This Young Generation Isn't As Tough As We Were

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I'm a Gen X, my husband's a Baby Boomer. We're both barely on the cusp of each of the two generations. But we shake our heads at today's youth not wanting to "adult" and not knowing how to communicate face-to-face. Here are some things our generations did that today's generation isn't tough enough to do. We drank from the garden hose. Sissy Gen Z kids would be afraid of "germs" We used paper maps. Today's generation doesn't know how to read a map. We waited to hear our favorite song on the radio. This new generation has digital downloads and instant gratification. We went to the library and researched legitimate vetted resources. We talked on the telephone with our parents in the next room. No privacy! No mobile phones. We were tethered to a long cord attached to a wall socket. We rode bicycles without helmets. We cooled our cookies on newspaper. Yeah, the younger people don't like us. But we're tough old birds.