For example, a shocking number of job seekers reportedly take a parent to speak on their behalf at job interviews; 77% of Gen Z respondents admit to doing this.
According to the Resume Templates survey from July, 53% of Gen Z respondents said their parent had spoken with a hiring manager on their behalf.
Likewise, 56% of hiring managers reported encountering unprepared Gen Z applicants.
Noting that 73% of parents then step in and help their adult children with their jobs once they are employed, Christian writer and commentator Janice Crouse says "Zoomers" lack any kind of emotional maturity.
"That would fit in with this lack of ability to handle their own affairs – depending on their parents, depending on friends, not able to go through something all by themselves," she submits.
Some experts speculate the COVID 19 school shutdowns are to blame, but Crouse agrees with Moms for Liberty co-founder Tina Descovich and attributes it to helicopter parents.
"Parents are so used to running interference for their children and being hyper-involved in their children's lives and being such an advocate for their kids from the get-go," Crouse observes.
Descovich, a mother of five, recently told Campus Reform that parents are meant to empower their children and prepare them for the future but not do things for them as adults.
