"Life is too easy for young people today. They lack challenges and don't have to fight for anything."
Flick through a 1960's magazine and you'll see countless images of children with Cheshire cat grins, frolicking in a field of daisies, under a flaming hot star, blissfully unaware of everything happening in the 'adult world' - economical crises and political problems. This image really supports the idea that life was anything BUT easy in the past(!) Sure, kids these days are surrounded by various forms of entertainment, drowning away their minuscule issues, enveloped by their surround sound system. And yes, statistics do show that the lack of sport and physical activating due to access to gaming and TV, HAS led to obesity.
But since when was obesity easy to live with? I'm aware that in the modern day, most youngsters get things handed to them: the latest game console; a new hair straightener; a pet dog. Unfortunately, we do not simply get handed great GCSE and A-level grades. They are not presented to us in a pretty package simply because we did nothing. No, the education system has because increasingly tougher and an average B grade student doesn't get a lot of credit or acknowledgement. In fact, in recent years, 1 in 8 graduates do not end up with a job straight after they attain their degrees. With the costs of living soaring through the roof and moreover, the ridiculous tuition fees (which probably seems like barely anything o all the Eaton boys), there has been nothing but stress for young people today.
I guess adults do have a point though. Youth are becoming increasingly lazy. Well hey, we can all get lazy. Sometimes, all we need is to become quadruple amputee's before we decide to reform ourselves. Yes, statistics show this and that about youth today, but is that all young people are A bunch of statistics? The number of youths, i'll be it, a small number of youths, that DO decide to stay in shape will find it near impossible to find a gym which fits their criteria. The government cries about the health of the younger generation yet where are the tax-funded youth gyms? With the increasing pressure from the media towards younger audiences to look "beautiful", many youngsters have developed eating disorder and/or have taken their lives. Tell me, where is the ease in that?
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