A Generation of Nincompoops?

http://www.bnd.com/2010/09/28/1416886/with-basic-skills-downgraded-are.html#ixzz10pOkcIX0

The author of this book claims that our generation is the dumbest because we have grown up dependent of technology.  Everything is available with the click of a button.

While what she claims is entirely true, you can't put the blame entirely on the children.  Is it our fault that we were raised in households where it is acceptable to never touch laundry detergent or pick up a mop?  And of course there are the exceptions within this generation.  Personally, I had and have chores to do around the house.  I love baking--from scratch, not a box.  I grew up without my parents hovering over me, as the article states, "helicopter parents."

It is the generations above us that created all these new inventions that hinder us from learning.  Yes, it makes our lives a whole lot more convenient, but parents should also have the responsibility to teach their children how to manage on their own.

If we are the dumbest generation, then the generation above us is the laziest.