Kids these days...

So i've been pretty busy lately hanging out with a bunch of six, eight, and twelve year-olds at the pool in vain attempt to get them to swim at all, let alone do it correctly! Coaching a swimteam has always been a dream of mine, but it has been a lot more difficult than I ever thought it would be. Being a swim coach is different than coaching other types of sports because it is (I think) more of a mental sport than any other sport out there. It's physically challenging sure, but for me, I doubt I would be the driven, self-motivated, hard-working person I am without the mental strength I developed throughout all those years of circle-swimming. It has been interesting to see the opposite ends of the spectrum in the way kids handle workout at practice: First, there's the few trying so hard to follow coaches' direction that they are literally CRYING throughout the entire workout. Second category includes a few floater kids who skate along without trying too hard, but not slacking either. Third category, and largest might I add, are the kids who whine constantly, taking anything you tell them to work on that will help them improve, and returning with a pathetic "it's too hard" and immediately reverting back to their old ways.
what is with these kids??? Have there always been kids as lazy and resistant to authority, or is this a recent infection of bad behavior to younger generations? How are kids going to ever learn how to work if they dub everything they attempt as "too hard", refusing to change, grow, or- heaven forbid- TRY?!

Book club update:
I failed on our meeting this week because I worked all weekend long. Are people up for meeting Saturday at...One? Let me know...I'll send out a message :) I finished the book on Friday night and I LOVED IT. Excellent recommendation Kristin! Thanks dahling! Next Book: The Hunger Games. Get it, Read it, Love it.
Love you all!