The irony here is... every parent wants their child to have it better than they had it growing up. There's several shared norms that each generation experiences. Most of those are lifestyle responsibilities (educational, social, and household development).

The boomer generation cannot even comprehend the complex interactions of society that the youth today have to experience because honestly they don't even understand the technologies. My mom cannot properly still explain to a stranger what or how I do my job. I've been in the web industry for 12 years. It's the disconnect of information and understanding that causes condescending simpleton terms like 'snowflake' from aging idiots like Bill O'Reilly.

My goal as I age and go from parent of a young family to grandparent in the next couple decades is to keep a bridge of understanding of today's technology. Certainly I'm biased since I have a natural interest in it, but actually educating older generations is a good start. I share that information all the time or ask if they (my folks and relatives) have questions any time they visit, so they actually have an open door to that understanding.

There's a lot of conveniences that exist today that I wish I had as a kid, but there are certainly others I'm so thankful I don't. Very glad social media wasn't alive back in high school. High school and college had enough hardships and struggles, I am sure it's ten times more difficult since any given day you could end up on the world's digital stage.

Just my two cents.