I am certain "having kids" is not a prerequisite for maturity. I know a lot of younger people that are from said gen y age and they aren't one group that can be

I am certain "having kids" is not a prerequisite for maturity. I know a lot of younger people that are from said gen y age and they aren't one group that can be defined by any of what you postulate. Projecting the errors of past generations on the adapting younger generations isn't very helpful in general. That is the sort of ego stroke that brought us to this point. One of many. Contact your legislators for any solve-all plan you have that will "fix" the costly inept educational system. As for your impositions or projections on others path through life, save them, it looks like they generate a lot of passive aggressiveness in you already.