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Its funny that it wasn't until the boomers started retiring that all the problems happened. Seems like the new generation can't handle their affairs as well. Afterall they are the entitlement generation looking for a new parent in the government.Not all which explains the growing income gap in the present generation;those that can and those that can't. Bommers have been retiring by the millions since they were 50. Then look at the drop outrate now and what has happened to our school's since the late 70's. This generation maybe the First that do worese than their ancestors.They love to blame everyhting on someone else;and love the predisposed excuse for any problem they have.Look at the number of one parent children and ven the huge number of children being raised by their bommer grandparents.
A lot of the problems you describe were caused by the Boomers. The rise in divorce & single parenthood. The rise of 2 parents working full time and haivng "latchkey kids" who were raised by the trashy pop culture on TV (also created by Boomers). Boomers popularized the notion that as long as they were happy, the kids would be, too. What a bunch of BS!!! They didn't give a sh*t about their kids and now act surprised when their adult kids don't know how to be adults. What comes around goes around. And gee, I wonder who popularized the idea that saving for a rainy day was for stupid people and nerds?
And whether conservative or liberal, they seem to love taking things to extremes. Consensus? What's that???? Just shove it down the other guy's throat if he doesn't like it!!!!
That said, those of us coming up behind them will have to clean up a huge mess. Blaming the Boomers for their selfishness will not really fix anything, unfortunately. Unfortunately, some of the Boomers' selfish traits have been passed on to GenX and GenY. It's tough to break bad habits. But at least the younger geneation isn't trying to say bad habits are some kind of moral good like the Boomers did.
The oldest official boomer would be 63 now. Whatever changes are happening, it's hardly due to mass retirements of this age group. Wher did the idea come from that people should be able to retire in their 50s?
This generational stuff is silly. It comes purely from marketing firms. The actual baby boom was 1946-1957. Maybe someone will blame all those veterans who came home, pushed their wives into the kitchen barefoot (with abortion illegal and little reliabe birth control) and popped out too many kids for some 11 years.
And those coming up after your generation whatever it may be will have to clean up your mess.
And so it goes.
From my observation I'm curious how a generation which couldn't/can't clean up their rooms or hang up their clothes will clean up any other kind of mess. Maybe when they're done changing majors and finding "the right fit" for college from their dozens of applications (which their parents paid for) and thinking they deserve a job that offers a month or so vacation available two days after hiring.
The oldest official boomer would be 63 now. Whatever changes are happening, it's hardly due to mass retirements of this age group. Wher did the idea come from that people should be able to retire in their 50s?
This generational stuff is silly. It comes purely from marketing firms. The actual baby boom was 1946-1957. Maybe someone will blame all those veterans who came home, pushed their wives into the kitchen barefoot (with abortion illegal and little reliabe birth control) and popped out too many kids for some 11 years.
Thank you. I have been trying to make this point using a different approach ( fortunately for me, my wife believes sarcasm is an expertise).
I will be 63 next month. Just for the record...the World is not my fault.
A lot of the problems you describe were caused by the Boomers. The rise in divorce & single parenthood. The rise of 2 parents working full time and haivng "latchkey kids" who were raised by the trashy pop culture on TV (also created by Boomers). Boomers popularized the notion that as long as they were happy, the kids would be, too. What a bunch of BS!!! They didn't give a sh*t about their kids and now act surprised when their adult kids don't know how to be adults. What comes around goes around. And gee, I wonder who popularized the idea that saving for a rainy day was for stupid people and nerds?
And whether conservative or liberal, they seem to love taking things to extremes. Consensus? What's that???? Just shove it down the other guy's throat if he doesn't like it!!!!
That said, those of us coming up behind them will have to clean up a huge mess. Blaming the Boomers for their selfishness will not really fix anything, unfortunately. Unfortunately, some of the Boomers' selfish traits have been passed on to GenX and GenY. It's tough to break bad habits. But at least the younger geneation isn't trying to say bad habits are some kind of moral good like the Boomers did.
Your parents really did that bad a job of raising you, did they? Pity!
I'm in the vanguard of the boomers (born in 1946) and managed to raise five successful children on a single income with a stay-at-home-mother. I'm also confortably retired.
I was just 63 and I certainly do not blame myself for what has happened. And, no one on this forum should blame themselves either. The country was destroyed by corporate greed and an ill-advised and hopeless war. It's heartbreaking and unfair, but not the fault of anyone here, I'm sure.
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