Three ingredients in this pot: "Kids" feeling a strong sense of entitlement. This is partially due to parents raised in the 60's and 70's raising kids with more "love" and less discipline. And TV ads aimed at children telling them how much they all deserved. The growing wage gap between rich and poor since the early 80's thanks to Reaganomics. Globalization. Its not the same environment for them as it was for us. Here's a quote from Pew research: One in four of those between 18 and 29 have moved back in with their parents. Fewer than half of all adults expect their children to have a higher standard of living than theirs, and more than a quarter say it will be lower. The rules of the game have changed, and not in the favor of America's youth, they may have a right to be upset.