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6 ways life is easier for millennials than it was for their parents

Shana Lebowitz   

  • Millennials are generally defined as people born between 1981 and 1996.
  • In some ways, their lives are easier than things were for their parents at the same age.
  • Online dating can lead to stronger relationships; you don't need a traditional classroom to learn; and work/life balance is increasingly possible.


It's easy for millennials to complain that their lives are worse than their parents' and grandparents' were at the same age.

And in some ways, they're right.

But we're not letting millennials - the generation born between 1981 and 1996 - off the hook so easily. In many ways, life is better for young people today than it was 30 or 60 years ago. Relationships, health, and education have all been transformed.

Below, we've listed six key reasons why the millennial life is a relative breeze.

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