Friday, September 2, 2016

Teenage Toughness


These days teenagers get the reputation that we're "to emotional" or "to soft". The generation before was raised to be masculine and tough so the make fun of this generation. 
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However, here's the argument. The generation before is the parents of today's generation, correct? So if they don't like today's teens why don't they raise their kids the way they want? 
The previous generation in all their "toughness" are in reality not all that tough. They say their like armor, always protected. However they have put up walls and like to disregard other people, including help. In the article Making Modern Toughness by David Brooks it states, "And then many people turned to alcohol to help them feel anything at all". Meaning people from the previous generation are not that though, in hindsight, they don't address the issue they just stop thinking about it. The generation today has been resilient and according to history those are the people we look up to the most. Albert Einstein, Vincent Van Gogh, Michael Jordan, and that's just to name a few. Today's generation has learned to take a major hit and still bounce back. Another great point the article said was,"There are moments when they feel swallowed up by fear. They feel and live in the pain. But they work through it and their ardent yearning is still there, and they return to an altered wholeness." Referring to the younger generation. Take a look at Mother Teresa. She may have not been consistent in life but God found it consistent enough for him. You cannot change the people around us. You accept people for who them. Previous generation or today's generation, we should all be accepted. Being raised in a tough home or being raised in a sheltered home, the world will progress either way. 

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