Gen Z: Slow Grow

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Studies show that Gen Z grows up slower than previous generations. What are some ways we see evidence of this? Why is this trend towards a delay in adulthood happening? Oren and David discuss these questions in this episode.

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Full Show Notes:

At some point in your life as a kid, you realize just how bad you want to grow up. You can’t wait to grow up. Gen Z, however, is taking a different approach.

Slow Grow Facts

• Gen Z teens are less likely to go out without their parents and experience the freedom of being out of the house without their parents.
  • This delays those first experiences of being an adult and needing to make their own decisions, good or bad.
• Gen Z teens are less likely to date.
  • This means they are less likely to have sex than teens in previous decades.
    • This has resulted in the lowest teen birthrate ever. It’s down by more than half.
• Gen Z teens delay in getting their driver’s license
  • 1 out of 4 teens don’t have their license by the time they graduate from high school
  • No longer a symbol of freedom
• Gen Z teens are less likely to spend time alone at home after school.
  • Fewer latchkey kids
  • Fewer unaccompanied/supervised children
• Gen Z teens are less likely to get a job
• If they work, they work fewer hours on average
• There isn’t a significant rise in extracurricular activities
• Less time spent on homework

Why the Slow Grow?

• Today’s teens follow a slow life strategy.
  • Families have fewer children
  • Parents cultivate each child longer and more intensely
• They just don’t “need” to
• There’s less of a “survival” mentality among Gen Z and their parents

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