re: My Generation (Millenials) is stuck in perpetual childhood

I believe the major problem here is College Loans. People taking out massive amounts of money loans in order to go to college. I'm gen x and I paid for for my college with summer jobs. I graduated in engineering with no student debt. But since these massive student loans became available the tuition/books and apartment/dorm rent have risen to astronomical levels. A summer job will no longer cover these costs. This has created an unsolvable problem, coupled with with people majoring in useless degrees where the only job available is working in a coffee shop. Also to many people going to college who really should not. Hopefully more people will move to the trades. If you got a degree in gender studies maybe you should be a carpenter. One of the best lessons I learned in college was how to manage my money. The other lesson was the value of hard work in the summer heat of Louisiana's oilfields.