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A generation gap or generational gap is a difference of opinions and outlooks between one generation and another. These differences may relate to beliefs, politics, language, work, demographics and values. [1] The differences between generations can cause misunderstandings, but it is possible for generations to overcome their differences and ...
The Strauss–Howe generational theory, devised by William Strauss and Neil Howe, describes a theorized recurring generation cycle in American history and Western history. According to the theory, historical events are associated with recurring generational personas (archetypes). Each generational persona unleashes a new era (called a turning ...
Xennials is a portmanteau blending the words Generation X and Millennials to describe a "micro-generation" [5][6] or "cross-over generation" [7] of people whose birth years are between the mid-late 1970s and the early-mid 1980s. [8][9][10][11][12] Xennials was coined by writer Sarah Stankorb, [1] and discussed in a two-part, September 2014 ...
“The fact that there’s a generation that’s creating boundaries and saying, ‘I’m not going to do that,’ is irking older generations, because they’re like, ‘But I had to do that ...
According to recent indicators from OECD, the average life expectancy in the U.S. is now 78.8 (up by about 10 years since the late 1950s and early 1960s). According to the Social Security ...
Generation Z (often shortened to Gen Z), also known as Zoomers, [1] [2] [3] is the demographic cohort succeeding Millennials and preceding Generation Alpha.Researchers and popular media use the mid-to-late 1990s as starting birth years and the early 2010s as ending birth years, with the generation most frequently being defined as people born from 1997 to 2012.
A generation gap has always existed, but it may be more obvious now than it's ever been. Young adults born after 1997 and Boomers clash often, and both sides blame the other for practically ...
The "Generation Gap", or the inevitable perceived divide in worldview between the old and young, was perhaps never greater than during the counterculture era. [57] A large measure of the generational chasm of the 1960s and early 1970s was born of rapidly evolving fashion and hairstyle trends that were readily adopted by the young, but often ...