Boomer Gives Staff Training
I’m a teacher. A Boomer staff member presented a “generational” training to our school. The point was to consider what children need from teachers now given they are being raised on tech algorithms. Which is a worthwhile topic.
However, she went through each generation and gave a brief description of each. She referred to Gen X as growing up “pretty spoiled” and “having a lot of stuff that Boomers never had.”
I nearly choked on my water. Of course, a Boomer would perceive Gen X as having something they didn’t. They define everyone by their “stuff.” They want all of it. If Gen X had a lot of crap, it’s because their Boomer parents bought a lot of crap. The same parents who then turned around and said “oh, look how I spoiled my kids, those lucky little shits.”
Attention. Gen X was IGNORED by Boomers. Whether we played outside in the dirt or with the toys our parents begrudgingly tossed at us so they could keep up with the Jones-es, we were practically non-existent to them. That’s called NEGLECT, lady. There was absolutely nothing spoiled about us.