While the end of the New Year may be exciting it can also be scary. As we say goodbye to the end of the decade, Generation Z is saying goodbye to their childhood. As many know, Gen Z is roughly the age between 1995 and 2010. They are the most ethnically-diverse, and largest generation in American history. It is hard to believe that many of these “kids” in the next decade will be embarking on a new stage of life. 

It seems as if it was just yesterday when Gen Z kids were sitting on their couch watching Hannah Montana, Lizzie McGuire or even playing  “Just Dance” on their Wii.  And now 10 years later, we are entering a new era of them growing up and having a life of their own. Many of them are beginning 2020 in school and will will end this decade with a job and possibly even starting a family. 

When asking Grace Walker, a senior from Shore Regional, what she is excited about entering the new decade she said, ̈I am most excited to take the next step of my life. Even though I will miss being a kid, I can’t wait to be going to college next year. It is crazy to think that by the end of the decade I will have a full time job and will be starting a steady life for myself. I also can’t imagine what our world will look like in the future.¨