Ally Loprete

Every generation thinks that they have it all figured out. Why then, are our twenty something kids struggling to become adults? It's easy to generalize an entire population by their collective Facebook statuses, but Millennials, often accused of being narcissistic and entitled do have to face some issues that previous generations did not. Rates of depression are soaring among Millennials Contrary to what you might hear the media say, the biggest problem with the era of instant gratification is not that they think too highly of themselves, it's that they struggle to think for themselves. A college degree is now the career equivalent of what a high school degree used to be, so the pressure on kids has been increased and this has made the job-search process even more competitive in a sluggish economy. Sorry, Moms and Dads. It's kinda our fault... We just wanted to protect our babies and give them the greatest childhood society had expected from us. However, the overinvolvement of helicopter parents has preve