Gen Y = Gen X?

Well, no. But it makes me happy to know they've become cynical. Because I'm not happy unless they're not happy!

In a scientific analysis of nearly a half-million high-school seniors spread over three decades, MSU’s Brent Donnellan and Kali Trzesniewski of the University of Western Ontario argue teens today are no more egotistical — and just as happy and satisfied — as previous generations.

“We concluded that, more often than not, kids these days are about the same as they were back in the mid-1970s,” said Donnellan, associate professor of psychology.