Is Generation X Ready to Take Over from Baby Boomers?
I am among the last of the Baby Boomers. That’s right. As I approach middle age, I wonder what happened to Generation X, the generation that follows mine. The Baby Boomers are those who were born between 1946 and 1964, the period of time between the end of World War II and the beginning of Viet Nam. Mine was the generation of rebellion, experimentation and discovery. We protested policy, danced to rock and roll and became the desired target of advertisers because we had money and love to spend it. We saw heroes killed, presidents fall, and Americans put on trial. We promoted free love, experimented with drugs and broke with traditions. We Baby Boomers were the first generation to watch television, let our hair grow and question authority. We watched men walk on the moon and saw their brothers and sisters explode upon take-off from Earth as well as on their return. In the novel “Moondust” by Andrew Smith, it is written that “Baby Boomers have the unique distinction of pissing off both t
