Unconcerned, Arrogant, Prudish....

this is the general observation among the youth population. many of them have forgotten their roots and decided to pursue their own destiny. i have no problem living their own lives; only that they have to look back and pay respect to the very people who are responsible of their luxuries and freedom that they enjoy.

being a member of the young generation of India (I'm 25) I would respectfully like to say i disagree with this opinion. Every generation thinks that the younger generation does not give them proper respect. Its natural to feel this way. But I don't think there is anything wrong as such with my generation. In fact we are quite mature and balanced and try to have the best of both worlds- western and Indian without losing our values.

Well, I do think my generation was more prudish, but I agree that the young people today have different values and that is probably in part because their education is vastly different. There is indeed a bit too much fantasy and people tend to get it mixed up with reality. On the other hand, not everyone has the same reality.

The modern youth has access to new technologies like the internet,mobile phones etc from where he gets good as well as bad knowledge.In this age people are more influenced by the bad as it gives them vicarious and sadistic pleasure and young minds are more prone to this.Immaturity combined with pride and arrogance leads the youth of today to commit such acts which were unthinkable even thirty years ago.The youth of the third world countries look up to the already progressed Western world as the ideal and instead of taking the good points they get influenced by the bad points which leads to their downfall.Thats why we find that the young people of the modern world are more prone to committing crimes and show behavioural patterns bordering on insanity.

Hello my friend sukumar794 Ji, This is great topic of discussion now-a-days. Hardly any children acts affarmatively. They are always in negative and do what elders do not appriciate. It is an order of the day. But as the natutre acts, they will realise after they become old and by the time it will be too late. What is the solution. I think iot lies in parenting. I always think, where did we go wrong?. Alas! it could be resolved. May God bless You and have a great

Well if even your own children and siblings are that way something went seriously wrong with raising them. My kids (age of 28, 26, 22, 9 and 6 years old) are not that way I can assure you. I wish they were way more selfish.. since people always seem to abuse them for doing good to others. What I notice is that many elderly people do give a bad example so it's not only the youth! I wish I raised my kids different, to be not that friendly, helpful .. I try to change that now with the youngest since I don't want them always to be the underdog and stabbed in the back.. so something went wrong with the kind of education I gave to them as well.

Amen to this. =) I think you do have hit everything spot on! i have noticed these too, with every children i see who always wants to get their way even with their parents on a public place, with children who can't even be called off the game they are playing... children who always blame their parents for not being around (just so they can put the blame on someone else)for what their life has turned out to be... i don't really know where or how this is happening now, again... i think that people have contributed somehow - the media, the things that people must have, and so on...

Yes I agree with but the question is who is to blame to this kind of attitude. New generation today are very smart and I just thought if we teach them good things and the right way I think this bad attitude will be avoided. Most elders now even parents cannot teach their kids what is good and what is bad most of them spoiled their kids. And somehow kids adopted this kind of attitude to elders too. Parents and even friends that can be a role model to them but are they showing good attitudes to the kids?

I think it is dangerous to group one particular generation as being a certain way. The "youth" of today have more technology and immediate access to information than previous generations did. They are immediately interconnected with family/friends/celebrities and online friends they may or may not ever meet. In a way, today's generation of youth has more power than any other generation because they have the ability to connect with one another worldwide. There is less isolation and more of a sense of belonging because they have the power of information. If they want to shop for an apartment or job online or around the world, they can do that. I never had this luxury as a teen, because the internet had not been invented. Also, it really depends on the individual and their own sense of personal integrity. You can't lump a whole generation as behaving badly or having no respect for other generations.