I don’t know when that might have been, but the Government and Census Bureau, GAO Congress and so on all define it as 1946 to 1964, which of course makes it a more typical range than a 14 year period would be.
Are you guys done with the nit-picking about who’s a boomer and who’s not yet?
I acknowledged in my post that 1946 to 1964 is the current definition of baby boomer by government agencies. I am not sure why you are questioning that I was taught something different in a previous time. Definitions and terms evolve and change over the years, which is why I included a graph in my post.
A couple of definitions for you...
“baby-boom generation - the larger than expected generation in the United States born shortly after World War II”
“generation X - the generation following the baby boom especially Americans and Canadians born in the 1960s and 1970s”
Can we agree that the key words for the baby-boom generation are “born shortly after World War II”? And the key words for generation X are born in the 1960s and 1970s? Do you consider 1964 “shortly after WWII”? Do you consider 1964 to have been in “the 1960s and 1970s”? I am curious about your statement that 18 years is “a more typical range” than 14 years... could you give me an example.
I will concede that “a more typical range” for the term generation is approximately 30 years, and 18 is closer to 30 than 14. I don't think that is what we are talking about here. If the bithrate had continued to drop after 1950 as seen in the graph, we might be describing "Baby Boomers" as being born from 1946 to 1954.
Looking4Truth, arguing with your friends is one of the foundations of this discussion forum. ; )