Neil Howe and the late William Strauss defined the generation in the broadest terms I have come across: 1961 to 1981.The years for Generation X vary among historians, government agencies, and marketing firms. Some have referred to us as a nameless and unlucky generation. About 6.5 million women were on “the pill” by 1965 and abortion was legalized in 1973. The FDA further hastened it with the approval of oral contraceptives in 1960. Baby Buster was our original name because our birth years followed a baby boom that began after World War II.
Today, there are about 70 million members of Generation X in the United States. The term traditionally applies to North Americans (the United States and Canada) Australia England Ireland and various other European countries. Academics and marketing experts frequently debate the collective persona of Gen-Xers. Generation X, by the broadest definition, includes those individuals born between the early 1960s and the early 1980s. Definition: Who Is Generation X? What Are The Years?
In fact, before the term Generation X caught on, they called us thirteeners and Baby Busters. Nevertheless, we do exist and are in fact the 13th generation of Americans. CBSN validated this point in 2019 when they omitted us from a chart defining all living generations. For whatever reason (there are many) we are frequently ignored, which leaves us famously brooding as we are often dismissed by marketers, the media, historians, etc. We are the under-protected children of Baby Boomers and the Lucky Few, more frequently referred to as the Silent Generation. We are the overprotective helicopter parents of Millennials and Generation Z. The proverbial middle-child of history, Generation X is stuck in the middle between two larger and more boisterous generations, the Millennials and the Baby Boomers. Also, all numbers are inclusive of immigrants. For example, the birth years of 1965 to 1980 would correlate with roughly 50 million Americans. Thus, at times, the number of Gen-Xers is under-reported. Unfortunately, journalists, sociologists, historians, marketers, etc., frequently move the parameters to fit a narrative or theory. According to these parameters, there are approximately 70 million Gen-Xers currently living in the United States.
Thus, the age range of Gen-Xers in 2021 is 39 to 59 years old. Latchkey Kids, Baby Busters, Slackers, Thirteeners? Who is Generation X? We are all of the above, the so-called lost and forgotten generation whose birth years by broadest definition were between 19. Baby Buster Latchkey Kids, Baby Busters, Slackers, Thirteeners, Proverbial Middle Children of History
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