We know that the pathways to adulthood for Generation Z have become more prolonged, unpredictable, and complex, particularly for young people who face disadvantage. This has profound implications for the professionals working in and beyond children and young people's services, as well as for the young people themselves and their families.
The conventional markers of adulthood – finishing education, starting work, leaving home, getting married, and having children – have become increasingly out of touch and out of reach for many of today's 14-to 24- year-olds. These crude measures still underpin official data and policy formation, but they don't fully capture the diversity and unequal realities of growing up.
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