The Generation Waiting Game: Responding to Gen Y's delayed lifestages

This article looks at how British people in their 20s and 30s are delaying significant life stages compared to previous generations.

The Generation Waiting Game: Responding to Gen Y's delayed lifestages

Jason Mander

A generation in waiting

Popular culture has long played on the idea of the grown-up teenager reluctant to fly the family nest or sever the financial support strings with their parents. But for some time now, this has been a trend in flux – it's no longer just teens looking for prolonged forms of familial support; many 20- and even 30-somethings have been relying ever more heavily on their parents (and wider family) as Gen Ys grapple with challenging economic, housing and employment markets and are forced to...

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