“They are also the generation of instant food. They lack the patience to cook from scratch.”
I’d think they’d be the second generation of that; this is on their parents, who had already given up on cooking from scratch (actually, their parents were probably the first wave where both parents had to work).
You're right, I think it's the 2nd generation.
I remember my cousin in the mid-eighties saying that few of her college friends knew how to cook. Her boyfriend was very impressed that she was able to prepare a fairly simple meal.