“We were always very independent and borderline feral, so why would that change in retirement?” Gen X has never really cared for rules. We’re the Ferris Bueller and Breakfast Club generation who thinks rules are for suckers and old people,…
Written on Oct 22, 2026 Just a few decades ago, kids had independence at home and out in the world that helped build their resilience, but because they didn't always have a strong support system at home, they may still struggle with…
Last Tuesday, at the dinner table in our house in Texas, my son Jimmy looked up from his plate of chicken alfredo and said something that made me put down my fork. "Daddy, why do you always say you walked…
Some things feel so basic that we just assume everyone knows how to do them. Cooking a simple meal, doing laundry, or changing a lightbulb are everyday skills we rarely think about learning. That usually changes when we meet someone…
It’s a decades-long process. Two competing ideas shape how people settle on a personal identity. Is it about finding yourself, or is it about creating yourself? Is your true self waiting to be discovered, lost under layers of societal conditioning,…
Baby Boomers are increasingly working well past retirement age, often filling critical skills gaps out of financial necessity or passion. Yet it’s a generation that has become a punching bag for a host of very 21st-century grievances. Clocking in at…
AOL.com A mother with two young children, a 12-month-old and a three-year-old, thought she had found the perfect childcare solution when her retired parents offered to look after them while she worked. Having loving grandparents available to help seemed…
Comments beneath the compilation were far from unanimous, but many users openly criticised the adults involved. One commenter wrote, 'Some people shouldn't reproduce', arguing that parents should be the people their children can trust most, rather than the ones deliberately…
Be the first. Be the one who does what no one has done. I watched this from the sidelines, and I’ll be honest about what I felt. It wasn’t only admiration. It was something closer to vertigo. She had done…
There is a new habit in present-day, society that deserves more serious discussion than it currently receives. We increasingly describe young generation by labels such as Gen X, Gen Y, Millennials, Gen Z, Gen Alpha and now Gen Beta. In…
Education and Schools in Generation X: the news, the names and what changed.
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