HOME? NO.
NO. >> DEFINE HOME.
>> I LIVE IN MY OWN HOME.
A BRAND-NEW COLUMN LOOKS AT THE
REASON WHY MORE AND MORE
MILLENNIALS ARE NOT MOVING OUT.
HOW THEY ARE MISSING OUT ON MANY
OF LIFE'S MILESTONES, JOINING US
THE AUTHOR.
THE AUTHOR. GOOD TO HAVEF TO HAVE YOU.
ALREADY SO MANY THINGS THEY ARE
NOT DOING.
NOT DOING. >> YES, THERE ARE MANY
MILESTONES MY GENERATION ARE
MISSING OUT AS WITH PREVIOUS
COHORTS.
COHORTS. WE ARE GETTING MARRIED LESS
FWREEKTLY COMPARED TO PEOPLE TEN
YEARS AGO, 15 YEARS AGO.
MILLENNIALS IT'S A FUZZY TERM
GENERALLY SPEAKING IT'S
SHORTHAND 18 TO 45, 18 TO 39
PEOPLE IN THEIR 20s.
THERE IS NO HARD AND FAST
CUTOFF.
CUTOFF. >> A THIRD ARE LIVING WITH THE
PARENTS RIGHT NOW.
>> THAT'S ONLY A QUARTER ARE
MARRIED, IN THAT SAME AGE RANGE
18 TO 35-ISH WERE MARRIED IN
2000.
2000. SO WE'RE DEFINITELY HAVING
SOMEWHAT --
SOMEWHAT -- >> THEY'RE NOT GETTING JO BS.
>> NOT GETTING JOBS.
UNEMPLOYMENT RATES ARE VERY
HIGH.
HIGH. >> NOT GETTING MARRIED, NOT
GETTING HOMES, NOT GETTING JOBS.
OBVIOUSLY, WE KNOW THE ANSWER
HERE.
HERE. THIS ISN'T A MORAL SOCIETAL
SHIFT.
SHIFT. THIS IS THE ECONOMY.
>> RIGHT.
>> RIGHT. AS A SOMEWHAT I DON'T KNOW I'M A
MILLENIA AGAIN-Y ER YES, GUESS I
CALL INTO THAT AGE RANGE, I HEAR
MY GENERATION AS BEING LAZY,
SORT OF LOOSE WHEN IT COMES TO
FAMILY VALUES, MORALLY ADRIFT.
THERE ARE ALL SORTS OF SLURS YOU
CAN HURL AT US AND THEY ARE
OFTEN ATTRIBUTED TO THE FACT
THAT WE DON'T CARE ABOUT
SETTLING DOWN.
SETTLING DOWN. WE DON'T WANT TO WORK.
WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE A OHIO WE
DON'T WANT THINGS A PART OF THE
AMERICAN DREAM FOR GENERATION
PAST, IF YOU LOOK AT SURVEY
DATA, THAT'S ABSOLUTELY NOT TRUE
T. VAST MAJORITY SAY THEY ARE
EITHER MARRIED OR THOSE WHO ARE
NOT MARRIED SAY THEY WANT TO BE
MARRIED, ONLY LIKE IN THE SINGLE
DIGIT ITSELF AND PERCENTAGE
TERMS DO YOU SEE THAT PEOPLE
NEVER WANT TO GET MARRIED.
>> HAS THIS BEEN UP ON MY
SMARTEN PHONE, I SEE THIS
STARTING WITH EVEN CAREERS.
YOU HAVE SO MANY YOUNG PEOPLE
WHO THINK I WILL START AN ACT.
I WILL BE ABLE TO DO IT FROM MY
HOME.
HOME. >> I THINK THAT'S A VERY SMALL
SHARE OF MY GENERATION.
THEY GET A LOT OF PRESS.
>> I ALSO SEE WHAT I LEARN
HELPLESSNESS, THEY READ IN THE
MAINE PAPERS, WHEN I WAS 24, IT
WAS UNACCEPTABLE TO HAVE A JOB.
TODAY.
TODAY. >> I THINK THOSE KIND OF
ACCUSATIONS ARE MADE AGAINST
EVERY YOUTH THAT ENTERS THE LEGO
MARKET.
MARKET. OH, THEY DON'T WANT TO WORK.
IT'S NOT STIGMATIZEING.
>> THEY ACCEPT IT.
I ALWAYS SAY TO YOUNG PEOPLE,
THERE ARE JOBS.
IT MAY NOT BE THE ONE YOU WANT
OR ARE QUALIFIED.
IF WE LINE UP TEN PEOPLE.
YOU SHOWED ME THE MOST
AGGRESSIVE TO THE LEAST
AGGRESSIVE.
AGGRESSIVE. >> THAT MOST AGGRESSIVE WILL
SOMEHOW FIND A JOB.
SO IT'S HARDER, IT'S MORE
DIFFICULT.
DIFFICULT. I ALMOST SOUND LIKE A GRUMPY OLD
MAN.
MAN. WE ALL SEE IT.
TENACIOUS KIDS, THEY CAN MAKE IT
HAPPEN FOR THEMSELVES.
>> YOU SEE A LOT OF YOUNG PEOPLE
THAT REQUIRE SKILLS BELOW WHAT
THEIR ACTUAL LEVEL OF TRAINING
IS.
IS. YOU SEE A LOT OF UNEMPLOYMENT IN
ADDITION TO HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT.
MEAN TACK KIDS WHO WENT.
I SAY KIDS, THEY'RE ADULTS,
DEPENDING ON WHAT TERMINOLOGY
YOU WANT, WHO HAVE GONE TO
COLLEGE, WORKING AT STARBUCKS
WLORKS ARE WORKING IN RETAIL
THEY HAVE TAKEN ON A LOT OF DEBT
IN ORDER TO OBTAIN.
>> SO WHAT ARE THE IMPLICATIONS
THEN FOR SOCIETY IF HAVE YOU
THIS HUGE GENERATION, A CLUNK OF
PEOPLE WHO HAVE COME UP SORT OF
DISILLUSIONED NOT ABLE TO FIND
THE JOB THEY WANT OR LIVE THE
LIFE THEY WANT TO LIVE.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN CULTURALLY
OR FOR THE COUNTRY?
>> YOU SEE A LOT OF DISAFFECTION
POLITICALLY WHEN YOU LOOK AT
STATISTICS ABOUT TRUST
GOVERNMENT INSTITUTIONS AND
OTHER INSTITUTIONS, YOU KNOW,
WHETHER IT'S CHURCHES OR SCHOOLS
OR POLICE OR WHATEVER, YOU SEE
VERY LOW LEVELS OF TRUST, WHICH
COULD POTENTIALLY TURN INTO
LOWER VOTER TURNOUT RATES AND WE
ALREADY HAVE RELATIVELY LOW
VOTER TURN JUT RATES BUT JUNL
YOUNG PEOPLE GENERALLY DO.
THEY DON'T VOTE IN HIGH NUMBERS.
BUT THAT COULD TRANSLATE TO ALL
SORTS OF BELATIVIORS LATER IN
LIFE THAT ARE RELATED TO THIS
FEELING OF ISOLATION AND THE
WORLD HAS GIVEN ON US, THEY'RE
BLAMING ME FOR NOT HAVING A JOB
FOR NOT BEING ABLE TO AFFORD A
HOME WHEN ACTUALLY I WANT ALL OF
THOSE THINGS.
THOSE THINGS. >> SO KATHERINE, WHEN YOU FIRST
CAME ON THIS SHOW A FEW YEARS
AGO, I REMEMBER YOU SAYING YOU
LEAK IT A LOT.
WHAT'S ON YOUR HAND?
I DON'T THINK THIS STORY IS OF
YOU YOUNG LADY THIS DOES NOT
APPLY TO YOU.
>> I GOT MARRIED TWO WEEKS AGO.
>> WOW!
>> WOW! >> SO I AM ONE OF THE EXCEPTIONS
TO MY GENERATION.
>> WHAT'S THE SECRET?
>> WHAT'S THE SECRET?
>> HOW DO YOU MAKE IT WORK?
>> HAVE A JOB.
>> HAVE A JOB, THAT REALLY
HELPS, IT'S TRUER FOR MEN THAN
WOMEN.
WOMEN. PEOPLE WHO HAVE THE BIGGEST
DROPOFF IN MARRIAGE RATES TEND
TO BE LESS EDUCATED MEN WITH
FEWER JOB OPPORTUNITIES.
THAT'S WHY I THINK IN SOME WAYS.
>> IT'S OUTLOOK.
>> IT'S ABOUT A LOT OF OTHER
FACTORS IN YOUR LIFE THAT MAKE
IT EASIER OR HARDER FOR TO YOU
DEVELOP OTHER RELATIONSHIPS.
>> TO HAVE THOSE MILESTONES,
CONGRATULATIONS.
CONGRATULATIONS. >> THANK YOU.
>> I'M SO HAPPY FOR YOU.
>> OKAY.
>> OKAY. STILL AHEAD, WE'LL TAKE A LOOK
AT SOME OF THE BRIGHTEST YOUNG
MINDS SHAPING THE WORLD OF
TOMORROW.
TOMORROW. FIRST AT THE AGE OF 12, SHE
LEARNS SHE WOULD BE ROBBED OF
HER HEARING AND SIGHT.
REBECCA ALEXANDER'S INSPIREING
STORY OF OVERCOMING ADVERSITY IS
NEXT.
NEXT. IT'S NOT BEING PETER'S SISTER,
SHE'S DEALT WITH MORE THAN THAT.
THAT'S A TOUGH ONE.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH MORE
"MORNING JOE."