The
following appeared on Bostonglobe.com Dec 16, 2013
Headline:
Idle millennials are victims of their parents’ success
Summary:
Word
that 6 million young people are not working or studying comes as no
surprise to anyone with a millennial in the basement. Yes, 85 percent
of this age group is in school or working — albeit many in low-wage
jobs. Six million, however, is not an insignificant number. — I
wouldn’t want to feed them — though apparently we’re likely to. And their situation is worrisome,
as is that of their parents, who no longer fear an empty nest but
offspring seemingly incapable of flight. Their fears are grounded researchers say -people who begin their adult lives without jobs are
more likely to be unemployed in the future. Bodies at rest remain at
rest, even when a portion of one’s idle time is dispatched at the
neighborhood gym. Even more unnerving, this generation has contrived
a new level of inertia, which the Japanese call “hikikomori.”
It’s young people who don’t leave the house at all, not
necessarily because they’re scared like agoraphobics, but because
their needs are met and they’re content.
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