but have to have an account to do that.

Guess I got a freebie?

Gen X, Y and Z-ers can feel free to hate me.

We also experienced the Civil Rights Movement, JFK and the hope of reaching the moon, gave the finger to LBJ and Nixon, Women's Lib, the Environmental Decade, Woodstock, Stonewall, and I JUST REALIZED THESE EVENTS ARE WHY I'VE BEEN A LIFELONG DEMOCRAT!

The following generations had Reaganomics, "Who Let the Dogs Out?", Dubya, and Trump. They're justifiably jealous.

GI Generation

Born 1901–1924

Also known as the Greatest Generation, a label popularized by Tom Brokaw in his book by the same name, the GIs were young adults (for the most part) at the dawn of World War II. They came of age during the Great Depression, and these tumultuous times led to values of faith and dedication.

• The Silent Generation

Born 1925–1942

These Traditionalists generally conformed to society’s expectations and tended to follow the rules — which often led to great economic success.

• Baby Boomers

Born 1943–1964

Born after World War II, Boomers were largely teenagers and young adults during the Vietnam War. Unlike the previous generation, they didn’t avoid conflict — in fact, their protests of the War defined the entire era. Their independence and resourceful natures often carried over into the workplace, and many remain committed to their careers.

• Generation X

Born 1965–1979

Like the previous generation, Gen X is characterized by independence and sometimes rebelliousness. As digital immigrants — growing up at a time before the digital age — they can be quite tech-savvy since they had to learn how to use digital technologies, rather than being born with access to them.

• Millennials

Born 1980–2000

Also known as Generation Y, Millennials have received a lot of criticism, with many older generations calling them entitled, immature and self-obsessed. They grew up with access to the internet, and younger members also had access to social media while they were still children and teenagers.

• Generation Z

Born 2001–2013

The first true digital natives, the youngest members of the workforce are also thought to be the most dependent on technology. The oldest members of the so-called “iGeneration” are now adults. Many grew up during the recession and are already showing a strong work ethic — as well as independence and innovation.

The one thing that all of these generational things always miss is that not all boomers are the same.
Case in point...I'm a 70's teenager, actually I'm from the "Dazed and Confused" generation,we thought hippies were too peacenik and punkers were too harsh,we started driving when all you could find was $2 worth of gas and had to wait in line for it,tv was "Watergate",All in the Family or the ABC Movie of the Week, a 71 Chevelle could be had for $1200 bucks, N.Y. City was declaring bankruptcy, popular music of the time was ELP,Zeppelin,Aerosmith,Humble Pie,T Rex,Jethro Tull, good smoke came from Colombia or Lebanon, The Mustang II was an ugly abomination, a portable TV weighed 60 pounds and the handle in the top of the set always broke the first time one tried to lift it and the popular kitchen color was "Avocado".

We are the forgotten boomers.

My late husband was drafted into WWII right after high school graduation at the age of 18, but he wasn't born until 1926. Similarly, those born in 1943 were born during the war, not after it. Baby boomers are generally thought to have been born during or after 1946.

by William Strauss and Neil Howe. I cannot recommend that book highly enough. They make a very strong case for why they chose the years they did.

Most of the time the Boomer Generation is simply dated by the years of the post WWII actual baby boom. They feel that just what a person was old enough to remember, or young enough to not be affected by, is far more important.

Our parents were, all four, Greatest Generation outliers, not in terms of year of birth, but in terms of mind-set and/or accomplishments, all of which occurred prior to our births, it seems. (Dad told me plainly he contributed by mowing HIS lawn.) After that, it seems, they quit being role models for widening their or our world, learning new skills, or reaching across their cultural walls...I hate to pass out blame, but most Greatest Generational folks we've met have accomplished so much more and developed a much less "rooted" existence. They are social and smart even in old age. Not ours who were inflexible, incurious, and planted firmly in place ideologically. DH is an only child, orphaned now in early 70s; I am the oldest of three and was inexplicably estranged from a surviving parent nor have any, even civil, contact with the others who consider us (all 5 of us on this lower branch of the family tree) unworthy of the time of day. They all live by Mom's motto: "No news is good news." I've had a rough time accepting their judgment over the rough spots, to say the least.

As Boomers, DH and I have had a pretty unstable ride on the teeter-totter/roller coaster of life because we put emphasis on keeping the balance, diving far too deeply into early and continuing technology for our occupations with older, IDK, manual skills of our parents/grandparents. It's a good thing I paid attention; some of those skills have kept us going. (Domestic skills like cooking, sewing, gardening). It all worked so well, until the 80s, but times changed, rules and traditions were discarded; it's been a rocky road, ever since. Putting it bluntly--employers lie, and I'm sure we haven't yet heard all of them. Still, our 49th anniversary will be in two days - not even sure that longevity's been a good thing--buy, hey, we're still better off than most--we'll count our blessings.

I hope our two Gen X and cusp kids are more balanced and not overly into jobs or housekeeping; they do use technology well; they like home crafts, and seem to have jumped right in to social life and community life, but I'm praying for the youngest on our family tree, that one little boy who will most likely be my single grandchild and his go at a successful life. Our family tree keeps getting shorter, and our leaves on it have arrived at autumn. Many things have to change or get better in America. If not, the country that we loved will be unrecognizable as one dedicated to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. That's the greatest sadness of all.

from but I wish people would quit mucking it up.

"The primary purpose of this presentation is to study the current characteristics of Baby Boomers (born between 1946 and 1964)"
https://www.census.gov/library/working-papers/2009/demo/baby-boomers.html

I don't believe there's an absolute.

Bureau, the Federal govt. Banking, retirement studies etc., the majority of everything uses 1946-1964.

I was born in 1941, just prior to Pearl Harbor, but my father was already on active duty on an army command staff, so I consider myself to be a 'war baby'.
More of a boomer than a silent.

of a generation of soldiers and hippies.