Kate’s parents think she’s going to hell for the abortion she had.
Though Kate’s parents were always Republicans, something changed around the time president-elect Donald Trump ran for office for the first time.
With Donald Trump securing victory in the 2024 election, some Gen Z voters are struggling to deal with their Trump-supporter parents — again.
The disconnect between young people like Kate, 24, and their parents is only widening, leaving families further fractured in the wake of another divided election.
When Kate was growing up, she says, her parents would have described themselves as “fiscal Republicans.
Kate continues, “Especially because I’m an only child, I feel like if I lose my parents, it feels like I’m losing my whole family, essentially.”.
“The reason I believe this way is because of my ability to feel empathy for other groups I’m not even a part of. »