kids these days
Generational complaint phrase
Kids these days is a phrase expressing disapproval of younger generations, implying they lack qualities their elders possessed—work ethic, respect, resilience.
The complaint is ancient; every generation voices it about the next.
Often used ironically to mock such complaints: Kids these days with their avocado toast and participation trophies.
- youthState of being immature
- teenagersPeople aged thirteen to nineteen
- millennialsThose born 1981-1996
- Gen ZPost-millennial demographic cohort
- phonesHandheld communication devices
screens · TikTok · entitled · lazy · disrespectful · snowflakes · generation · no respect · rebellious · coddled · internet · social media · attention span · instant gratification · short attention span · participation trophies · hooligans · whippersnappers
- old-fashioned complaintsback in my day, no respect, work ethic, moral decay, bad manners
- youth sayingsfountain of youth, spring chicken, tender age, young at heart, forever young
- aging humorretirement jokes, senior moments, senior moment, over the hill, old timer
- nostalgianostalgia, nostalgic, memories, memory, remember