are gen z less resilient?

Are those of us who are Gen Z less resilient, less prepared for life's real-world challenges, or are we simply less willing to tolerate the kind bullshit that our predecessors consider to be a mere part of a normal Tuesday? I watched The Diary of a CEO with Simon Sinek called "The Advice Young People NEED to Hear" and it's an idea I can't stop thinking about. 

Gen Z's by definition are those born between 1997 and 2012, placing myself and most of my friends amongst the oldest of Gen Z's. This lends itself, I feel, to a unique perspective on the claim. 

My knee-jerk reaction is to say that the claim is utterly unfounded, subjective and bias in favour of age-based elitism, the 'respect your elders' type. To Gen Zers, respect is something that is earned. Does age even come into it at all? To say that Gen Z's are less capable is to assume that the older generations have more life experience, but is that always true?

I'm 25 and I've been all over the world. I've explored all different cultures, seen things that have both amazed and disgusted me. My key takeaway, from such a short life so far, is that some people live more in 20 years than others do in 80. I've been to 15 countries in just 25 years, meanwhile 38% of American's have never owned a passport. Can you really say that you've got life experience when you've never so much as considered straying from your home country? Who would you say is more "capable", a millennial whose never left the country in their life, or a Gen Z whose travelled half of Europe? We're told to respect our elders, for with age comes wisdom. But for me, the older I get, the less I know what's right and what's wrong anymore. My opinions and points of view are challenged on a near-daily basis, and so they should be. People who always think they're right usually end up pig-ignorant, alone and unhappy and anyone whose ever scrolled through Facebook comments will attest to that!