2713 Oct 2015 #75

"Strawberry Generation" LunaSea Oct 2015 #49

I'm amazed... WiffenPoof Oct 2015 #52

yes. this whole discussion reminds me of bbgrunt Oct 2015 #59

Strauss is one of history's more fascinating characters. hifiguy Oct 2015 #60

thanks for putting it so succintly! bbgrunt Oct 2015 #64

You see it, too. merrily Oct 2015 #106

Every article about this topic substitutes "college student body" with "nation" or "society". lumberjack_jeff Oct 2015 #53

You know, I dunno ismnotwasm Oct 2015 #54

I think that nurses have to have a special blend of hifiguy Oct 2015 #56

But isn't there a third option? Prism Oct 2015 #57

I think fragility is only a small piece of the puzzle loyalsister Oct 2015 #61

K&R smirkymonkey Oct 2015 #63

"sticks and stone.." Puzzledtraveller Oct 2015 #65

The issue is the unending positive re-enforcement for drama queens Sen. Walter Sobchak Oct 2015 #66

I disagree completely KentuckyWoman Oct 2015 #70

We sure do whine about a lot of dumb crap... ileus Oct 2015 #72

I have found this with younger people I have worked with, trained, mentored Heddi Oct 2015 #73

Similar things are happening in my husband's company leftofcool Oct 2015 #76

Oh my gosh . . . Pool Hall Ace Oct 2015 #91

I had the same reaction: "what the actual fuck?!?" Lizzie Poppet Oct 2015 #102

Hubby would have forgiven the texting but............ leftofcool Oct 2015 #127

That is about as cement-headed as hifiguy Oct 2015 #104

Here's a wonderful article about the people who can't put their phones down: kentauros Oct 2015 #114

Actively having a heart attack . Your post is why people beyond child rearing years should be Person 2713 Oct 2015 #78

articles like this disgust this Gen Xer DonCoquixote Oct 2015 #74

An apt screen name Blus4u Oct 2015 #80

Why stop with the Boomers- LiberalElite Oct 2015 #86

because few generations DonCoquixote Oct 2015 #103

I so agree with this rant J_J_ Oct 2015 #92

... kiva Oct 2015 #115

go right ahead, fiddle while rome burns DonCoquixote Oct 2015 #131

Just giving you some music for the whine. kiva Oct 2015 #132

when they stop wirting articles like this DonCoquixote Oct 2015 #134

Well, I just gotta say that... Frank Cannon Oct 2015 #122

Extremely so-- but it's not limited to the younger generation. Marr Oct 2015 #81

Yeah, that's why I put "nation" in the OP title Prism Oct 2015 #84

As the father of two resilient, squared away young women in college......... Kilgore Oct 2015 #82

My compliments on your fine job of parenting. Lulu Belle Oct 2015 #101

Thank You Kilgore Oct 2015 #109

My tween and teens come home with crazy stories too. They say what will they be like when they Person 2713 Oct 2015 #123

Message auto-removed Name removed Oct 2015 #85

We already are Oneironaut Oct 2015 #87

There are more than a few of those on DU. My ignore list - No Vested Interest Oct 2015 #129

"Are we becoming an emotionally fragile nation?" asked every generation ever. Orrex Oct 2015 #88

No, no no! Its the Comic Books and Rock n' Roll... Humanist_Activist Oct 2015 #93

No. treestar Oct 2015 #95

I'm a graduate student and I have to take a class with a bunch of undergrads. Deadshot Oct 2015 #97

that girl has always existed treestar Oct 2015 #99

I'm pretty fragile PasadenaTrudy Oct 2015 #100

At least you know yourself, Trudy, and have learned, likely No Vested Interest Oct 2015 #130

Yeah, some people are pretty clearly drunk on their own bullshit. Warren DeMontague Oct 2015 #108

Yes. This nation has become so soft. bigwillq Oct 2015 #111

My observation is that members of this generaton are either extremely good or very dysfunctional Yo_Mama Oct 2015 #113

You just triggered me! I'm alerting the mods! SKINNER!!! backscatter712 Oct 2015 #117

The author is part of the Silent Generation, not a boomer. kiva Oct 2015 #135