America Has Millions Of Millennial Brats That Need To Move Away From Mommy And Daddy And Start Acting Like Adults
by Michael Snyder
EndOfTheAmericanDream.com
July 30, 2018
If young adults are America’s future, then they better get their act together. Today, over 30 percent of 18 to 34-year-olds live with their parents or other family members. Meanwhile, marriage rates and fertility rates in the United States have both hit record lows in recent years. Instead of coddling these self-absorbed Millennial narcissists well into their adult years, we need to be kicking them out of the nest and encouraging them to learn to fend for themselves. In many instances, if they do not learn how to act like adults by the time they are 35, they never will. It is time for parents all over America to exercise some tough love, because we are facing a major national crisis.
If you go all the way back to the mid-1970s, well over half of all 18 to 34-year-olds were already married and lived with their new spouse in their new households.
But today the most common living arrangement for those in that age group is living with Mommy and Daddy…
In 1975, when the oldest Boomers were 29, 57% of 18 to 34- year-olds lived with a spouse in their own household. Even as late as 1990, almost half lived with a partner. But in 2016, 31% were living in their parents’ home, making it the new, most common living arrangement for young adults, according to Census data.
Yes, I know that life is rough and housing is expensive and good jobs are hard to find.
But that is what being an adult is all about – overcoming the tough times and learning to stand on your own.
And because our young people are not getting out on their own, a lot fewer of them are getting married and having children. Here are some more numbers from Axios…
In 2017, 57% of millennials were never married. In 1985 — when boomers were around the same age — only a third had never been married, Pew Research’s Richard Fry told Axios. Even accounting for unmarried living partners does not make up the difference, he said.
Having fewer children: When Boomers were in their 20s, the fertility rate was 2.48, well beyond the replacement level of 2.1. Today, it is just 1.76.
When a recent survey asked why they were having fewer kids, most young adults said “child care is too expensive.”
Sadly, a lot of parents actively encourage their children to put off marriage and children. I have actually listened to many of these conversations personally. The young people are told that they cannot be “tied down” while they are getting an “education”, and that “pursuing a career” must come first.
So has this approach made us happier as a nation?
The Rest…HERE
