Negative Effects Of Millennials

Millennials have been changing the “norm” of the American Dream for years now and they will continue to challenge the expectations put on them by the previous generations. Millennials are moving out later, getting married later, having children later, and buying homes later. It could be for any number of reasons like new career options for women, how hard it is to get well-paying jobs regardless of going to college or not, or how expensive taxes and homes have gotten over the years. Millennials have many reservations about owning a home probably because of the large financial responsibility it comes with and the lack of money available for them. In this essay the questions that will be talked about are the pros and cons of owning a home,

In today’s youth, teens and young adults do have some differences from the adolescence in the 1950s. The juvenility today truly relies on technology so much that it influences the culture. With the technology acquired, many social media apps and networks greatly impact the teens today. Trends and hashtags become famous easily by teens making a simple video of something viral. Instagram allows people to follow each other and to keep up with

Technology is the foundation of a teenager’s everyday life. It is hard for them, and myself, to imagine our lives without it. I am always on my cell for either work, communication, or entertainment, but sometimes it feels as if I am addicted to my cell phone, and I would say that my friends may even be worse. Even though I may be connected with everyone on social media, it’s hard to say I have a real connection with them in real life. Technology is unarguably one of the greatest achievements in history, but I think it has limits and restrictions on people’s social lives, including millennials. Technology hinders millennials from developing deep, meaningful relationships, gives them a false sense of reality, and creates impatience and lack of focus.

According to CNN.com, “Teens in America spend on average nine hours on social media.” That is an average person’s work day or school day. The use of social media with teens are constantly rising. Simon Sinek has augured this is caused by the “Millennials”. On a YouTube video, Simon Sinek, a respected businessman and author, talks about his theory on “Generation Z or Millennials”. Millennials are the children that are born between the 1984- until now. He stated that the Millennial’s children were taught that social media was an escape and they do not have good work ethics or real relationships because they were not taught to have them. He also explains in the video how they are impatient, lazy, and entitled. The most effective part of this speech was the examples Simon gave. The first was “Millennials” have relationships through social media. They are not taught or given the opinion to their friends or significant other to have a in person conversation. At the workplace, instead of having their phones in their hand, they should be making conversations and using cooperation skill with their team. The second was they give everyone a trophy for participating. This makes some people feel out of place because the person knew they did not win, or whoever worked hard is shown their effort was wasted. The final example was they search for a “purpose “in the workplace, and if they did not find it in six months they felt as if they have not accomplished

The internet has crippled our society; we have become addicted to it. By society, I do not mean every individual in the world, but primarily millennials. Millennials are individuals born within 1980-2000, and they have become the epitome of an unsuccessful individual going nowhere in life. Why? Due to the ways they were raised, the privileges they were offered, and the internet. However, it is not their fault at all, and some millennials are fantastic and intelligent human beings. An individual who also believed in this was Simon Sinek (2016), and in an interview he elaborates on millennial’s behavior and their addiction to the internet.

The generation from the 1980’s to early 2000’s is known as “Generation Y” or “the Millennial Generation.” This generation receives poor criticism, Ken Moelis states, “ There is a desire for change. There is a millennial generation that doesn’t like what they are seeing, but doesn’t quite know what the solution is.” This quote demonstrates a common theme throughout the millennial population, therefore, the urgency to implement change is underrepresented. This harrowing theme has led me to commit significant time to lead on the antithetical portion of this theme. This leadership has been demonstrated in my school, community, and efforts to aid the underprivileged world populations.

The millennial generation’s “sensitivity” has been the pinpoint of many jokes and is also escalating in daily discussion. We live in and day in age where people can’t express opinions without some millennial feigning outrage in social media, needing a “safe space” to hide, marching in caricatures of female genitalia, and even rioting to suppress opposing views while promoting their own. Such millennial behavior is grossly hypocritical in a country established on the freedom of speech. Millennials favorite topics to rage against are race, religion, immigration, gender, values, and even bathrooms. Rage is fashionable with this generation. Growing up, we were awarded for simply trying, which depleted our ability to build inner strength and character. This may be attributable to our sensitivity now-a-days. As a 20-year-old millennial, I fall right into this group of people I am criticizing. I am embarrassed and humiliated, not offended – and yes, there is a difference. Millennials are the sensitive generation, not because of sincerity, but because of our entitled mentality.

Millennials are conceivably the most intriguing generation yet.  Millennials also known as Generation Y  are described by Bannon Shele as more technologically savvy, better educated, and more ethnically diverse than generation preceding them (Shele et al.61). Although this may be true, many would describe the millennial generation as lazy, entitled, and selfish. Many people believe this because millennials coresidence with their parents until their mid-20’s and in some cases even longer. Supporters of this assertion state millennials are living at home because they are too lazy to find sustainable work and too incompetent to save their money in order to afford a home of their own. However, these claims are just burned out stereotypes of the millennial generation. Millennials are choosing to live at home not because they are lackadaisical freeloaders, but because they are pursuing higher education, entering the workforce at a sensitive time, and housing cost are more expensive than ever before.

Millennials, people born between 1981 to 1997, have been slow to adopt homeownership, the traditional definition of the “American Dream”. Does this mean that the Millennial generation is re-defining the idea of the “American Dream”? This essay will present some pros and cons of homeownership, and discuss factors and traits of millennials which may increase or decrease homeownership among the generation.

Millennials, these are a group of people who were born in the year of 1984 and after. There are millions of them and they are our future. According to Simon Sinek, millennials “are accused of being entitled and narcissistic, self interested, unfocused and lazy.” (Sinek, 2016) Even though Millennials lack in some aspects, he believes that parenting, technology, impatience and environment is to blame. As a millennial, I totally agree with Sinek’s point because I am affected by all those variable ever since birth. Millennials did not do anything wrong but, the way they were raised affected their attitudes.

There are 7.442 billion people in the world as of 2016. (U.S. and World Population Clock, 2017) That population growth has almost doubled since 1960 and does not seem to look like it will be slowing down anytime soon (U.S. and World Population Clock, 2017). Out of those 7.442 billion persons, 2 billion of them are mothers (Writer, 2017). Resulting in 85.4 million of those mothers residing in the United States (Writer, 2017). Out of those 85.4 million there are roughly 10 million who are considered a Millennial. (Davis, 2016) Imagine always having that word “Millennial” thrown around in context to make people feel undermined because of their age. Having the label “Millennial” can be seen as either a positive or a negative when determining how those individuals are evaluated in society. On the negative side, Millennials are seen as people who want everything handed to them, have no resentment or remorse for actions, and always feel like they are entitled and above the next. They are the ones who do not get up in the morning, do not go to school or work, and want someone else to always take care of whatever situation is at hand. Normally, this type of Millennial are the ones who pawn off their children for a grandparent or other family member to raise, when able. On the positive side, there are the Millennials who take the time to evaluate situations and problems, and these Millennials step up and take responsibility and want better for their children. This type of

As the first of the millennial generation graduated college and entered the workforce in 2007, the notorious housing bubble ruptured and the economy crashed. While there is much debate regarding the causes of these events, the results are evident and lasting, with millennials taking the biggest hit. This essay will delve into the influences and unique circumstances surrounding the millennial experience and what that means for the future of our economy. Being a millennial myself, this prompt resonated profoundly. Recently, I’ve found myself asking these pressing questions: Why can’t I afford to buy a home and support a family the way my parents did at my age? When and how will I get there? With Millennials now the largest group in the workforce, the statistics make way for a startling impact on the American economy. Despite the myths about millennials being allergic to children and selfishly unwilling to participate in the economy, censuses show that 80 percent of millennials, including the majority of renters, are interested in buying a home. Obstacles seem to be at every turn as millennials fight for our opportunities in adulthood. The future of America is currently underpaid and drowning in student loan debt while the cost of living is escalating. After much research, here are my ideas surrounding the current debacle along with creative solutions to potentially overcome it.

Technology and medicine change on the daily and continue to improve throughout generations. There are new ideas that come with each upcoming generation, specifically the millennial generation, but one concept in particular has people of all ages concerned and questioning what are the moral standards of people today. Ethics many vary from person to person, depending on their view of the world. The rising generation has changed many standards of the world with the decisions they are making. We make decisions every day and will impact the world from the small decisions to the big decisions, but this brings us back to the question of ethics. One new development that could affect all generations to come is the question of genetic modification.

For many Millennials, the conversational defaults are often social media sites and chat apps. That’s not to bad mouth Millennials, as they often have a passion for making this world a better place. But it is to point out a disconnect brands must work to mend with millennial members of their audience.

Millennials depend so much on technology that is consumes their daily lives at times. They focus more on how many likes or followers they have then on what is actually going on around them. Social media has made it to where there are no filters on people or things. We know depend on technology for most daily tasks, from using our phones as our alarm clocks to our watches telling us when to stand up and walk around. We know run to social media to announce our proudest moments and to express or deepest sorrows. Sinek said “When significant stress begins to show up in their lives, they’re not turning to a person, they’re turning to a device, they’re turning to social media, they’re turning to these things which offer temporary relief.” Sinek is stating that millennials find comfort in the not important means of social media. Weather good or bad things happen they first run to social media instead of family or friends. Some have removed face to face interactions with society. Unfortunately social media can be a cruel environment for our millennials. Social media has not filters, and just as easy as they can bring us joy they can also bring us sorrow. This supports my opinion because our millennials are a generation of technology. I have been at many social gatherings, and I am more worried about taking pictures or videos