Will you have a better life than your parents? Though members of Generation Z face some big challenges, experts say that their future is much brighter than many people realise.
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Reasons to be cheerful for all aged 12 to 27
Will you have a better life than your parents? Though members of Generation Z face some big challenges, experts say that their future is much brighter than many people realise.
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Sandra is feeling anxiousWorried. . Her rent has just gone up again. She has no chance of buying a house. She worries about climate change. She hardly ever sees friends.
This is a common view of Generation ZPeople born between the late 1990s and early 2010s. . But while it has some truth, there is also a much brighter side to the story.
Generation Z includes people born between 1997 and 2012.
Around the world, there are two billion members of Gen Z. Britain has 13.5m and the US 68m.
AddictionA health problem in which someone does not have control over what they are doing or substances they are taking, to the point that it is harmful. to smartphones is seen as a major problem for them. But on the plus side, they are digital natives - people who have known the internet all their lives.
That means that they have the skills to work in a world centred on tech. As a result, they are highly employableSomebody who has the skills that employers are looking for in workers..
They are both more likely to have a university degree than their parents and to have a full-time job.
On top of that, they know that employers need them. This means that they are unafraid to demand better conditions, such as working from home, and to give up a job if they do not like it: they know they can get another one.
Will you have a better life than your parents?
Yes! You have much more freedom to change jobs and live how you want to. You know what your skills are worth.
No! Most members of Gen Z will have a very hard time buying a house unless they have help. And you have grown up in a world damaged by Covid-19The official scientific name for the type of coronavirus that swept the world from March 2020. and climate changeLong-term shifts in temperatures and weather patterns. Human action is a major cause of climate change..
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Keywords
Anxious - Worried.
Generation Z - People born between the late 1990s and early 2010s.
Addiction - A health problem in which someone does not have control over what they are doing or substances they are taking, to the point that it is harmful.
Employable - Somebody who has the skills that employers are looking for in workers.
Covid-19 - The official scientific name for the type of coronavirus that swept the world from March 2020.
Climate change - Long-term shifts in temperatures and weather patterns. Human action is a major cause of climate change.
Reasons to be cheerful for all aged 12 to 27
Zoomer culture: Critics called 2022 mystery film Bodies Bodies Bodies a satire of Gen Z life. Glossary
Anxious - Worried.
Generation Z - People born between the late 1990s and early 2010s.
Addiction - A health problem in which someone does not have control over what they are doing or substances they are taking, to the point that it is harmful.
Employable - Somebody who has the skills that employers are looking for in workers.
Covid-19 - The official scientific name for the type of coronavirus that swept the world from March 2020.
Climate change - Long-term shifts in temperatures and weather patterns. Human action is a major cause of climate change.