as a member of generation Y, I wonder if you realize how hard it is to get a job.. especially as a teen. I can't go flipping burgers/menial labor because generation X has all the jobs. I can't go work for many tech companies because of degree/age requirements, they don't make exceptions for kids who have been programming in insert laundry list for over 6 years.

"We all knew that we were the first generation to be worse off than our parents" I may be young and naive, but from what I hear about the current state of economics (I even heard we went into a recession), things suck pretty bad for the people, like me, just starting to jump into the work force. But honestly I'd say each generation was better off than its previous one. So I have a cell phone. My cell phone probably has more computing power than the universities whole computer lab that my dad attended? And that my grandfather while my age didn't use a computer. I'd say being able to access all the worlds information among thousands of other things that have been made better makes mine and your generation better off. Gratitude is important too.