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Fewer young people are meeting these 5 milestones typically associated with adulthood
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Getting married and having a child is not a milestone of adulthood. Being in a healthy relationship is though. You don't need to be married and have a child to be in a long term healthy relationship.
Kids and a wedding ring are quantitative things they can measure externally. I bet, back when this list was first pulled out of someone's ass, that was all they thought about whether a relationship was happy or not.
We know better, now.
My dad had those 4 things, too, and then one day his wife left him. If we measure 'success' against this criteria, he's failed. I can see how this mindset makes one reluctant to leave a marriage or not have kids, and I can see the pressure of competing with the "Joneses" can be a stressor.
I'm glad we know better. A divorce is not failure: it's harm reduction. No kids is not a failure: it's a decision about finances and goals.
I get that some people - false consensus or not - think that everyone generally wants kids etc, but grading people on how they measure up to the Cunninghams is simply unfair.
And we could do with a lower birthrate anyway, once we find how to do so without ruining our economy.