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Meet America’s 5 Living Generations

G. I. GENERATION (Born 1901-1926)
The most revered generation on the planet. The most fascinating generation on the planet. Their Depression was The Great One; their war was The Big One; their prosperity was the legendary Happy Days. They saved the world and then built a nation. They are the assertive and energetic do’ers. Excellent team players. Community-minded. Brokaw’s book was aptly named: The Greatest Generation.

SILENTS (Born 1927-1945)
Came of age deferring to the more assertive G. I. Generation. Our country’s Last Innocent Generation. Went through their formative years during an era of suffocating conformity, but also during the postwar Happy Days: Peace! Jobs! Suburbs! Television! Rock ‘n Roll! Cars! Playboy Magazine! The First Hopeful Drumbeats Of Civil Rights! Its pre-feminism women have wondered "what if...?". Its Organization Men pledged loyalty to the corporation. The richest, most free-spending retirees in history. Under-appreciated and overlooked.

BOOMERS (Born 1946-1964)
Two sub-sets: the save-the-world revolutionaries of the ’60s and ’70s who provided the passion and masses to the dizzying 6 cultural revolutions of the Consciousness Movement; and, the party-hardy career climbers of the ’70s/’80s. Their aging will change America almost incomprehensibly. The American Youth Culture that began with them is now ENDING with them. Their activism is beginning to re-emerge

GEN X (Born 1965-1981)
The latch-key kids grew up street-smart but isolated, often with divorced or career-driven parents. Entrepreneurial. Very individualistic. Government and big business mean little to them. Eager to make marriage work and "be there" for their children. Want to save the neighborhood, not the world. Feel misunderstood by other generations. Cynical of many major institutions, which failed their parents, or them, during their formative years. Don’t "feel" like a generation, but they ARE

MILLENNIALS (Born: 1982-Present)
America’s next great generation brings a sharp departure from Generation X. Today’s youth are nurtured by omnipresent parents, optimistic, and focused. Respect for authority. Cooperative team players. Falling crime rates. Falling teen pregnancy rates. But still with problems. They schedule everything. They feel enormous academic pressure. Aka "The 9/11 Generation". They feel like a generation and have great expectations for themselves

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