Maybe all the whining is the reason why many of us are trying to forget? You are the age of my daughters and, I can tell you, they don't allow me to forget them. Rest assured as soon as all of we Boomers have played our last hand, it will be the Millennials that are going to be the forgotten generation. Elders always rule and the Gen Z encompasses my grandchildren.
I think who ever started labeling these are a little confused. If I'm a Boomer and my children are Gen X then by simple logic the next generation should be the Millennials instead of Gen Z. What that caused is a whole group of people born without parents apparently. (no pun intended). This is how it should have been divided.
The generations should be no less then 23 years apart due to the fact that since the Boomer generation people have started families a bit later then they did in my parents generation. They should have been and in my mind were in the so called "Greatest Generation" with it starting around 1923 and should be just before the Boomers and the previous to them should have been the Silent Generation. Our parents were anything but silent and were part of WWII. Somebody didn't think this out. It is clearly obvious that if I am a Boomer, then my children should be Gen X and their children should have been primarily Millennials. My way would give every Generation an equal time to be loud and obnoxious. It's difficult to match Generations without actual generations. Right now, a few of my grandchildren's age, might have had children but most still have time to keep it all in the right generation. It is possible that if one started out early enough they could have children that fall within their same generation, but it should go more by the statistics of when people generally started families.
- The Baby Boomer Generation – born 1946-1969.. Middle age to nearly dead.
- Generation X – born 1970-1993.. Middle age and younger
- Millennials – born 1994-2017.. Which should make "MIlls" the current leaders and shakers.
- Generation Z – born 2018-2041.. At most right now should be no more than 5 years old.
- Gen Alpha – doesn't even become a thing until 2042.
I respect your thinking, but I don't agree.
First, whining? Gen X?? Nope! We don't whine. Sarcasm is our method, and that it is exactly what I used!
Second, your lineage would have parents and kids lumped in the same generation. (example: My mom was born in same year as you. She had my sister young, 1969. No way is my sister a Boomer.)
Third, you have so many social and technological changes that works with the current generation brackets we have in place, yours wouldn't align. IMHO, I don't think you can lump a person born in the 70's with a person born in the 90's. They way they grew up was 100% different.
70's kids:
Played outside until the street lights came on. No supervision. Latch key kids.
Adults were respected, and any grown up could discipline a child. Parents would have said the kid deserved it.
No at home computer or pocket technology.
You win some, you lose some. You try out of a team and you may not make it.
90's Kids:
Playdates with supervison.
Adage, "it takes a village" was blown out the wayside. You couldn't discipline unless it was your child.
Computers at home. Tech invasion.
Everyone is a winner. No losers. Participation trophies.
No way are they the same.
Same with your Millenial bracket. You have 1994 -2017. The early ones grew up without social media they are totally different mindset than those who have had social media their entire lives.
We should move this topic to its own thread, as it is totally separate from Funny Memes.
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