Omg, millennials haven’t had it nearly as bad as the Greatest Generation who were often going to work at age 8-10 to try to buy food. And not just farm kids. Many of them, and Boomers, were separated from their fathers due to war. Late boomers and Gen X kids suffered through the wave of family breakups/divorce, women transitioning to the workforce with next to no real social safety nets like after school programs, childcare, etc. many went from financially stable environments to poverty in a month, often had to make multiple moves. The only real problem of the millennials in terms of hardship is that so many had crappy parents who actually believed high self esteem translated to happiness and success when the opposite is often the case. The self esteem BS was never based on actual hard research, was junk science that has resulted in the most mentally ill generation, ever. They can’t cope, blame others and are generally miserable in their lot because they were raised to believe they are the center of the universe and they aren’t. The schools became daycares to account for two parent workers and dumbed down the curriculum for social reasons. Millennials tend to be intellectually lazy and lack the humility to understand they’re ignorant and poorly educated. The actual research done on who has the most self esteem finds that the most violent, intolerant gang members are at the top of the list. Humility and feeling the need to work harder to succeed is more associated with happiness.