I know a number of thirtysomethings and they seem for the most part to be “settling in,” largely accepting the world as they find it and striving to make things work. I’d even say the same about most twentysomethings, especially if they’ve passed the midpoint of that span. Younger than that, though, and I can see what you’ve described.

Or maybe it’s a Texas thing

Of course I probably have a point at which I would rebel, but normally I believe in rolling with the flow as much as possible.

I detest the kind of people that take up the sandwich board on every social issue, but would put down their dog to pacify a neighbor.

Yeah, I am pragmatic, but not always.

There is one thing that never changes, though. Each generation always believes its perception of the world and themselves is the right one. Both our parents AND our children obviously have it all wrong.

If you look back at the behavior of people even as recently as 50 years ago it’s evident that their perceptions of themselves and the world are often quite different from our own. Go back centuries, and it sometimes feels like you’re looking at a different species.

For the youth of today to reject much in the world of their parents is quite natural, I think, and certainly in keeping with the established pattern. Change is the only constant, as the saying goes. (Must be a Sith saying. Absolutely.)

I’d swap places with any of them in a heartbeat.

The youngers are not buying into what *we* have defined as reality.

Songs reflect this, and they take it seriously. Youngers respect a good *fight back* song with an anti-establishment mentality before they do the President’s State of the Union address.

Modern cartoons are sachharin as opposed to the three stooges…or Tom and Jerry in our times. It initiates them into a *caring world.* They do not recognize that they are the world. Somehow there is a disconnect in their wiring.

The youngers no longer wish to blend in as you say you do.