Millennials: ‘Snowflake’ Label Hurts Our Mental Health, Study Finds

CBS Los Angeles ^ | 12/7/2017 | Chris Melore

[simpson96]

CBS Local — Millennials have been labeled by many of their critics as a generation of “snowflakes.” The term has been used to slam society’s young adults and teens as hypersensitive and too easily offended. Now, millennials may have just given older adults even more to roll their eyes at after a new study found a majority of the “snowflakes” think the term is harmful to their mental health.

According to the study, published by British health insurer Aviva, a staggering 74 percent of 16 to 24-year-olds in the UK felt the snowflake label could have a negative impact on someone’s mental health. 72 percent of those surveyed felt the term was unfairly pinned on their age group.

The study also found that nearly 60 percent of adults in the UK admitted the term wasn’t helping young adults shake the stereotype that millennials are “soft.” A separate Aviva report added that young adults in the UK were the most likely to have mental health issues; with 63 percent having suffered some type of condition.

In the United States, the cultural divide between millennials and older Americans may be even greater. The stigma surrounding “Generation Snowflake” has pushed some companies to refine their interview process in hopes of filtering out over-sensitive youngsters. The Silent Partner Marketing firm made headlines in March after CEO Kyle Reyes created the “Snowflake Test” to help the his company and others sift through younger candidates.

[Drango]

THANK YOU...made my evening. Still laughing.

[NappyOne]

My grandfather went ashore at Okinawa on D-Day.

My parents were raised during the great depression.

I live through a Cuban missile crisis, multiple political assassinations, imminent treat of nuclear destruction, a presidential resignation and suffered through the political life of Ted Kennedy.

So...

Buck-up, sissy pants.

The NappyOne

[confederatecarpetbag]

And thus with this report, millennials prove why they deserve to be called snowflakes.

[MadMax, the Grinning Reaper]

As the English would say, “Well bugger me. Snowflakes have feelings”. Next they’ll claim that they have common sense and pride in America.

[GOP Poet]

Yeah snowflakes aren’t soft. They’re SNOWFLAKES. Period. Deal ‘snows’ (my new word for them.) lol

[joma89]

Which is why we call them snowflakes in the first place. What a terrible generation.

JoMa

[trebb]

“Snowflakes prove they are snowflakes by claiming mental damage due to being called snowflakes...”

[Redleg Duke]

Tango Sierra, SNOWFLAKES!

[Wuli]

OMG!!! Society is so horrible to people, giving generations labels that some must either feel they can’t live down or can’t live up to. I think calling any generation or persons of any generation a stereotype label should be a hate crime. /sarc

[TADSLOS]

The study also found that nearly 60 percent of adults in the UK admitted the term wasn’t helping young adults shake the stereotype that millennials are “soft.” A separate Aviva report added that young adults in the UK were the most likely to have mental health issues; with 63 percent having suffered some type of condition.

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