“Kids these days.” We often hear older generations complaining about the younger generation because of how they’ve gotten softer and had much easier lives than previous cohorts. Young people respond with “OK Boomer,” blowing it off as something the old, cranky generations always say. It’s as universal a phrase as “back in my day.”
But this time, the complaint might carry more weight. There’s evidence that young people are truly maturing more slowly than previously.
The kids are staying kids for far too long.
I’ve seen it in my own experiences with my Gen Z peers how young Americans have been infantilized — and the cultural implications of it.
We laugh at the videos of hysterical young (and old) Americans reacting to President Trump’s landslide victory and stories of college campuses canceling classes and providing “safe spaces” for students. It’s funny, but it’s also a troubling result…
