Gen Z petrified of handshakes

Gen Z petrified of handshakes

Some Generation Z youngsters - born between 1997 and 2012 - cannot bear the thought of shaking hands with someone.

A QUARTER of Gen Zs are too nervous to shake hands

A quarter of Gen Z teenagers are too nervous to shake hands, a new survey has revealed. The poll - carried out on 2,000 parents and 1,200 youngsters for ACS International Schools - found that 24 per cent would avoid shaking someone's hand as a greeting. Meanwhile, 36 per cent of young people said they felt too shy to make eye contact during a conversation.In another damning indictment of youngsters' social skills, 59 per cent of respondents said…

Why So Many Teenagers Now Fear Face-to-Face Conversation

The handshake used to be one of those small social rituals that said plenty without making a song and dance about it. A firm grip, a bit of eye contact, a sentence delivered without staring at your shoes, and off you went. Now, if new findings are anything to go by, that simple act is starting to look less like common currency and more like a museum piece among Gen Z. A survey of 2,000 teenagers found that 24% would struggle to offer someone the…