Why Gen Zers are growing up sober curious

Gen Z continued a trend started by Millennials around clothing: They just don’t care much if their clothes are fashionable. Strong on individual expression, they’d rather make their own style

One day in the early 1990s, the media woke up and realized something: Young people weren’t Boomers anymore.

The slow-life strategy has grown with each generation, delaying traditional milestones at every stage of the life cycle. Children are safer but less independent; teens are less likely to drink alcohol, drive, or work; young adults postpone marriage, children, and careers; the middle-aged feel and act younger; and seniors work and travel at older ag

After spending much of their formative years on Zoom, Gen Z favors choice and flexibility.

In the Boomer lexicon, using drugs wasn’t just about getting high: It was about not being told what to do. If

Surveys show that members of Gen Z are shyer and more risk averse than previous generations, too, and risk aversion may make them less ambitious.