The irony is that when it comes to freedom the Open Generation also need to exercise control.
Their parents and grandparents may have had to push back against limits imposed on their freedoms,
but today’s younger generations enjoy “so much freedom that they need to introduce their own controls that make use of skills such as adaptability and self-reliance”, Wincott says.
“To be happy today, this generation need to judge for themselves what is truly important and worthwhile.