Declaring Emotional Bankrupcy

I've realized something over the last one week. We as a generation are absolutely emotionally challenged! Whomever I've talked to, seen around me, tried to take advice from gave me back the same story. What's wrong with us I wonder! Or is there anything wrong? Did our parents go through the same head vs. heart turmoil when they were our age? Is it that we give problems too less time to sort out by themselves? Or is it that being busy has become so much a part of our lives that whenever we are free we try to jump into strange relationships and then go completely emotionally bankrupt?! Is this the problem our ancient culture was trying to guard us against by defining specific gender roles? If yes, I think that was a pathetic solution. If no, what is the solution?