Are younger generations lazy or are older generations jealous ?

If you have the abilities to provide a life for your child where they wouldn't have to hustle just to stay a float, should that be deemed bad parenting ? Are children lazy because they’re well provided for ? Is the goal of being a parent NOT to gain generational wealth, give your kids a better life than yours previous, and make them a better version of themselves ? In society there’s always been a drastic divide on how older generations look down at younger generations. The memories and traditions that become outdated, reformed, or forgotten sparks mini disputes between the two constantly. Older generations feel as though their childhood was superior and more hands on, younger generations retort with “okay boomer” and go about their lives uncaring of strangers opinions, but both fail to see each other’s perspectives. It’s true, older generations were more hands on and outdoorsy, having to produce a ton of manual labor to earn the things they had but that was their normal. Older generations ( Generation X: 1965-1980, Millennials: 1981-1996 ) quality of living didn't host the same technological advancements or financial comfortability younger generations ( Gen Z: 1997-2015, Generation Alpha: 2016-2025) have. Where one generation might of had to open a lemonade stand to earn a small income, another might play video games and have a YouTube channel. Where one generation might bare scuffed knees and bruises from playing outside, the other might have a sore back from hunching over there devices. Where one generation might of had to pick up three jobs, the other might have a parent that makes a high six-figure salary and sits comfortably in their room at sixteen. Where the “lazy” line is drawn truthfully lies within how much kids use tech and how their parents make their quality of living. If a child does not have to “hustle” because their parents can provide them with their wants and necessities they’re quick to be deemed undeserving and overly privileged. The confusion in that claim is in regard to mixing “provided for” and “spoiled”. Being provided for, means those child’s basic needs are met and their wants and passions are usually given and encouraged with slight filters. To be spoiled is to get everything you want with minimal effort put in; giving someone a sense of entitlement/unhealthy relationship with the word “no”. Being spoiled is damaging no matter what generation someone was born into and it seems the older generations feel every person younger than them is spoiled because they haven’t lived the same as they did back in the day. What is the obsession with wanting kids to be placed in vexing environments when they don’t have to be ? It’s not all kids and I definitely wouldn’t say the majority have a more lackadaisical life (especially in minority demographics) but more kids currently have guardians that can provide an extremely comfortable way of life now then prior. There’s a phrase I’m pretty sure we’re all familiar with, “I work hard so you don’t have to” and it’s usually said in the voice of loved ones and care takers so why is there so much disdain when that phrase is lived up to ? Just because a younger person is well provided for does not make them a spoiled brat or any less deserving of an opportunity. Just because their way of life and experiences growing up are different doesn’t mean they lack discipline. So why are we so quick to judge someone, kids, based on their positive living conditions ? Could it be a possible inferiority complex/hidden jealousy because the latter grew in a more stable and fortunate circumstance ? That’s an answer this article can’t provide, that answer is for introspection. Though it may seem the kids now have little to worry about they actually have the most to worry about. With climate change, political corruption, and global unrest, the younger demographic have to turn into activist and fight to change the consequences of actions they never committed. Another way in how they’re berated is being told they’re “Sensitive”. Sensitive because they have higher spouts if morality and don’t tolerate negative and offensive comments ? Are they sensitive because they want a world where everyone feels included and equal ? Is it sensitive to be empathetic towards another human being ? Younger generations are quick to correct behavior and learn right from their previous wrong which is taken harshly from generations that are stuck in traditional “tough skinned” mindsets. Where the younger generation fails to see the perspective of the older generation is not acknowledging what they had to go through. Currently, kids, teenagers and young adults are commonly use to instant gratification. That’s something the older generation never had the privilege of expierencing, everything was a slow burn that took time to reach a payoff. In-person interactions were prioritized and lead to moderate social skills where as social media makes quality time almost rare, with kids growing up on it slightly more unsociable. Topics like respect and appreciation now have to be earned from the younger crowd where formerly those things were just given on the simple basis of someone being older than you. When a way of life someone grew up on starts to change it’s just apart of their natural instincts to question if this “new” is right or wrong but that’s where the conflict arises. It’s not a matter of “right and wrong”. One generations normal will never be another generations normal. The failure to understand where one generation came from and where one is going will continue to incite conflicts between the two. For as long as there’s this failure to see the perspective of each other’s lives and make a push for understanding and common ground, the war between childhoods will carry on.