American Psychological Association survey revealed the Millenials, aged 18-33, are the most stressed out group in America right now. They are the group hit most by the 5-year-recession, with 1 in 2 college graduates are either unemployed or underemployed. They are also the Barack-Obama-voters generation.
Not only they face a long bad economy, they are also burdened with credit card debts and student loans. They also spend more time in finishing their college degrees as they put more emphasis on school, leaving school with loads of debt and starting a career later compared to previous generations. The millenials have high expectations because of their prolonged stay in college and they were raised in schools wherein boosting self-esteem was given the greatest emphasis. They grew up being told how special they are and believe the world should treat them that way.
Millenials were raised by "helicopter parents", a term applied to over nurturing and over hovering parents and scheduling everything for them. The parents also tend to be "givers", meaning instead of the normal American teenage tradition of saving and working for what they want, the parents would instead buy "stuff" for them, not allowing them to be exposed to working early.
You can say Millenials are late starters in dealing with realities of the real world. The coddling and hovering kind of parenting they experienced sheltered but stopped them from developing stress coping mechanism. But with human nature, they would find a way to cope- either by fight or by flight.
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