Kamala Harris says Gen Z is "so worried" about their future, they believe some milestones aren't in reach

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Former Vice President Kamala Harris told #FortuneMPW that Gen Z is “so worried” about their future that they believe certain milestones are out of reach.⁠

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00:00Gen Z. I'm very focused on Gen Z. They're a larger cohort demographically than boomers.

00:08Their range of age is from about 13 right now to somewhere around 27, 28. And they have only known

00:16the climate crisis. They came through the pandemic. They are so worried. If you have a high schooler

00:22or a college-age kid in your family, you'll know that they're so worried that whatever their major

00:28is right now or if they're in high school, that whatever job is available to them when

00:33they graduate will probably be something they're not ready for. It is estimated that Gen Z will

00:39have as many as 10 to 12 jobs in their lifetime. Whereas our parents came out of high school

00:45or college, the job they had is the golden watch, right? And they're experiencing what

00:53they've coined climate anxiety, which is their fear that because of changing in extreme weather,

00:59that the future of their lives is very much at stake. My goddaughter, who's a junior in college

01:06right now, was crying to me just two days ago, worried about what is the world going to be

01:14for me? Auntie, she said, when I want to have kids, should I even be thinking about having

01:18children? That's on top of unaffordable for so many in that generation. They don't aspire

01:26to own a home. They don't believe it's within their reach.

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