What is the biggest issue twentysomethings face?
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Dear 070707bride,\n\nI think Messier here is very much on the mark. In a word, everything is a big problem. Let me break it up into a few main themes to make it easier.\n\nMATERIAL MATTERS: We are a generation where employment opportunities are much fewer and competition much stronger than in the past. My father managed to rise to a very rewarding position inside a multinational corporation with no university education. This would practically be unthinkable today. Instead we are having to spend much more time and money on education and obtaining qualifications. We are independent much later than our parents, and feel great guilt for that.\n\nCompetition has been exacerbated by the massive entrance of women into the job market, for instance: this is a good thing, but the problem now is that the demands of the economy make it very difficult to have a materially satisfying home life with only one income-earner. There is nothing wrong with being a housewife or househusband: but economic as well as cultural constraints (this condition is marginalised and ridiculed nowadays) mean that people who want to do it (for the sake of the children, their own development, etc) no longer can.\n\nThe concept of rewarding, life-long careers is also disappearing because small and medium enterprises are vanishing to the profit of huge organisations with little or no personal connection to their employees - the economy is also increasingly fast and virtual, so this means that these same organisations are under pressure to report results at a frantic rate and will not hesitate to effect massive redundancies to meet short-term financial targets.\n\nFinally, the price of real estate is ridiculously high, which means young people can no longer afford their own home and will have to wait for many years to get it. All this has a direct impact on the next theme:\n\nHOME LIFE: Since both partners in a household need to work nowadays, stress levels skyrocket and partners tend to offload it upon each other. There is no longer solace in the home, which leads to a great strain on relationships in general and a breakdown in mental health. One in 10 people is supposed to suffer from mental illness nowadays (twenty years ago it was one in 10,000) and it is no coincidence that the average age for a first depressive episode is the mid- to late 20s.\n\nBecause the condition of household manager has been discredited (see above), there is no longer a choice in priorities and everyone is supposed to be both a career enthusiast and a competent house manager at the same time. This is an unprecedented strain in the history of home life.\n\nThis is also bad for children, obviously, since there is no choice but to leave them in the hands of nannies or daycare centres, thus leading to a great neglect in upbringing and a constant sense of guilt for the parents. This also means that we have a poor birthrate, because we have to wait much longer than our own parents to enjoy the material means to start a family. Women especially now only have a tiny window of opportunity to have children before it's too late.\n\nIDENTITY: We Generation Xers face a permanent existential crisis. We were born in the midst of a general downfall of practically all existing human institutions. We are the generation that saw the collapse of communism, the demise of Enlightenment values, the breakdown of national identities under the influence of globalisation, the return of religious fanaticism and the triumphant excesses of a devil-may-care consumer society. As a result, the cultural landmarks that previous generations defined themselves by are not there for us. We are at a true crossroads in human values.\n\nSome have accused us of wanting everything now, but we cannot be entirely blamed for that - we are after all the generation that has been most overexposed to drivelling and relentless advertisement campaigns urging us to want and be everything now, this minute. By heeding this propaganda, our
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A big challenge is the culture shock..u might think is it not bfore, but when u get there u know it...the second is to know the people and think like them..
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What aren't some problems with the young generation ?
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not a huge deal. there are more important things to worry about.
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OK\nDon't ask how much money people have.\n""        ""           ""     people earn weekly etc.\nDon't ask a woman's age.\nDon't ask for a kiss on the first date\nCareful about religous questions\nCareful about politics.
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"Yout Issues" are things that impact all youth..like drugs, sex, smoking, or even the immagration issue.  Usually our youth can see answers that we adults have closed our eyes to.  Almost any issue you hear students talking about at school could be considered a "youth issue".
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Adults just have too much on their minds like kids, bills, and work.Their busy and dont worry about making new friends nomore since there lifes are already settled.*
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Sex, Success, Secrets, Celebrities, Deceit, Health Habits\n\nI think that encompasses everything most people need.
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The bigger problem is making people care. There is too much citizen apathy in this country. Until that problem is addressed, nothing else really matters.
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Seems like you've got bigger issues than that. \nGood luck ;)
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Late '20's?  By that time most people have seen enough of life to know what it's about.\n\nLike you say, depends on maturity.
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if u know eachother pretty well then what's the problem?
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The problems get bigger?
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I hope i am understanding your question,here goes.I believe the social problem that will give a true physical challenge is over population world wide.Every thing else involves changing how we think.Over population will create a real problem.
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Just be yourself and talk about issues that you think are important.
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It isn't unacceptable. Some people have issues, that's all. You will have to decide which relationship is more important and which one you want in your life and work accordingly.
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If you guys are mature, and talk and discuss the problems you might face i the future, you can reach a compromise and there won't be much problems.\nThe biggest problem would probably be your parents, relatives and friends - will they pressurize you in some way? Will they accept your girlfriend in the future? Will they oppose to something your girlfriend and yourself have agreed to (like raising the kids, she finding a job or being a stay-at-home mum, and so on)?\nI think they will be the difficult ones to beat because they're close to you and are able to exert pressure to do something you might not want to do.