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What matters to Generation Z? What does life hold for Generation Alpha? - Misc and chat

mrs.snooks

So.

We had a discussion last night in our house: my husband, myself and my 16 year old daughter.

It was on the back of one of the discussions on here about cultural norms.

It struck me that I didn't really know how life was viewed by folk: Generation Z from 1995 to 2009

You know I thought I knew. I thought it would be Climate Change, WW3. That sort of thing. But I wonder if that is infact just what is important to me. Being in my 50s, I am moulded by my youth experiences and how life has changed around me: feminism, 1980s poverty, Gen X culture. Thinking that we were going to change the world for the better. My parents grew up during the 60s. My grandparents through the War - and we didn't need a number to know which one we were talking about. 

I misquoted There is no such thing as society 

https://iea.org.uk/blog/there-is-no-such-thing-as-society

It was a long discussion. And I wanted to put it out there. What matters to Generation Z? What does life hold for Generation Alpha?

My daughter's answer, was totally unexpected. She said financial security (I paraphrase). I know that she is only n=1, but I wonder what you think the answer to this question is? 

xx Mrs Snooks

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  • I'm a bit confused by this post.  

    It is surely a good thing that a 16yr old is aware that financial security may be a problem for her generation.  Doesn't it mean that she's aware of what is going on in the country, and how precarious things are?  

    I argued with someone last week that said Trump will cause WW3.  I said he wont because war is bad for business.  Climate change is happening, but the harsh reality that we've not got enough homes is even more pressing.  Nobody fancies living on the pavement (and being arrested for vagrancy) or paying the rents that are being charged now for all eternity. 

    We seem to have got side-tracked into this discussion about labelling generations, when the real issue ought to be how are we looking to provide for the needs of our citizens.   All 68m of us and rising.  

    Of course your daughter is correct.  More so for this & the next generation than ever before - because that notion of a caring society where everyone looks out for one another is fast evaporating, and in years to come, I think it wont exist at all, sorry to say.  

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  • I'm a bit confused by this post.  

    It is surely a good thing that a 16yr old is aware that financial security may be a problem for her generation.  Doesn't it mean that she's aware of what is going on in the country, and how precarious things are?  

    I argued with someone last week that said Trump will cause WW3.  I said he wont because war is bad for business.  Climate change is happening, but the harsh reality that we've not got enough homes is even more pressing.  Nobody fancies living on the pavement (and being arrested for vagrancy) or paying the rents that are being charged now for all eternity. 

    We seem to have got side-tracked into this discussion about labelling generations, when the real issue ought to be how are we looking to provide for the needs of our citizens.   All 68m of us and rising.  

    Of course your daughter is correct.  More so for this & the next generation than ever before - because that notion of a caring society where everyone looks out for one another is fast evaporating, and in years to come, I think it wont exist at all, sorry to say.  

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