BTw I am a war baby, born in 1942. For some reason people blame me for the boomers but I don't feel alot like them other than I have worked alot but never put the kids in day care, spent years at home with them.
That said, there is a new phenomena,,,the boomeers and my gen are helping out the gen xers alot more than we were,,ie,,we had to scrimp and save to afford a house, never got gifts from parents till they died and left it all to us,,,we were truly on our own. With my kids, we gift them money for down payments, for helping with stay at home moms, to go on ski trips with us, to help out. They work, the hubbies, alot and live frugally but it is nice to help them with a leg up. And we paid for college and grad school so they started out without debt. I swear, it is hard economically now, much harder than for us. I admire the gen xeers,,they have good hearts and love their kids.
Boy thats the truth. We are also paying the way for their children and in many cases late boomers kids because the parents will not take care of them. I see where there are lots of things wrong with the boomer gen. but that applies to all gens. We came along with the information age making every mistake a headline news. I think too many boomeers believed Dr. Spock (greatest gen) and the free love and drugs of the 60's did not help. I missed out on that and nam and have never felt like I was a boomer.