I'm not much older than the young generation. I'm 35. I see a bunch of kids who are remarkably different than we were at their age, at least in certain ways.

Even by 23 or 24 years old they have no skills.The young men are pathetically incompetent with tools. Until recently I owned a small construction business and I'd hire these kids. Almost none of them could read a tape measure. If their truck had a water pump go out or something I'd have to pick them up for weeks until they could have it fixed. They were clueless about how to take care of such little things themselves.

I'd catch them playing on their phones when there was work to be done. They walked around on my job site like they didn't have shit to do, sticking their fingers in their ears and up their noses.

I finally quite hiring anybody under 30 years old. A broken down elderly man was more useful than these strong young man. At least they had enough sense to not step on a nail (and bend nails over in scrap lumber so they wouldn't step on them later).

The kids today are different. When I turned 16 I was given a $500 1981 camaro and a very nice and large tool set (my father was a proud tradesman and put a lot of stock in being able to work on things). By the time I was 20 I was assembling $5,000 high performance engines, stripping heads, working on trannies, etc. By 25 I had my own construction business (tiny little business).

If you can't read a tape measure or change a water pump on a chevy you are not a man as far as I'm concerned (whether you choose to change a pump is a little different). Go buy some panties and tampons and watch some Dr. Phil.