What Gen Z Students Wish Parents, Schools, and Churches Would Really Ask!

April’s Taproom Theology panel featured a group of thoughtful, articulate Gen Z students who brought firsthand insight into the pressures, hopes, and questions shaping their generation. Representing a mix of high‑school and college‑age voices, these panelists were invited not because they speak for all Gen Z, but because they speak honestly from their own lived experience. They shared what it feels like to grow up in a world defined by constant change: from mental‑health challenges and academic pressure to digital life, identity, faith, and the search for belonging. This panel isn’t about experts analyzing Gen Z. It’s about Gen Z speaking for themselves — with clarity, courage, and candor.