Let us remember, or at least consider ... Each generation is an ARCHETYPE (there are only four). Each generation has a specific type of childhood during a specific type of era, or societal mood; each generation has its own experience of adult-generated deficiencies and excesses that it wants to balance and correct; each generation sees itself…

Bruh! Each generational archetype, of which there are four and only four, has a different coming-of-age experience, and the coming-of-age experience is a significant part of defining each generation. If one can let go of the fabricated generational names and dates bandied about of late, and understand, instead, the marker birth year is 2005 for the start…

There is a mega-echo-chamber blerg of info about Boomer and Xer dates, and it's this: Boomers are born 1946-1964 because, well, there were lots of babies after WWII and then there was this big last-hurrah of baby-making in 1961-1964. Alas, Census Bureau staff don't decide or make generations: life conditions and experiences do. See, the REASON the…

Some folk be getting all bent outta shape with talk of cyclical patterns and eras based on generations. It feels too woo-woo, too much like astrology, too much like someone tellin' 'em what they can and can't do based on something over which they have no control: this apparently continuous (in the US and more…