A staggering 22% of millennials (aged 23 – 38) surveyed by YouGov say they have no friends, while less than 1/3 say they have at least 10 friends.
Meanwhile 30% of Millennials say they ‘always or often feel lonely.’
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Authored by Daisy Luther via The Organic Prepper,
“Millennials” have been the butt of a million jokes about incompetence. The generation born between 1981 and 1996 is considered entitled, ultra-liberal, and naive about how life works. But maybe they’ve gotten a bad rap because what no one ever points out is that maybe the issue isn’t with these young people but with how they were raised. I know that my own millennial daughter is competent, frugal, and independent.
As a parent, the most important job I will ever hold is “mom” to my two daughters. And if I’m not teaching them the important life lessons they need to survive and thrive in this crazy world, I’m not doing a very good job at all. Of course, once they get out there, there are a million variables, but how they deal with those variables has a lot to do with whether they were raised to think independently or raised to wait for rescue.
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A new study from the libertarian magazine Reason this week carried with it a pretty striking headline:
“65% of Americans Say Millennials Are ‘Entitled,’ 58% of Millennials Agree”
It seems that we have an entitlement issue with out young adults — an issue even those young adults wholly admit to.
But perhaps nothing betrays this point like the following chart. Reason and pollster Rupe asked Americans whether kids who participate in youth sports should get trophies just for playing, or only for winning. A strong majority of Americans (57 percent) said only the winners, but then you look at the age breakdown.
While older Americans are overwhelmingly in favor of trophies for winners only, those 18-24 prefer participation trophies — albeit by a narrow 51-49 margin.
Perhaps we should start calling those under 25 years old the “participation trophy generation.”
Update: It’s not just age; as Reason notes there are vastly different takes on this question when you look at income and education level, too. Here’s how that looks:
