RESPECT LEFT THE TABLE BEFORE GEN Z AND GENERATION ALPHA CAME TO THE WORLD

RESPECT LEFT THE TABLE BEFORE GEN Z AND GENERATION ALPHA CAME TO THE WORLD

There is no doubt that years after years and generation after generation, preceding generation often finds it difficult to tolerate succeeding generation excesses due to some perceived cultural shock; but it seems the greatest cultural shock came with the Gen Z and Gen Alpha. 

To be conservative, there is likelihood that five out of every ten Gen Z and Gen Alpha lack manners, and respect is hardly in their dictionaries. Etiquette and courtesy are lost with them. To me and as far as value system are concerned, they seem to be a lost generation. 

From virtual to physical interaction, you can discern with ease what generation they belong to. When they speak rudely, they call it being bold. When they greet mannerless, it is a sign of civilization or an expression of their feminism or masculinity. 

No respect for institutions and personalities. Equality is the watchword irrespective of age and social status. With the keypads, there is a daily denigration of our values and institutions. 

If you are wondering what generation you belong to, below is a fairly demographics of the generation boundaries, though not a watertight separation. 

1946 - 1964 are called Baby Boomers. The Baby Boomer generation began immediately after World War II (with people born in 1946) and wrapped up in 1964. These days, boomers are in their late 50s to early 70s, many about to be or already retired.

1955 - 1965 are called Young Boomers or Generation Jones. Younger boomers — titled Generation Jones to reflect “keeping up with the Joneses” culture, the slang term “jones” for desire, the confusion of Bob Dylan’s Mr. Jones, and just the generic anonymity of the Jones name — were born between 1955 and 1965.

1965 - 1980 Generation X. Gen X is also called the “baby bust” because of its smaller post-boom numbers.

1977 - 1983 are called Xennials. There is however attempt to separate people who are born between 1977 and 1983 and described as Xennials. These people are “micro-generation” of Xennials born in the late ’70s and early ’80s. Also known as the “Oregon Trail generation,” Xennials had an analog childhood and a digital adulthood.

1981- 1996 - Generation Y who are also called Millennials or 'echo boomers'. 

Generation Alpha: born after 2011

What comes after Gen Z? Generation Alpha are the first to be born entirely in the 21st century. Most members are the children of gen xers or millennials. Gen Alpha kids are the first who will never know a time when social media didn’t exist.

1997 - 2010 - Generation Z. They are kids are the first to be born into a world where there’s always a way to be constantly digitally connected to one another, either through smart phones, screens, and tablets.

Recent studies have shown that the most difficult set of people to manage at workplaces, homes and other social settings are the Gen Z and Gen Alpha. This apparent misnomer can be attributed to several factors but chief among which are poor parenting and influence of internet. In the age before ours and even in some of our early years, children were restricted to their localities and geographical space. Today, that social situation is gone and gone for goods as children now have access to one another all over the world since the world has become a global village. 

Today's parents will have to do more research on how to raise godly and socially responsible children than it used to be. Communal parenting is also a vanishing value in our societies which was one way of getting children to be well behaved in times past. 

Credit: Adapted from Wikipedia. 

Comment your generation if you read to this point. For instance, it has been discovered that an average person (especially most Gen Z and Alpha) have little time for long prose like this.