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A Year-by-Year Guide to the Different Generations and Their Personalities - Parents
From Boomers to Gen Z, experts breakdown America's generational timeline, offer insight into who's who, and take a look at how parenting has evolved throughout the years.
As we exit a decade when Millennials stepped into parenthood (aka became known as parennials) and Gen Z so eloquently introduced the "Ok, Boomer" phenomenon to show their distaste for their grandparents, there seems to be more generational labels being thrown around than ever before. But who exactly is being labeled what now?
If a slew of new phrases weren't confusing enough to keep up with, the exact timeline of generations isn't that easy to decipher either. While there is some consensus among social scientists about the general periods of time for each generation, there is no clear-cut line defining when one generation ends and another begins. In other words, a quick Google search may give you a dozen different sets of dates.
Still, knowing the dates and events that define each generation can help us all understand a bit more about ourselves as parents, our children, and also why grandparents will forever be scratching their heads at "kids these days" no matter what year it is. So we reached out to experts to get an accurate timeline of generations. Here's the breakdown of what's what and who's who.
From Boomers to Gen Z, experts breakdown America's generational timeline, offer insight into who's who, and take a look at how parenting has evolved throughout the years.
As we exit a decade when Millennials stepped into parenthood (aka became known as parennials) and Gen Z so eloquently introduced the "Ok, Boomer" phenomenon to show their distaste for their grandparents, there seems to be more generational labels being thrown around than ever before. But who exactly is being labeled what now?
If a slew of new phrases weren't confusing enough to keep up with, the exact timeline of generations isn't that easy to decipher either. While there is some consensus among social scientists about the general periods of time for each generation, there is no clear-cut line defining when one generation ends and another begins. In other words, a quick Google search may give you a dozen different sets of dates.
Still, knowing the dates and events that define each generation can help us all understand a bit more about ourselves as parents, our children, and also why grandparents will forever be scratching their heads at "kids these days" no matter what year it is. So we reached out to experts to get an accurate timeline of generations. Here's the breakdown of what's what and who's who.