This claim from Forbes was previously shredded as it is not supported by actual data – in fact, the data indicates parents had it pretty tough too, depending on the year.

You can read the exhaustive take down of the claim that Gen Z has it so much harder here: How to show you know nothing of history without saying you know nothing of history – Social Panic (coldstreams.com)

Forbes was sold in 2014 to Integrated Whale Investments, based in Hong Kong, and is now a content mill publisher. Content mills generate lots of stories with emotional hooks – they are not news services anymore. Their sole purpose is to generate eye balls for advertisers, as many as possible.

One of the two reporters has a BA in English Lit, and the other has a BA in journalism and leadership, and an MA in Digital Media. Both attended private universities which cost about $80k/year in non-subsidized tuition fees, books and housing.