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Are younger generations truly weaker than older ones?

From being branded ‘snowflakes’ to being accused of prioritising buying avocados over houses, younger generations are enduringly maligned as somehow weaker, less hard-working or less resilient than their older counterparts.

This isn’t a new phenomenon; after all, people have complained about ‘kids these days’ for decades. But is there really any truth in the idea that millennials and Gen Z are weaker than Boomers or Gen X?

Evidence shows newer generations do, indeed, measure highly on traits that their older counterparts might consider as a sign of weakness.

Yet experts also believe that Baby Boomers and Gen Xmight be judging the generations that succeed them much too harshly, and measuring them against standards that have long ceased to be the norm.

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