I’m a proud boomer and a member of the demographic cohort following the Silent Generation and preceding Generation X, baby!
My generation is defined as people born from 1946 to 1964 during the mid-20th century baby boom. The dates, the demographic context, and the cultural identifiers may vary by country. Baby boomers are anyone born between 1946 and 1964. Baby boomers are the generation of people born after World War II when the birth rate spiked.
As I begin to celebrate another year on 10/12 my main concern is the unfair image the public has that we are over the hill and this could not be further from the real truth. We all make mistakes in life, some bigger than others. I learn from them, grow, and live better and hopefully longer and healthier. Older folks are invaluable sources of knowledge, wisdom, and practical experience. We spread a whole lot live, peace, and an honest desire to protect our planet 🌏.
We have seen and lived through much - Not only the British Invasion but a World on the Brink. The Cold War crisis with which President John F. Kennedy had the Bay of Pigs fiasco, a meeting with Khrushchev in Vienna, and the Berlin crisis—which Russia solved by walling off East Germany. It was seen by some as a defeat for the West, it was a solution to the German problem—brutal but effective.
Then came the Cuban missile crisis, in some ways the high point of JFK's presidency because, while utterly terrifying at the time, the result was not only a huge sense of relief but an improvement in relations between the United States and the Soviet Union. This episode is crammed with information and is something teachers might find very useful in the classroom.
It’s practically an evolutionary trait: Older generations chide younger generations, and the young folks push back. When our parents were growing up, they were the “whippersnappers” driving their grandparents mad. Today, it’s millennials who seem to catch all the flack. In response, our generational bracket — along with the Zoomers, AKA Gen Z — has settled on humor as the ultimate defense mechanism. When we get lampooned for expecting “participation trophies,” eating too much avocado toast, and killing retail chains, we do what we do best:
It’s baby boomers’ world https://fortune.com/2023/09/16/millennials-gen-z-worry-baby-boomer-impa…
It's boomers who are flashing dollars https://www.businessinsider.com/baby-boomers-spending-net-worth-us-econ…
A Baby Boomer Puts His Generation on Notice
It’s time for us to stop obsessing about wealth, get back to our activist roots, and redefine retirement.
https://www.esquire.com/lifestyle/a45249933/baby-boomers-activism-retir…