The idea of “The Teacup Generation” stems from a concern over the futures of many of America’s current millennials. It’s the idea that members of this generation of people have become very fragile human beings, due to “helicopter parents” who try to plan out every step of their child’s success, and always protect them from criticism or trouble. This has lead to the conventional belief that only overachievement, a college education, and a long résumé will guarantee success in life. A sample survey in 2013 showed that 73% of the millennials who took the survey emphasized focusing on their weaknesses instead of building upon their strengths. As a result of this way of thinking, millennials will suffer from a weakness of character when entering …show more content…
This topic does apply to me in the sense that the futures of both myself and my colleagues will depend on us changing how we view ourselves and our success. From my interactions with my classmates and friends, I can see many of the traits that are common in members of a Teacup Generation: they are very romantic about the future, they tend to focus more on overachievement than personal development, they tend to have a very defensive attitude towards criticism, and they often don’t want to work hard in order to obtain the large goals they picture in their heads. In the immediate future, myself and my fellow millennials will have to focus on getting into college, which is a decision that we have been told is the most important part of our lives. After college, when many of my colleagues enter the workforce, there will be a struggle to try and focus more on developing strengths and working towards individual and collective goals. Ultimately, the future depends on whether or not millennials will begin to care more about taking advantage of what they are good at to achieve their goals and help other, rather than focusing on their weaknesses in an attempt to make others seem