I've always thought boomers were better qualified as the children of parents who were adults during WWII(greatest generation). This really sets my husband's family apart--his parents were just too young to have been parents during the immediate post WWII. I can tell you my mil is obviously from a different generation than my grandmother was even though they do share similar values and my husband(they youngest of 7 and born in 61) and his siblings really seem very different than say my father(1946 and 2nd oldest) and his siblings. So I would qualify boomers as anyone born within 10 years of the end of WWII and born to parents who were adults during the war and in its immediate aftermath, but I don't make the rules.
BTW, as someone in their 20's during the 80's, my hubby definitely relates better to me as a genxer who was a teen in the 80's than say to my parents who were well into their 30's during the 80's.
Yeah. That's a good way of looking at it.