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To be perfectly frank, I never thought in all my born days I'd find myself in a state of pretty much living with young people again. Now, don't get me wrong right off the bat. I dig young folks. Yes, I most certainly do. We have a sense of relating to one another that perhaps they might not with somebody else in my age bracket. Some of these kids are very hip and cool. Not all of them show tremendous intelligence, but some are truly amazing. On the other end of the scale, there's some really dumb ones who haven't a clue. So, it's a little frustrating dealing with this since I'm around them constantly now. Again, it surprises me having a few new revelations concerning them. Let me share something to a young poster on another topic who won't respond to what I've tried to do in reaching out the him/her. This would sum up the basis of why I tend to struggle with today's generation of young women and men. Thanks for taking the time to read this. Feel free to offer any thoughts you might have to this topic and thread. God bless. Allow me to step into your inner circle if I may in a basic overall ascertainment of what kinds of struggles that are typical for today's younger persons. Let me give you a few generalizations of what I'm speaking of. In this day and age, I'm seeing more and more self-centeredness of personalities, basic lack of concentration skills and focus, this would be an aspect of attention deficit disorders, also restlessness, which leads to easily becoming bored, hyperactivity, difficulties staying on task, and a real problem with tremendous apathy. What is the major problem with apathy today? Well, this would explain it. Apathy [ˈapəTHē] NOUN apathy (noun) lack of interest, enthusiasm, or concern. "widespread apathy among students" synonyms: indifference · lack of interest · lack of enthusiasm · lack of concern · unconcern · uninterestedness · unresponsiveness · impassivity · passivity · passiveness · detachment · dispassion · dispassionateness · lack of involvement · phlegm · [more]