Young Adults Admire Boomers - Sometimes

Young Adults Admire Boomers - Sometimes - Yahoo! News

An interesting look at the generations.

Frankly, I'm more disappointed in my Boomer generation than impressed. What happened to the better world we were going to create? I remember as a teenager (1963 - 1969) how we were so critical of our parents' generation for their materialism, conformity, hypocrisy, and lack of idealism. We made fun of their "ticky-tacky" suburban tract houses (which so many of us were lucky enough to be housed in, as I look back on it now). Did we grow up to be better adults than our parents? Overall, probably not. Probably our greatest achievement so far has been in the area of equality - racial and gender. No longer is it necessary to be a white male to matter in our society. No small thing, but we should have done so much more...

From the article above:

"They both love boomers — and love to hate them. They see a talented, successful and outspoken generation that also can be hopelessly dismissive and self-absorbed.

They are awed and sometimes intimidated by baby boomers' accomplishments and a generation so larger-than-life that some of its most famous members are known by only one name — Madonna, Oprah, Bono — or nicknames such as "W" and "The Donald."

But at times, they also see boomers as a bunch of hypocrites who were challenged to "ask what you can do for your country" and ended up focusing on what was in it for them."

That last sentence is definitely an ouch, but, sadly, all too true.

(It's still not too late, Boomers! We can do better. We can still redeem ourselves. Better hurry up, though.)