[bobjam]

Many in Gen-X had a lot to be fed up with. On the surface, they were fed up with the big-hair bubble gum bands of the 80's. The likes of New Kids on the Block and Millie Vanillie only made it worse. Deeper though, many perceived themselves as having been shortchanged by the social experiments of the late 60's and 70's. The attempt to find solace for the latch-key childhood and broken homes in wanton materialism proved a failure. Gen-Xers as a group felt they had an emptyness with nothing to fill. Later in the decade, many discovered something that would fill that emptyness- God. The rapid growth of contemporary churches is a sure sign of that discovery.

[MJM59]

Every time I hear about Gen-X and angst, I want to vomit. I would like to see these kids walk a mile in their grandparents shoes. The biggest hardship kids today have to face is when the cable goes out.