Baby Boomers

Good morning everyone. Today, I’m going to talk about whether millennials are more depressed than baby boomers. Depression refers to a mental disease cause significant impairment or distress in various situations in daily life. As shown in graph 1, there is an increasing trend of college students, who are millennials, diagnosing depression, gaining awareness from the society as it becomes a controversial topic.(Twenge et al., 2010) In the remaining time of the presentation, I will argue that millennials are more depressed than baby boomers due to the advent of internet, increasing demands from the society and incapability of millennials to deal with psychological problems.

Firstly, is the advent of internet for millennials, increasing difficulties

Apart from the traditional request from schools of having excellent academic results, additional requirements such as achievements in extracurricular activities are also added to the list of things demanded from universities. This is because of the rise in number obtaining academic excellence, extracurricular actives become a tool for candidates to stand out amongst others, showcasing abilities other than studying. Most universities put a strong emphasis on the importance of cooperation skills and independent thinking, increasing difficulties for students to maintain a balance between studying, socializing and joining external activities. According to Schrobsdorff from time, it has become a commonly seen phenomenon for millennials who are in their teens to be involved in a draining full-time job that includes doing schoolwork, managing two identities, one in the real world another in social-media but at the same time anxious about their future career, building a good-looking profile. This is clearly shown in the case of Tommy given by Schrobsdorff, an 18-year-old who is the first kid to be in college in his family and at the same time a finalist for a prestigious scholarship for his work of internship in Microsoft.

Helicopter parents are well known to be parents that give too much support to their kids, mostly referring to millennials, raising their dependence on others, not knowing how to treat mental stress. A study in the Journal of Child and Family Studies found that collect students who experienced helicopter parenting are reported to have a higher level of depression. The research suggests that the degree of autonomy and competence is highly affected by the interference of intrusive parenting, decreasing the abilities for millennials to complete tasks without parental