The children of wealthy, educated parents are always going to react differently to life's hardships compared to less privileged youth. That's neither a good nor a bad thing- it's just the way society works.

I think the entitlement that my generation (Millennial) wears on it's sleeve is a perspective that the world is what you make of it and that taking what you can and making the most out of these relatively short lives we lead is what's most important- not standing in line, waiting our turn so we can get to the front of the waiting room, get handed a meager monthly check and be patted on our heads and get admonished as noble and patient. Our values lie in living now. Maybe we’re learning from the merits AND downfalls of previous generations?

This is the messaging Gen Y has been receiving for our whole lives. It's an extension of the ridiculous reasoning behind eliminating competitive sports from phys ed classes. In short, it's complete crap.

Falling short is not proof that you fought. It is proof you didn't fight hard enough. I don't hire someone to try. I hire someone to do the job. We've been receiving 'A's' for effort since preschool and it's resulted in an entitled, bratty attitude complex that has defined our generation.

I feel as though my generation is very polarized. On one hand, you have the spoiled group, who expects the world be given to them, who think trying is enough. On the other, you have the overly motivated and driven group who works exceedingly hard to distance themselves from group one.

Is group two too hard on themselves? Possibly. But it's far better than waiting for one of your 'tries' to pay off. Too much or too little failure isn't the issue. It's how that failure is interpreted.

The children of wealthy, educated parents are always going to react differently to life's hardships compared to less privileged youth. That's neither a good nor a bad thing- it's just the way society works.

I think the entitlement that my generation (Millennial) wears on it's sleeve is a perspective that the world is what you make of it and that taking what you can and making the most out of these relatively short lives we lead is what's most important- not standing in line, waiting our turn so we can get to the front of the waiting room, get handed a meager monthly check and be patted on our heads and get admonished as noble and patient. Our values lie in living now. Maybe we’re learning from the merits AND downfalls of previous generations?

This is the messaging Gen Y has been receiving for our whole lives. It's an extension of the ridiculous reasoning behind eliminating competitive sports from phys ed classes. In short, it's complete crap.

Falling short is not proof that you fought. It is proof you didn't fight hard enough. I don't hire someone to try. I hire someone to do the job. We've been receiving 'A's' for effort since preschool and it's resulted in an entitled, bratty attitude complex that has defined our generation.

I feel as though my generation is very polarized. On one hand, you have the spoiled group, who expects the world be given to them, who think trying is enough. On the other, you have the overly motivated and driven group who works exceedingly hard to distance themselves from group one.

Is group two too hard on themselves? Possibly. But it's far better than waiting for one of your 'tries' to pay off. Too much or too little failure isn't the issue. It's how that failure is interpreted.