Is "adulting" actually harder now, or do young people just complain more?

Should we talk about this properly?

You see, the generation before now? Those ones grew up in a time when NEPA took light and nobody was crying about it on social media. You fetched water from the well before school, walked kilometers in the sun, came home, cooked, did homework by lantern or candle and still woke up the next day ready to do it again. No therapy. No "safe space." You just carried on. Because what was the alternative?

Then the Millennials came and met their own wahala. They hustled through university, chasing a certificate that was supposed to open doors, only to graduate and find out the doors were locked, bolted, and the gateman had gone on indefinite leave. 

They entered the job market during economic chaos, begged for internships that paid transport fare (if you were lucky), and still had to send money home because "you're working now." Rest? That was a luxury for people in foreign movies.

So when Gen Z starts posting about how exhausted they are from answering emails, so somebody's eye must twitch small. It's no surprise that our lecturers actually say we are lazy when we have everything on a golden platter.

These same Gen Z people that have WiFi, smartphones, Google, YouTube tutorials for literally everything, Bolt for transport, and food delivery apps so they never have to enter a hot kitchen. Everything their parents had to suffer and figure out, this generation has in their pocket. You want to learn a skill? Google it. You need directions? Google Maps. You need emotional support? There's a podcast, a subreddit, a TikTok therapist, and a whole comment section ready to validate you.

Meanwhile their parents were out here navigating life with a biro, a phonebook, and pure faith in God.

And there is a thing called work culture conversation? Our parents didn't negotiate anything. You just collected the job and said thank you sir because you need to feed yourself and your family. But Gen Z will look a job offer in the face and ask about "boundaries," "mental wellness stipends," and "is the work environment psychologically safe?" Their grandparents built this country with their bare hands and nobody asked if the soil was emotionally supportive.

There is a difference between pressure and performance of pressure. And sometimes not always, but sometimes, what looks like struggle is just someone who hasn't been told "oya, do it anyway" often enough.

The generations before them didn't have the language for burnout. They just had life and they carried it.

So tell me honestly, is Gen Z genuinely struggling more than their parents did, or they are just lazy. Drop your comments here.