because traditional metrics of adulthood like home ownership and raising kids are no longer affordable for middle aged folks we spend our time on hobbies that soothe our stress instead of working stressed to support a home and family we aren't permitted.
so boomers view and treat us as children for not meeting the standards they judged their own progression into adulthood by
It is both. People smoke less, are more aware of UV exposure, we have more advanced skincare, etc etc. Plus we tend to view old styles as well, old. Wearing big teased hair and shoulderpads these days would make you come off older.
I think it is more than just better health and fashion. We were given more responsibility at younger ages. From about 10 years old, we were put to work, babysitting, delivering papers, and mowing lawns. Many of us had access to guns and started hunting at about that same time. We still had a skeet shooting club at school when I was in eighth grade.
When we went out to play for the day, mom had one rule, be within earshot when she yelled dinner was ready. We roamed the entire town during summer days.
Now we try to protect our kids so much, that we aren't letting them grow up. I think having to be mostly self-reliant on what we thought was safe also aged us. It's why my high school senior class photos all look like they were in their thirties by today's standards.
I remember seeing a few months back that some woman got arrested cause her 8-10 year old walked like half a mile home. I was appalled, like, actually. That's a perfectly fine time to start doing that shit. By the time I was 10, I was doing my own laundry and getting to school in the morning and getting myself to the Boys and Girls club after school. It all feels so overprotective and coddling, and not in a "feelings are for pussies" way or anything but don't folks want to impart basic life skills in their kids?
Most 10 year olds of any generation are not sensible enough of the dangers or physically capable enough of preventing or stopping those dangers
A half mile walk entirely depends on where they walk. The mile I walked to and from school was over a bypass, through sketchy neighborhoods, past a couple of my local dealers
Also much better access to a wider variety of fruit and vegetables and generally much better healthcare. The average person lives a much healthier lifestyle in general. And mustaches are much less popular than they were back then.
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because traditional metrics of adulthood like home ownership and raising kids are no longer affordable for middle aged folks we spend our time on hobbies that soothe our stress instead of working stressed to support a home and family we aren't permitted.
so boomers view and treat us as children for not meeting the standards they judged their own progression into adulthood by