Age separation and are we as wild as we think?

Affable

We all want to feel young and wild. But it's really weird how are generation have begun operating as though they are not even the same species as older people, become so separate, is a lot of our youthful wildness contrived and silly, is it an affectation?
Past generations grew up too soon, are we growing up too late, ro is it just a sign of less people wanting kids, more economic options etc? Or is it both?

nyarlothothep

The idea that you have to act a certain way (as regards buying a house, settling down, what your interests should be ie not listening to metal etc) based on age is largely meaningless to me. Of course when you're an adult its only fair that you don't throw tantrums or behave obnoxiously.

allabouteve

Meh. Not all young people are wild and reckless, not all older people sedate or conservatively behaved.

I agree that previous generations took on more responsiblity at a younger age and this made them ''grow up'' before subsequent generations.

People do stay ''younger'' for longer than before but I'd think this is due to delaying the age of marriage (you don't have to get married for sex anymore) and all the responsibilites that follow.

scanlas

When you say our generation what do you mean?

There is a continuum of ages, how do you separate generations? ie those born in the 1980's is one generation, the 1990's another and the 1830's another. Older people have consistently been complaining about the young people and how they are losing the values we once had. There are records of people saying those things a thousand years ago.