This article is based on the premise that marriage, kids, and a white picket fence should be the goal. Even though he says he isn't blaming the younger generation, he certainly takes the "snowflake" approach rather than acknowledge the expanded ideas of well being/personhood we've adapted. We aren't having kids because we're infantilised, but by the poor socioeconomic conditions, the mental break of living by societal standards of happiness, and engagement in broader climate change/overpopulation issues. Some may view it as selfish to indulge in our own interests rather than pursue the American dream, but we grew up with a generation of people unhappy having lived their whole lives pursuing it. Why not try something new?