Generation Y

In the articles, "Generation Me" by Raina Kelley and "The Why-Worry Generation" by Judith Warner, the authors talked about how the Generation Y, or anyone born between 1982-2002, and how they have this new attitude in life where they are very narcissistic and overconfident in life. In the "Generation Me" article, the author talks a lot about how the new generation has produced a generation of narcissists and how they are only all about them. I feel like the good point made in this article was about the strong urge to attain the "ideal" look. 30 years ago plastic surgery was basically unheard of, but now girls are still in high school when they are first getting plastic surgery. Celebrities on TV are putting into teens heads exactly how they should act and what they should look like so people are going out of their way to have the same look. Even if this means to undergo potentially dangerous surgeries. In the other article, "The Why-Worry Generation", the author talked about the overconfidence of the new generation. Today the new generation has been turning down job offers just because they may not be up to their self given standards. 20 years ago anyone would have accepted any job they could get but now the new generation has this ego problem where if the job isn't good enough then they won't accept it.