Newspaper Articles: Gen Y more gracious than Gen X: Survey AND More giving to charity from the grave

From The Straits Times, as quoted:

Quote:Generation Y has overtaken Generation X in the kindness stakes, according to a survey by the Singapore Kindness Movement.
Young people under the age of 30 - commonly dubbed Gen Y - appear to have become more gracious. Their 'graciousness rating' stands at an average of 6.3 out of 10, as compared to 6.1 for their Gen X counterparts, according to the Graciousness Index. But baby boomers, aged above 50, still came out tops. Their mean rating is 6.7, unchanged from last year.
Mr David Black, managing director of Blackbox Research, which handled the survey, attributes Gen Y's higher score to the effects of growing up in economically successful Singapore.
He said: 'Young people today are more sophisticated, and there is a rising consciousness among them as they are the first adult generation to grow up with the Internet.'

There was also a hard copy newspaper article with the same title but more detailed.

This article mainly discusses the issues about kindness related behaviour among individuals of our current society and the generation of adults and senior citizens. Many adults have misconceptions that teenagers are always not gracious and are selfish. However, it seems to be the opposite, and means that adults should instead learn from teenagers about graciousness. What teenagers of our society are doing right now can be seen as respectable behaviour and attitudes in society, and it also indicates a learning point for adults. Also, when adults themselves learn from teenagers, they also improve their own attitudes and graciousness, allowing teenagers to learn from adults too at the same time. It is a two-way process, and this article can show support for both stands of the issue being discussed.

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From The Straits Times article in the home section, 31st of March 2012, titled 'More giving to charity from the grave". This article discusses the many adults whom have experienced or been related to World War 2, and have donated generously to the charity funds. This may allow teenagers to learn from adults, as the adults have respectable behavior by donating. Also, it enables teenagers to learn from adults when they may encounter similar situations in the future. The fact that the kind adults were willing to offer some condolence money shows the high moral values of them, which portrays a model examples for teenagers to follow.

Here is the hard copy of the newspaper article.