Headlines about the reasons Millennials “aren’t having kids” pop up constantly—and often reveal judgements about the generation’s choices. And as a part of keeping our finger on the pulse of how other sources are talking about Gen Z and Millennials, YPulse reports on these stories in our daily and weekly newsletters, which we share on social media, too. Recently, one of our Tweets (circa 2016), reporting on an article claiming Millennials are causing a “baby bust,” showed up in a TikTok which has nearly 400K views. Viewers were quick to share their frustrations with the insinuations of such a claim. The comments reflect many young peoples’ reactions to these kinds of headlines: they lack the nuance of exactly why Millennials aren’t having kids at the rate or young age their parents did. On a stitch of the original video, one commentor writes: “it’s so funny to me that they say millennials are causing it. like no, did we make life unaffordable? no we didn’t, blame boomers.” Though our...
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