In recent months I have been reading books and articles on the Millennials. I have found that most authors prefer not to engage with the complexity of Generation X, thereby erasing or happily ignoring our impact and influence on the next generation. For instance one book, which will remain unnamed, reduced the demographic of Generation X to 10 years, while attributing 20-25 years to the Boomers and Millennials. Others seem to believe that there are clear divisions between one generation and the next, and that one can easily jump over the X'ers to understand the philosophies and approaches to life and work of the Millennials.
The truth is that Generation X has much to do with the way our kids today think about life, love, work, family, friends, religion, authority, and innovation. Their DIY approaches, for instance, directly derive from Generation X, as do their anti-hierarchical and questioning stances, the importance they place on happiness and work-life balance, or their increasingly diverse and accepting worldviews. Let's, not shortchange the Millennials of the rich historical influence of Generation Let's not forget the "X" when we talk about the NeXt generation, shall we?
The truth is that Generation X has much to do with the way our kids today think about life, love, work, family, friends, religion, authority, and innovation. Their DIY approaches, for instance, directly derive from Generation X, as do their anti-hierarchical and questioning stances, the importance they place on happiness and work-life balance, or their increasingly diverse and accepting worldviews. Let's, not shortchange the Millennials of the rich historical influence of Generation Let's not forget the "X" when we talk about the NeXt generation, shall we?