GenZ: Your parents are fucked up because they were kids in the 1980's. Today we worry about fucking up the environment so bad that all humans and higher mammals die out. In 1985 we were worried about sterilizing the entire planet with nuclear fallout.

If you think things are dire now, search Spotify for 70's, 80's, and 90's songs about how the world was going to end. Maybe every crisis is a little worse than the last, but they aren't out of the blue transitions from an idyllic age. That's just a bunch of pastoralism from older people who have suppressed a bunch of memories (memories that still affect their behavior in various situations).

Worrying is a rite of passage. You don't steward something until you realize it needs stewardship, and that it's soon going to be your turn to contribute. That epiphany can be traumatizing.