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Midlife & Gen X
Career pivots, sandwich caregiving, community leadership, and midlife health.
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Opportunity for development or obstacle: Generational differences at work
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Newstalgic 2000s: Online - The Boar
6+ hour, 13+ min ago (538+ words) The futurism of 2000s fashions: the boldness, the metallic colours, the absurd amounts of leather and latex… As a product of society’s optimism about the imminent technological developments of the new millennium, the fantastical clothing styles of the late 1990s reflected a…...
Gen X Is Being Called the "Worst Generation" of Grandparents. Their Response Explains a Lot
7+ hour, 13+ min ago (1291+ words) If you ask some Millennial parents about their children’s grandparents, you might hear a surprisingly common complaint: Where are they? For many, the expectation was fairly simple. Their parents would become grandparents, fall hopelessly in love with the grandkids, and…...
People Raised In The 60s, 70s & 80s Usually Share 8 Core Values Younger Generations Dismiss
18+ hour, 43+ min ago (545+ words) Our values are shaped by our life experiences, so it's natural that younger people don't necessarily share the same core values as those raised in the 1960s, 70s, and 80s....
People raised in the 60s, 70s & 80s usually trust 8 things about life that younger generations find suspicious
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (1860+ words) His son, watching from the porch, has already run the whole thing through a different filter. What if it doesn't work? What if the guy comes back and says the price was something else? Where's the proof? People who grew…...
Millennials forgot how to grow up
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (586+ words) The phrase has largely died out. It’s seen by this new crop of young adults as passé. It’s no longer cool to admit that you can’t do the things that an adult can do. That does not change the fact…...
Millennials have peaked??? now they're having their 'is this it?' moment
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (480+ words) This year marks the 25th anniversary of Is This It, the classic album by the Stokes, the rock band that turned the page from Gen X pop culture to something more distinctly millennial. It’s also a favorite album for this author…...
Man who was outcast as teenager feels he'd fit right in as Gen Z
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (587+ words) A 42-YEAR-OLD who was a pariah in youth for not drinking, not having sex, being right-wing and having a mullet is gratified to see those things become cool. Tom Booker has realised he was not a teenage loser but well…...
Is Gen Z really rude or just less willing to pretend?
1+ day, 18+ hour ago (295+ words) For decades, respect was often associated with obedience, silence and sacrifice. Many previous generations were raised with the belief that maintaining harmony meant avoiding confrontation, accepting decisions without question and placing the comfort of others above their own. These values…...
People Raised In The 80s & 90s Are Finally Fed Up With 8 Things Older Generations Have Been Complaining About For Years
1+ day, 10+ hour ago (437+ words) People like to give older generations a bad reputation for complaining about everything, but the truth is, a lot of the things that annoy them are starting to get on younger folks' nerves, too....