A social scientist warns that it is bad for society that adult men do not reach key milestones

A social scientist and writer told CNN that he is concerned about the number of men in their 30s and 40s who are not buying a house or getting married.

Richard Reeves, author of Boys and Men, spoke with CNN’s Michael Smerkonish about the social dynamics developing in America, where a significant number of men have not reached their parents’ standards of maturity, including owning a home or having children.

“It speaks to a change, an important change, which is not just reaching these milestones later, but for many people, not reaching them at all,” Reeves told Smerconish, commenting on what happened recently. Wall Street Journal article discusses this trend.

“And now it seems that the economic and social prospects of young people are the biggest challenges we face,” he said.

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Author Richard Reeves talks to CNN about the growing number of men in America who are not reaching the traditional stages of puberty. (Screenshot/CNN)

Citing the most interesting information he’s seen, Reeves said, “Yeah, for me, the fact that half of the men in their 30s and 40s right now who don’t have a college degree don’t have kids at home. .”

Reeves is also the president American Institute for Boys and Mennoted that the new dynamic is that men are not reaching these milestones at all, rather than waiting until later, which is worrying.

“Take a little more time to study, take time to start a family, maybe settle yourself financially – that’s certainly a good thing, but that’s not what’s happening now. What’s happening now is that a lot of people for these stages are not simply achieved”.

Elsewhere, he said: “Honestly, Michael, I wasn’t worried about the delay. Now I’m worried about it because I think we’re going from ‘it happens later’ to ‘it happens later.’ doesn’t give.'”

Furthermore, he noted that men don’t necessarily choose to give up on these achievements, they just feel like they’re out of reach. “The data shows that actually, especially men, they still want to have children, they still want to get married, they still want to start a family. They just, for some reason, can’t.”

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“It’s a mix of economics and culture, as always. It’s partly fair, you know, especially young men feel they’re not doing as well economically as they should be,” Reeves said. existing gender division increases this problem in the society.

“A third of men under 30 don’t date. 24% of men are still living at home in their 20s, as you point out.”

The expert then showed where to start solving this problem. “We need to improve the economic prospects for young men – that is, if you’re going to do anything. So we need to invest more in an education system that works for men,” he said. vocational training, apprenticeships and the fight against the flattening of men’s wages.

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He also suggested, “We just need to lower the temperature around some of these cultural issues that I think have created a conversation among a lot of young men and young, young women.”

Reeves made a point society has overlooked Compounding the problem, he said, “we haven’t created a culture where it’s easy enough for men and women to start these families, buy houses, start life.”