goodbyekitty83 t1_ixc34yx wrote
Reply to comment by Psychological-Bear-9 in Maine has the highest rate of child abuse cases in the United States (1,904.4 per 100,000 people under 18). The data comes from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. by AngelaLambert
What do you mean gen Y are just now having kids? We've been having kids since 20 years ago
mlo9109 t1_ixcf2x2 wrote
Now it's Gen. Z having kids here. My niece is 24 and has a 1 year old and she's considered to have had kids "later" in life when compared to her peers/our other family members except my sad, single 30 something self.
ralphy1010 t1_ixctuks wrote
good grief, why the rush? only thing worse than running out and buying a new truck after HS is having a baby right off the bat. I could just never understand why people encouraged it, it's like they wanted them to be stuck in that small town and not be able to move away
mlo9109 t1_ixcuwpr wrote
Jesus (things are pretty Jesus-y up north) and peer/family pressure are pretty strong motivators (or demotivators to do anything else, really)
I'm the only one of my high school graduating class of 36 who "escaped" the north and the only one without kids. Coincidence? I think not.
ralphy1010 t1_ixdlepl wrote
my hs was similar in that sense along the coast, 96 graduating seniors, it served like 10 towns. prob a third never did any school beyond HS and a good number of those who did go away for school came back. I don't recall there being much of a bible thumping scene in those days but there was a very pervasive mind set that could be seen as demotivating for anyone who might have thought differently or dreamed of a world beyond that rural collection of towns on the coast.
Psychological-Bear-9 t1_ixcq055 wrote
Sometimes, I forget millennials encompass as far back as 1980. Not the best with time. Shoot me 🤷♂️. Also, younger millenials are just now having kids as they enter their 30's and very late 20's. So, the statement is still technically correct. But that's not really the point of the thread, is it?
goodbyekitty83 t1_ixcxtq3 wrote
And we definitely need to stop referring to ourselves as millennials, that was a word made up to be used as a swear word to call us lazy and other types of shit. We are Gin y, not millennials so we need to drop that shit right now
Psychological-Bear-9 t1_ixcyugq wrote
I mean... chicken or the egg. I heard the term millennial used as just a generational label before it was ever used in a derogatory sense. I like Millennial, it's indicative of coming of age during... the millennium. Gen Y is bland and boring. Boomers get shit on, too, but they're still baby boomers. 😂 So I disagree. It's wild, though, how you found an issue with everything in the post except. The main topic, which was literal child abuse.
goodbyekitty83 t1_ixd5ph7 wrote
It's just doesn't make sense to go from Gen X July Gen z and then why being used as men millennial again
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