I've been saying how weak this new generation is. 
 

The young men can barely provide for themselves let alone a wife and kids

The young women have bad attitudes, petty af, and just as trifling. 
 

This is the result of a generation of Disneyparent level coddling/lack of accountability/lack of responsibility, entitlement, and delusions of grandeur

From my own experience I was very intentional to raise my bio as someone who would be a contributor to society and have basic work ethic 

The Disneyland dad I used to deal with raised lazy, coddled, entitled, demanding spawns

His son is 16 and rather than teach him work ethic he warehouses him (shoves a video game in front of his face all day/night to the point of addiction) all because he "doesn't want to drive him to a job"

Like mf how lazy can YOU be and wonder why your son isn't just as lazy if not lazier because that's what you're teaching him. 
 

Both you and their breeder have cars and you mean to tell me you can't drop him at a JOB a few minutes away?!? So you're raising a male sugar baby?!? 
 

Granted if you really didnt want to take him to a job then let him get paid to cut the neighbors yards, sell bottled water, sell candy, sell t-shirts......something ffs!!!!

so to answer your question about whose skids are these .... those are the Disneyland dads kids 

I've said it before and I'll say it again... thank God we're not at war. Can you imagine a draft? Holy he- The fact that we can blow up the planet 10x over with our nuclear supply is the only reason we haven't been invaded. 

I work with some really great younger people, but our department hires carefully.  out younger, most recent hire needs some instruction on professional behavior but her manager is on it. I think she'll do well.

Talking with my HR rep recently we got to talking about other things...she said HR is having historically high numbers of interventions with new, young employees right out of college. I think the turnover is very high as a result. So there is a generational difference, and the helicopter parenting, lack of basic skills, covid lack of socialization, etc. Is real.

I read that article and it's unfortunate that these kids have not been better prepared for the realities of working. 

They are the first generation of kids that I can say were probably raised in total participation trophy.. spare their feelings.. self esteem is more important than performance  their whole lives.

The ones that were marginally capable of doing the school work were unchallenged as schools put all their energies into getting even the lowest performing kids to try to pass the competency exams that dictated their school standing.  They learned they did not have to put much effort out.. since things were dumbed down to a much lower common denominator.  Neither of my skids had to try in school.. they were naturally smart enough to pass most everything they needed to... and often were smarter than their actual teacher. (the conversations with my DH about their workpapers being wrong.. but my DH telling me that they didn't have to put the right answer down.. but only the answer the teacher thought was right).

I would also kind of blame the fact that many of them developed poor "work hygiene habits" because of the pandemic... things like needing to be on time.. and productive went by the wayside.

And.... I have seen a trend of people who are younger wanting to cherry pick their work... they only want "meaningful" work.  but employers have work that needs to get done.. not all of it is super exciting.. and guess what?  as the new guy, you are going to bear the brunt of that boring stuff.. and in the end... that's also how you end up gaining experience.. showing initiative.. doing all the things that will EARN you higher work.

News flash that your "education" has not prepared you for real life.. for real work.. you don't come out of college with much value.. other than a sponge that can soak up new processes.. produce more output for them.. your degree may get you in the door.. but your case study work in college was not real life and the value of your opinions is marginal at the entry stage.. it's a time to keep your mouth shut.. ears open and nose to the grindstone.. not fun... not sexy.. but that's how it goes.. expecting everyone to see your talent as miraculous like your mom and dad did?  haha. sorry to disappoint.

I will raise my hand too at this time on behalf of SD29 , mostly due to the lack of consistent discipline & motivation, ,lack of  and the challenge in accepting feedback   She tends to display such an  emotional reaction to everything , as if the universe has something against her so can't take any constructiive critcism since her  feelings are that fragile

. Its not surprising that she still has no job or has accomplished any goals since she ( also in classic BM fashion) just gives up too quick and doesnt follow through on anything.

I want to say she falls back like that since its the easy way out to just keep being Broken and playing the poor me victim card  with a codependency problem to be handled like she is made of glass , since putting in effort to make it in life  on her own is asking too much. She is in this constant state of being in defeat and  learned helplessness claiming its because she "doesnt have options like anyone else" so she doesnt bother to try. 

Yet, she laments all the time on how she aspires to live more comfortably financially and have the things that DH and I have ( a good home in a safe neighborhood, a car, etc) All things that we actually have had to WORK for ( which she fails to do) and it didnt fall in our laps out of the sky or come easily for us. 

The girl can't even handle her own affairs let alone a steady job, like staying dedicated to  apartment hunting enough for a better place,since she is disastifed with what she has,  or for any task that she knows she can and needs to complete. In her words, she requires to have "Company: for everything. Its like she struggles to do much of anything like an adult without expecting everyone to hold her hand  and baby her.  and have others validation and even Pity every step of the way. 

She can't even handle going to tutoring sessions to prepare to take the GED to at least get some more of an education so she could improve her chances. . She just blames her genes. She also still cites  BM for not giving her a ride to those courses as a reason why she had yet after many  many years and chances to complete that. Nevermind the fact that I know she lives in an area where public transport is an option .she knows damn well what Uber is and has a DL .  The takeway is that the excuses never stops and it doesnt look too good for her in life..it also makes her generation look really  bad too.