Bus 322 Week 4 Discussion Question 1

From the e-Activity, determine if there is more stress today than in past generations and provide available evidence to support your response.Without doing any research at all, and only talking to my parents, we have more stress today. The first thing that comes to my mind is kids. I remember playing outside all day as a kid and only coming home for dinner and when it got dark. I would not dare to let my kids do this today, there are too many hazards and risks to allow this to happen. I think that the updated technology also causes us more stress today then past generations. With more technology, more is expected from you as an employee because the resources are there. I think the society as a whole also work longer hours now than in past generations. In my experiences, a 40 hour work week is the minimum and 50 hours is normal now.Now with doing some research, I found that five times as many high school and college students are dealing with anxiety and other mental health issues as youth of the same age who were studied in the Great Depression era. I find this absurd, five times