Just because younger people don't worship God doesn't mean they don't worship other things now, their new God is consumerism and their new Gurus and guides are celebrities and pornstars
This may be one explanation for why religious adherence is diminishing among younger people.
You’re right in some sense, I think. Young people may have somewhat replaced their parent’s faith based beliefs with their own - in this case it could be something like “if I engage in celebrity worship I could become a celebrity myself”.
Even if that were true, it’s more likely to come true than their parents beliefs!