Report: 78 percent of angry teens too lazy to run away from home.
Researchers at the University of Notre Dame announced Monday results of at three-year study which suggest that an overwhelming majority of today’s teenagers who are emphatically frustrated with their home life are simply too lazy to go through the process of running away from home.
The Millennial Generation: “Young adults born between 1982 and today, high-achieving, intelligent, and optimistic group, they’re often under prepared for the challenges of an independent lifestyle.”
Edward Spencer, Virginia Tech Professor, Associate Vice President Student Affairs
Over the years, ScottCounseling has fielded many questions like:
“My Teen is lazy. What can I do.?”
“I have an unmotivated 18 year old. What can I do?”
My child wants me to give her money, but does not want to earn it. What can I do?:”
“My teen thinks I should buy him a cell phone…and a car! What should I do?”
Do young adults today feel a sense of entitlement? Have we been raising our children to believe that they 
are more special then others? Some college professors, child development experts and research institutes believe we may have started creating a “I don’t want to work” generation of individuals.
In an article by Peter Petrisko., “Millennium Children and Their End of Times Counterparts” Pretrisko states that “within the last decade or so, a growing number of children have been born that appear to be more intuitive and more creative than older generations were at that age, take to computers like a fish takes to water, have a natural understanding of technology in general that can border on the uncanny and, in some cases, may be natural healers. An understanding of the spiritual beyond their years and a matter-of-fact attitude toward the paranormal are often attributed to these youngsters.” This is positive news! However, he also shares his concern that, “they appear to lack the intuitive compassion…, instead focusing inward, their feelings short-circuited or merely keep tightly under wraps…”
Edward Spencer, who teaches a graduate level course on “The American College Student and the College Environment,” claims that Millennial students tend to be more academically disengaged than past generations. He further claims that ” this change is partly due to an emphasis on end results, rather than the methods of achieving them. In the interest of helping parents prepare their children for success in higher education and the working world, and to close the gap between higher-education and secondary-school perspectives on learning.”
A news report out of Austalia found that an “increasing number of Australian primary school children are inattentive, disruptive, undermotivated and disengaged. A study was commissioned by the Australian Primary Principals Association. It described “millennium kids,” whose problems come from “a bad diet, lack of sleep, and television or computer use in the bedroom.” The study also shared “that a disproportionate number of those children with problems came from disadvantaged backgrounds… and ‘helicopter parents,’ who hover around their children and rescue them whenever they experienced pressure, rather than letting them solve problems themselves.”
Is There a Connection Between Millenium Children and Adult Children Ling at Home?
According to Dr. Phil McGraw, “Close to 14 million adult children are still living at home.” Is there a connection to these adult children and the Millenium Children? The real questions that many parents need to ask is:
“Am I, the parent, doing all I can to prepare my child to live independently away from home?”
“Am I an enabling Parent: Do I bail my child out of situations and a learning experience?”
