So it's not that I'm against privacy but that the values around privacy are very different for me and for people who are
younger than my parent's generation, for whom it's weird to live in a glass house.
Many 40s people look
younger than our parents» generation did.
Not exact matches
They also warn that an emerging generation of
young adults will end up poorer
than their
parents.
So in practice, if you are
young software developer or entrepreneur in San Francisco, you can choose to work at a start - up that will have a more
than 50 percent chance of going out of business in the next 18 months without risking the embarrassment of running out of money and having to move back in with your
parents.
Historically,
young voters are less likely to turn out
than their
parents.
«It's virtually certain that
younger Canadians are going to retire later
than their
parents, on average,» says actuary Malcolm Hamilton, a partner at Mercer who happens to be retiring this year at age 61.
A report by
Young Invincibles explains why millennial
parents are having a harder time financially
than previous generations.
With today's economy and the meteoric rise in the numbers of single
parents, many
young families have it tougher
than their
parents did.
The report suggests
young families are also wealthier
than their
parents were.
«Although earning slightly more
than their
parents did in the 1980s, millennials need to pay more to get their foot in the housing door,» he said, adding that the average house price in 2011 was ten times the median salary of a
young family.
A new report by BMO Economics suggests that
young Canadians, specifically those between 25 and 34 years old, are on average richer
than their
parents were at that age.
Thiel has pointed out, reasonably enough, that America's political system is stuck in a long period of gridlock and the current generation of
young Americans faces dimmer financial prospects
than their
parents did.
For all the indications that
younger investors may be catching onto a «buy - and - hold» stock investment strategy, it's important to note that millennials have much less to invest, and to lose, by staying in the market
than their
parents who are close to retirement.
Clearly, at cash cost,
young Canadians who wish to own their dwelling are much worse off
than were their
parents when they bought their house in the 1970s or during the first half of the 1980s.
Individuals who are not eligible for a Pell Grant but are
younger than 24 and had a
parent who was a member of the U.S. armed forces and died as a result of military service in Iraq or Afghanistan after 9/11 may be eligible for an Iraq and Afghanistan Service Grant.
But the
young investors who are jumping into the market are choosing very different stocks
than their
parents are.
Studies have shown many
young adults in their 20s and early 30s are better at tracking expenses and sticking to a budget
than baby boomers, who are generally the
parents of millennials.
«We need to ensure that
young people are able to build a better future for themselves and don't fear that they are going to have a worse future
than their
parents.»
Due to the financial crisis and then the ensuing spike in real estate prices that priced many first - time homebuyers out of the market,
young people are living with their
parents longer
than ever before.
In Parkland, «while the students and
parents speaking up were no more passionate
than the
young people of, say, the Black Lives Matter movement, it was clear that the political establishment was going to receive them a different way,» New Yorker contributor Emily Witt noted last week.
But Obama's public piety has helped him bond with
young evangelical leaders, who are less tied to the GOP
than their
parents» generation.
It's a stirring of the nest, to use the wonderful image of Deuteronomy 32, although in this case it appears more the work of the
young themselves
than of the wise and proactive
parent.
In the academic sphere, we have not always managed
parents» expectations perfectly, and because we are
young plant, any falling short makes us vulnerable; but some batches of results, especially in English and in languages, have been better
than most schools back home.
And when it comes to «family values,» we're weary of battles to «protect» marriage from gay couples, when so many
young evangelicals have grown up in broken homes, witnessing our
parents divorce and remarry at rates just as high as in the non-evangelical world (more
than 33 % of marriages among born - again Christians end in divorce, the same as in the general population).
Stories have come out recently about
young girls who rebel and seek approval from someone other
than their
parents, only to be duped into believing an older man is interested in them.
And of course there is the gut - wrenching story of the
young man worked up the courage to come out to his
parents only to be told by his father, «this is worse
than if you had died.»
The latest Zogby poll, reported in November 2002, reveals not only that Americans in general are becoming more conservative in their views about abortion, but that
young people are significantly more pro-life
than their
parents.
Needed and appreciated despite infirmities and sometimes inaccurate memories, these elderly citizens were able to share more of their time, humor and patience
than younger working
parents could.
The president insisted more
than once, that if a
parent has a
young child who is experiencing some sort of gender confusion, and it happens to be a boy, for example, they should not tell him he was born a male and should embrace that reality.
John is a well - spoken
young man and deserves a better education
than the one his
parents, church and school are giving him.
Nothing could have a greater impact on the wholeness of the next generation
than providing in every community a network of readily available growth and growth - repair (therapy) opportunities for
parents of
young children and
parents - to - be.
While it is evidently not true to say that
young people are less moral
than their
parents, it is quite true to say that what they understand morality to include or exclude is often very different.
For a shadow hangs over their
young lives, making it more
than likely that a number of them will die of malnutrition or bombs or be made orphans when their
parents disappear.
(By some measures, millennials and
younger generations are more pro-life
than their
parents.)
Though
younger voters skew progressive on other social issues they continue to side with life; by some measures, more so
than their
parents.
If these were scenes in a (non-Mel Gibson) film they would be too graphic for children
younger than 14 to see, but
parents blissfully show them off to their toddlers.
I have an autoimmune illness that has stopped me doing my ministry job, stopped me leaving the house more
than 20 times a year, and made
parenting my
young son extremely difficult.
The pressures for conformity exercised on
young people by this culture are often greater
than those exercised by
parents or schools.
Further, the attitudes and practices of the
parents were much more influential on the
young people's thinking and action
than were the teachings of their schools or churches.
Some other news about
young people: 57 percent said that the primary reason they helped others was that it «makes them feel good personally»; 19 percent would not fight for their country under any circumstances, 24 percent were uncertain and 60 percent would not be willing to volunteer one year to serve their country; 17 percent could think of no famous person or celebrity they admired (only 1 percent admired Mother Teresa, and Donald Trump received a similar vote — indicating that religious and business leaders are among the least admired adults); 65 percent would cheat on a major exam in school, while 36 percent would lie to protect a friend who vandalized; 53 percent claimed that growing up for them is harder
than it was for their
parents (minority
young people were more likely to say it was easier).
Young people are seeing the world differently
than our
parents did, and they are turning away from religion in droves.
Queensland
parents are smarter
than that Dr
Young» said Mr Parker.
The curse of plentiful rich food may mean that
young Australians become the first generation in a long time to live shorter lives
than their
parents.
Perhaps it is true that the media — especially television — have prompted many
young adults to take a more nonchalant approach to sports
than their
parents did, but I for one have been an avid fan since the age of four.
Those red - and - black stripes still mean something, and Milan's legacy hasn't faded beyond recognition, but as players even
younger than Donnaruma start to cycle into the professional ranks, the club's successes aren't far from becoming «a thing my
parents told me about.»
Unlike their
parents» and grandparents» generations, for whom marriage and parenthood were prerequisites for adulthood,
young people today more often view these markers as life choices rather
than requirements, as steps that complete the process of becoming an adult rather
than start it.
Stop bashing
young dads — and support them to help their children The Fatherhood Institute calls on government - funded services aimed at supporting
parents to identify and support
young fathers as well as
young mothers, rather
than dismiss them as «feckless» and reduce their role to that of cash providers.
I am horrified by the obesity problem among
young children (and adults, too), which is a far more dangerous and a far - larger problem
than women rock climbing while pregnant or
parents rock climbing with a child on their back (or even pregnant women drinking or doing drugs).
The Fatherhood Institute calls on government - funded services aimed at supporting
parents to identify and support
young fathers as well as
young mothers, rather
than dismiss them as «feckless» and reduce their role to that of cash providers.
It also sets off a bureaucratic chain of events which backs up the message that fathers can treat
parenting as optional, as health visitors talk to mothers rather
than fathers, children centres build their services around what they perceive to be mothers» (rather
than families») needs, schools fail to record contact details of fathers and, when a
young person ends up in court for misbehaviour, magistrates hand down
parenting orders to mothers rather
than fathers, even when the father is resident in the household and present in the courtroom.