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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 part of Gen Z and for me, the thing that worries me most is surviving the modern climate. The cost of living is high and even though I work I can hardly afford my bills and to run my car. I'm lucky that I still live at home with my parents, but, I know this can't be forever. My sister is in the same boat.

    The threat of WW3 is always there too.

    The future is worrying

  • in reply to Deleted User

    The threat of WW3 has affected quite a few generations, I can remember adverts in the 80’s telling us what to do in the event of a nuclear attack. School trips were not allowed if it was to a City as there was a constant threat from the IRA. My parents watched the Cuban Missile Crisis unfold in 1962. There unfortunately always seems to be conflict somewhere in the world.

  • in reply to Roy

    Those must have been frightening times to be alive. My nan now in her 90s recalls some of WW2, which equally sounded horrific to endure. It's sad that people on this world can't just put their differences aside and get on together, we are here such a short time really, it would be so much better if all the fighting just stopped.

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  • in reply to Roy

    Those must have been frightening times to be alive. My nan now in her 90s recalls some of WW2, which equally sounded horrific to endure. It's sad that people on this world can't just put their differences aside and get on together, we are here such a short time really, it would be so much better if all the fighting just stopped.

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