The Generation of Encouraged Entitlement

My generation, Generation Y, the Millenials. Call us what you want, but you know who we are. I personally prefer the term 90s kids. We are the generation of always getting praised, as the article explains. But this isn't all bad. If someone does well at something, he or she deserves to be told this. I will grant the older generations the fact that they are right that we are overpraised. But perhaps we need a middle ground. If we stop handing out praise for everyday accomplishments and reserve the praise for the achievements that go beyond expectations. This would still allow people to get praise more often than when they score their firm $1million, but wouldn't coddle them into believing that they need to be praised for showing up on time.

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