Deeply entrenched and complex societal issues are contributing to a crisis in foster care. As people have their own children later in life and struggle to get on the housing ladder, they feel less able to become carers.
“Adulting” has always been hard but just how difficult people find it seems to be somewhat of a preoccupation for millennials and generation Z – those born between 1981 and 2009.
There’s much social commentary about how millennials and gen Z have difficulty achieving the same milestones as their parents, and things like finding a steady job, buying a house and having a family are generally being deferred until later life.
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