Title: What Common Challenges Are Young Adults Facing Today?
Headings: What Common Challenges Are Young Adults Facing Today?
What Common Challenges Are Young Adults Facing Today?
Money
School
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Climate Change
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Content: Money
Money is a common concern for young adults throughout history, and this generation is no exception. In fact, as college costs (and college debts) soar and wages fail to keep up with the rising cost of living, today’s young adults are entering an economy that seems designed to make sure that they struggle as much as possible. The result is that teens in high school worry about how they’ll pay for college, college students find that not only do they need to work while attending school, but that their wages don’t keep up with their expenses, and young adults entering the workforce worry that they’ll need to move back in with their parents if they want to pay their bills and keep up with their student loans. Early adulthood is traditionally a time where people experience more financial instability, but today’s young people are more aware of income inequality and less certain that they’ll ever reach a place of financial stability, so this is a serious challenge for them. School
It’s not just the costs of college that have risen in recent years. Competition and expectations are up as well. More and more students are being raised with the expectation that they’ll go to college, and many entry-level jobs require applicants to have a college degree to even be considered for the position. This means that there’s more competition to get into college in the first place. On top of that, educational standards have simply changed over the years. More is expected of students in this generation than in previous generations.