The generation that refuses to grow up — why? 🧸

Being a gen Z myself, this is a topic I've been thinking about for a long time... ( ꩜ ᯅ ꩜;)  find my art here! ⇢   / sakuraopal   watch my 2025 Calarts film! ⇢    • A NEIGHBOUR DUET ♫ | Calarts Animated Film...   my art shop ⇢ https://sakuartshop.bigcartel.com/ --------------- ⭐️ ABOUT THIS VIDEO Why gen Z refuses to grow up, becoming a 'kidult', quitting jobs so easily and attracted to "cute" things, the infantilisation of a generation -- today's topic is about how gen Z became the Peter Pan generation! 00:00 the peter pan generation 02:09 consumerism and the influx of toys 06:23 escapism and the modern world 12:09 inflation and the increasing change 15:31 outer adult, inner child 📹 Videos mentioned! Were animators always set up for failure?    • Were animators always set up for failure..? 💭   The sad truth behind Chiikawa's success    • How Chiikawa became so famous in just 5 ye...   🗒️ Resources that helped incredibly during the research for this video: https://www.vox.com/money/382217/too-... https://research.hktdc.com/en/article... https://www.ttuhsc.edu/communications... https://www.pewresearch.org/short-rea... https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-c... https://edition.cnn.com/2025/06/02/bu... https://www.businessinsider.com/gen-z... --------------- 🌸 LINKS ↠ https://sakuraopal.carrd.co/ instagram:   / sakuraopal   my website: https://www.sakuraopal.com/ my art shop: https://sakuartshop.bigcartel.com/ join sakudiscord here:   / discord   ✉ Please email me for business collaborations! (sakuraopalart@gmail.com) --------------- 🎹 MUSIC ♪ By the Light of the Silvery Moon - E's Jammy Jams ♪ Winter Memories - Daystar ♪ New Jeans/NewJeans (ver.lofi) - ᴅᴀɴɪ.ʜᴢ ♪ Hype Boy/NewJeans (ver.lofi) - ᴅᴀɴɪ.ʜᴢ ♪ Piano sonata no.16 'facile' - Mozart ♪ Grande valse Brilliante in E flat major - Chopin ♪ cloudy bay - danmoo ♪ Kinderszenen op.15 'Träumerei' - Schuuman