The two small groups I go to at my church, most of them are in in their late 50's and/or early-to-mid 60's.
It's extremely difficult for baby boomers to relate to the struggles that millennials are dealing with. When they were our age (age range is early to mid 20's to mid 30's) they weren't dealing with the issues we are. Here's a list that compares and contrasts:
Them:
Cost of living was lower
Housing was affordable
It was actually feasible to have a family from a financial standpoint
Obesity was very low; healthy food that wasn't loaded with preservatives was affordable
They could get a decent paying job and a college education wasn't required to get said job. If they choose to go to college it was affordable.
Us (Millennials)
Cost of living is ridiculous.
Housing is exorbitant (and keeps getting more expensive). Many of us who are in our 30's are living with our parents because cost-of-living is so high we can't afford to live on our own. To make this more fun, half the time it's cheaper to buy a house than it is to rent an apartment (which to me is flat out ridiculous, to me it should be the other way around).
Many of us are putting off having kids or forgoing having them altogether. The reason is simple-we can't afford to have them. Many of us are struggling just to provide for OUR OWN needs; it's not fair to the kid when you can't afford to provide for said child. It also to me makes no sense to have more kids than you can afford to provide for; yes God provides, but he also wants us to be good stewards of the resources he's given us. Having more kids than you can afford to raise is NOT doing that.
The obesity epidemic is basically a pandemic, however it's worse in North America and Canada in comparison to other countries. We're told to eat healthy, but the cost of buying real food that isn't loaded with preservatives is ridiculous (where I live it's not uncommon to pay $5-$9 for a loaf of bread that doesn't have a laundry list of preservatives).
We have to go into debt to pay for the cost of college; and that education doesn't give us practical, hands-on experience training in the job. Add to that there are loads of people who have a degree who are still stuck taking part-time jobs and underpaid/underemployed (or both) because the economy right now sucks. Supposedly unemployment is at an all time low, but a lot of people who are employed are underemployed and underpaid (or both).
It's extremely difficult for baby boomers to relate to the struggles that millennials are dealing with. When they were our age (age range is early to mid 20's to mid 30's) they weren't dealing with the issues we are. Here's a list that compares and contrasts:
Them:
Cost of living was lower
Housing was affordable
It was actually feasible to have a family from a financial standpoint
Obesity was very low; healthy food that wasn't loaded with preservatives was affordable
They could get a decent paying job and a college education wasn't required to get said job. If they choose to go to college it was affordable.
Us (Millennials)
Cost of living is ridiculous.
Housing is exorbitant (and keeps getting more expensive). Many of us who are in our 30's are living with our parents because cost-of-living is so high we can't afford to live on our own. To make this more fun, half the time it's cheaper to buy a house than it is to rent an apartment (which to me is flat out ridiculous, to me it should be the other way around).
Many of us are putting off having kids or forgoing having them altogether. The reason is simple-we can't afford to have them. Many of us are struggling just to provide for OUR OWN needs; it's not fair to the kid when you can't afford to provide for said child. It also to me makes no sense to have more kids than you can afford to provide for; yes God provides, but he also wants us to be good stewards of the resources he's given us. Having more kids than you can afford to raise is NOT doing that.
The obesity epidemic is basically a pandemic, however it's worse in North America and Canada in comparison to other countries. We're told to eat healthy, but the cost of buying real food that isn't loaded with preservatives is ridiculous (where I live it's not uncommon to pay $5-$9 for a loaf of bread that doesn't have a laundry list of preservatives).
We have to go into debt to pay for the cost of college; and that education doesn't give us practical, hands-on experience training in the job. Add to that there are loads of people who have a degree who are still stuck taking part-time jobs and underpaid/underemployed (or both) because the economy right now sucks. Supposedly unemployment is at an all time low, but a lot of people who are employed are underemployed and underpaid (or both).