Kids are not less intelligent. They are less focused.

I am a 30yo single mom who went back to college for a second degree. I have spent the last year in classes, in a field that is extremely sexy with a pay to match and plenty of job offers available. <br><br>I am flipping burnt out. I have seven classes left. Suddenly, I can’t finish things. I start them and get lost in youtube or maybe Instagram, and then I start looking at what memes are trending, and then I think I’m feeling a little stressed… maybe some anime will help. Sometimes I check out a few articles on my favorite news sites. <br><br>I have normally always finished things. I don’t mind writing a 30 page paper or doing the 250 slide PowerPoint… I don’t mind walking 5 miles after dark to get somewhere or driving for 14 hours straight. I could always “power through it.”<br><br>I don’t feel like I can anymore. I can’t physically focus on something as long as I can or have. I think this is happening to a LOT of kids. Of course there are some special cases, but I think across the board, people are having a harder time focusing than they used to. <br><br>I have a job and 2 kids and a mean commute (only ~20 minutes, but remember the roads we have). And I’m tired. Sometimes I don’t have the “good mom” energy, and neither do parents or teachers. Our patience has run out. <br><br>It is easy to blame the kids. But they’re actually doing the best they can for who they are in this moment. They are not being lazier or less intelligent or less capable. They’re just really tired like the rest of us.<br><br>The younger generations are not lesser or dumber or more dumb than we are. They’re just more tired and more distracted and more stressed. It’s our job to teach and support, not to blame or judge. <br><br>Kids are not lesser. They’re just really tired.