Demographers tell us that Millennials are young adults aged 18 to 33. They\u2019re often the ones you see sipping a latte at Starbucks, checking their Twitter feeds, or texting their friends.<\/p>\n
According to a Pew Research report entitled \u201cMillennials in Adulthood,\u201d\u009d they are incredibly well connected to friends, family, and colleagues via all the latest digital platforms. But as University of Virginia sociologist W. Bradford Wilcox says, when it comes to \u201cthe core human institutions that have sustained the American experiment \u201d\u201d work, marriage, and civil society,\u201d\u009d the Millennials\u2019 ties \u201care worryingly weak.\u201d\u009d<\/p>\n
Let\u2019s take them in order. Concerning work, less than half of young people aged 18 to 29 are employed full time, and the numbers continue to fall. Wilcox says, \u201cWork affords most Americans an important sense of dignity and meaning\u201d\u201dthe psychological boost provided by what American Enterprise Institute president Arthur Brooks calls a sense of \u201d\u02dcearned success.\u2019 \u201d\u009d<\/p>\n