Adulting While Poor.

The article explores the issue facing millennials in the U.S. that they have been slower to reach various milestones on the way to an all-American adulthood including the purchase of a home than prior generations at the same point in their lives. The said failure is attributed to the Great Recession that stunted millennials' economic lives at a critical age. The recognition of millennial households to have saved up substantially less than Generation X since the share of households with student debt has nearly doubled since 1995 is also tackled.