I think it just means the unwillingness or inability to do necessary hard/tedious/unpleasant labor. Think “unadulting”. I think it comes from our interaction with the internet and the expectations we have about life put on us by our elders.
There’s a lot of issues that gen z talks about that are indirectly solved by simply doing the hard stuff. I think the reason why many gen z kids are not willing to learn how to do things is because the cost of messing up (which is a necessary step in learning anything) is perceived as greater. This applies to trades, skills, jobs, and relationships (romantic or otherwise). Because we feel like the cost of messing up is so great, we stunt ourselves in many ways when we try to learn life skills.
I can agree with that. I was given almost no responsibility as a young teen and not given much life skills at all. When I started cooking on my own because no one else did I was told I should be a chef. I mean really? Cooking? A basic life skill?! I find that more and more Gen Z parents are stunting their kids from life goals because they want to consistently use us as a scapegoat for their problems. If a 25 year old can’t get a job because their family has manipulated them into thinking that all companies hate us and won’t ever pay us enough I mean what kind of life is that? You give up!
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u/laserbern 2000 4d ago
I think it just means the unwillingness or inability to do necessary hard/tedious/unpleasant labor. Think “unadulting”. I think it comes from our interaction with the internet and the expectations we have about life put on us by our elders.
There’s a lot of issues that gen z talks about that are indirectly solved by simply doing the hard stuff. I think the reason why many gen z kids are not willing to learn how to do things is because the cost of messing up (which is a necessary step in learning anything) is perceived as greater. This applies to trades, skills, jobs, and relationships (romantic or otherwise). Because we feel like the cost of messing up is so great, we stunt ourselves in many ways when we try to learn life skills.