May I ask why this is important to you? Do you think there is something they are supposed to do about it, if they do understand?
I think all I am trying to accomplish is to make the older generation realize that the start of life for this most recent generation is more difficult financially than it has been for a very long time.
For some reason, this thread is making the lyrics to Genesis's 1986 song, "Land of Confusion," run through my head. Thirty years ago, they sang:
"I won't be coming home tonight,
My generation will put it right,
They're not just making promises
That they know they'll never keep."
That was "my generation," and we (with others' help) did more-or-less solve a problem brought on during earlier generations: the Cold War, which is what the song refers to. Whether that simply created a hole for other problems to rush into, is a matter for another debate!
And the song also has this stanza, of which I'm very fond:
"This is the world we live in,
And these are the hands we're given.
Use them and let's start trying
To make it a place worth living in."
I wish everyone the best of luck in "making it a place worth living in."
Amethyst