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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 up there with your daughter, financial issues is a problem, housing is scary expensive even when you're in a good job. It's annoying because I studied to get my degree, got in to debt for my education, eventually got my job and I still couldn't afford a place of my own. But it's not just buying a house, everything is unaffordable in this day and age, it's insane how we're meant to survive.

    This is what matters to me most, or really is what concerns me most, surviving this modern world when it feels like the government and everything is working against you.

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  • I'm up there with your daughter, financial issues is a problem, housing is scary expensive even when you're in a good job. It's annoying because I studied to get my degree, got in to debt for my education, eventually got my job and I still couldn't afford a place of my own. But it's not just buying a house, everything is unaffordable in this day and age, it's insane how we're meant to survive.

    This is what matters to me most, or really is what concerns me most, surviving this modern world when it feels like the government and everything is working against you.

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