Teenagers of today can sometimes get a bad rap. No one understands the trials of a teenager.

I used to get emails from one of my older friends. They were emails which glorified her generation.

In comparison they demeaned the teenagers of today. They spoke little of the trials of a teenager.

I respected this lady, so I didn’t tell her how offended I was. Yet, I was angered by the emails. I restrained from writing a vicious rebuttal because this lady had been so kind to me when I worked with her.

The response has been simmering within me for more than a few years. I decided to blog my response so that others can know how I feel about the defamation of our younger generation.

My response is a follows:

I think teenagers of today have so many challenges that they are facing. They are rising up and facing them with more intelligence and fortitude than any generation in history.

The generation which is now elderly has failed.

That generation parented the free love, sex and rock and roll generation of the sixties. The sixties threw sexual purity, drugs and immorality into the wind, hoping that a thunderstorm of consequences would not brew in the wake.

Drugs have become more than an addiction problem due to the passivity of these parents. Drugs are an avenue to abuse, suicide and mass murder now.

This generation, which considers themselves so righteous, has allowed Hollywood to transform from an industry which was entertaining and wholesome, to an industry which is vile and disgusting. Now we not only have to worry what kids watch on television but also what they may be viewing on the internet. In addition, they run the risk of being desensitized to violence, due to gaming, which consistently focuses on “the kill”.

The older generation has stood by and watched companies contaminate creation for the discovery of oil and gas and have not protested. It was not their water which was poisoned or their beach which was covered in oil. Why should they be concerned? They needed their RV’s and SUV’s filled with gas.

They complain that our children have no morality.

Wasn’t it this generation who allowed prayer to be forbidden in school?

The ten commandments rank as the ten best rules for morality yet children are not taught these fundamentals in school.
This in itself could change the course of our nation.

They have allowed the theory of evolution to be taught as fact, even though it is only a theory and NOT a scientific law. It, in fact, contradicts many scientific laws.

Creation is considered a fallacy. Then they wonder why children today have a difficulty believing in their God?

The one thing that this generation has done well is to unite in protection of their entitlements.They traipse to the doctor for test after needless test, misusing medicare funds and demand to have social security benefits so that they can sit around and watch TV. (Who else would watch Jerry Springer and Judge Judy?)

This generation has done nothing to give the children of today the gift of faith or morality, yet they have the audacity to judge them for moral weakness.

What do I think about teenagers of today?

I find that the teenagers of today are a wondrous and imaginative generation.

They are intelligent and resourceful.

They have survived, and for the most part thrived, even with two parents working and little family time.

Drugs are still a temptation but they are educated and know the consequences.

The majority of them look in amazement at the pitiful role models provided for them and shake their heads. They may be idols that Hollywood has produced but these kids are smart enough to know that they would never in their life act crazy like that.

We have failed them in so many ways yet they still strive and survive, knowing that due to greed of their grandparents, they will have to work much harder than generations of old.

The generations of old have committed many sins. The consequences will linger.

The largest of these may be their selfish pride and judgement of future generations, for the sins that they have committed by their complacency and lack of courage.

If you would like to read a novel which is about a woman of courage, may I suggest this one? The Shattered Vase by Gracie Lynne. https://www.google.com/search?q=the+shattered+vase+by+gracie+lynne&rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS756US756&oq=The+shattered&aqs=chrome.0.69i59j0j69i57j69i60l3.3297j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8