We're Momming Today! w/Lauren Simonetti · FOX News Podcasts

Being An Adult Is So Hard, It's Now A College Course?

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A Gen Z student explains how social media toxicity is driving her generation's quest for slower, more organic life skills.
Host Lauren Simonetti interviews Belle Lau, a UC Berkeley junior who co-created a university course teaching 'adulting' skills like budgeting, taxes, time management, and stress reduction. They discuss why elite students lack these basic life skills, how the class works with 130 applicants for 60 spots, and the generational pushback against technology overload and social media toxicity.

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A Berkeley student's adulting class opens a grounded conversation about the life skills academic success can overlook.

Adulting lands as something school often leaves students to figure out on their own. Belle Lau, a Berkeley junior, explains why she helped organize a college class around practical skills she was still learning herself.

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You want to know why driven college students can still feel unready for adult life.

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