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PoindexterOglethorpe

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14. I'm pretty sure Trof got those dates from the book Generations

Reply to marybourg (Reply #5)

Thu Nov 21, 2019, 12:40 PM

Nov 2019

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.

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'Silent' or 'Boomer'? [View all] trof Nov 2019 OP

I'd like to read the article MontanaMama Nov 2019 #1

Hunh. The first time I didn't, but now I do. trof Nov 2019 #3

I'm a Boomer. The Velveteen Ocelot Nov 2019 #2

They hate us because we had all the good music. CaptYossarian Nov 2019 #12

Here's a copy and paste list of generations. trof Nov 2019 #4

I'm a "Boomer" but, The Figment Nov 2019 #6

I don't find that chronology accurate. marybourg Nov 2019 #5

I'm pretty sure Trof got those dates from the book Generations PoindexterOglethorpe Nov 2019 #14

DH and I are both mid-year Boomers Backseat Driver Nov 2019 #7

Silents are 1925 to 1945, Boomers are 1946 to 1964, I don't know where these new dates are coming braddy Nov 2019 #8

Different people and orgs have different criteria. trof Nov 2019 #9

That is true and especially an author selling a book will make up some bizarre dates but the Census braddy Nov 2019 #10

I don't like being lumped in with depression born kids (silents) trof Nov 2019 #11

That is the flaw with this "generation" thing, Obama and Sarah Palin probably feel weird being part braddy Nov 2019 #13