The Apathy of Children and Our Future
Definition of Apathy: no interest or energy and shows that someone is unwilling to take action, especially over something important. With the growing trend of having meritorious badges of accomplishments for adolescents who don't value the true essence of these achievements, is it a wonder that our children have become apathetic to their future. Empty trophies never really changed the world, care and concern for the world have. Why do our children just not care anymore? Does constant scrolling hours on end eat away at their time? Is it the superficial comparisons made by our kids through social media that make any effort they would like to make redundant and just give up? The constant consumption of food and entertainment makes them too lazy and comfortable to strive to do something important perhaps. I’d argue that all these are just mere symptoms of a concealed disease, the upbringing of our future. Parents have so much pride in their kids, or rather what their kids can do. There...