[qam1]

I agree, Even William Strauss and Neil Howe who wrote 13th Gen and The Forth turning aparently have abandoned us with their new book Millennials Rising: The Next Great Generation

I think it's because

1) There is so few of us that we are just overshadowed on both ends. By the time we dislodge the baby boomers from power we are going to be over run by Ys

2)Unlike Gen-Y when we grew up the WWII and Silents controlled everything (i.e. The Schools) so we couldn't be indoctrinated by the baby boomers while Gen-Y is getting the full brunt. Since Gen-X obviously rejected the counter culture movement very early on they put/are putting all their hopes on Gen-Y to take over their mantle.

3)They are really pissed at the Gen-X favorite TV show Family Ties during the 1980's and that many of us emulated Alex P. Keaton.

[HungarianGypsy]

It must have killed the libs that Alex P. Keaton was portrayed as a whiny, selfish conservative and his parents sensitive, understanding flower children, yet it was the character of Alex that stole the show. I think if that character was ever removed "Family Ties" would probably have gone the way "Spin City" did after Michael J. Fox left the show. Out.

[unsycophant]

Don't put too much emphasis on Gen X and Y and Baby Boomers and us v. them. FR is a perfect example of how blurred the lines are. Defining generations by assigning a variable is so eighties. :)

[hispanarepublicana]

There is so few of us that we are just overshadowed on both ends. By the time we dislodge the baby boomers from power we are going to be over run by Ys

I think in their first book they call this the "echo effect" where the Baby Boomers had babies, and so there was an "echo baby boom". These were the "babies on board." Meanwhile, noone bothered to put us in carseats, etc. Yeah....Gen Reagan was neglected from the get-go. We're the most mis-treated, hard-working generation.