OP, my only advice is to not judge a whole generation by the actions of one child. I've raised a millennial (born in 2005) for the past 8 years, I have to ask, would a wimp do the following:
- Ride her bike up to 65 miles in a day without needing a break
- Hike 10 miles in the woods without resting
- Play baseball and soccer
- Has the desire to learn how to repair bikes & cars (how many 10 year olds can change a flat in under 5 min or perform an oil change on their own?)
- Works on a farm on weekends and over summer vacation; picking fruit, stacking hay, cleaning stables, feeding livestock, mowing lawns, stacking firewood
As a ten year old, she does more than many adults have done their entire lives! One of her long term aspirations is to fly jets for the U.S. Air Force after high school, which I admire considering at her age I didn't know what I wanted to do from one weekend to the next, not to mention have a life long goal.