GL over at ‘What Would Dad Say‘ has a good post to help Gen-X and Y’ers understand the 8 things that shaped the Baby Boomer generation. I know I’m routinely baffled by the way my parents look at the world… as I’m sure they feel that same about me. I don’t agree with everything he says about my generation, but I’m open to other opinions.

From the post:

We are doing our best to understand you. We read book after book, and try to understand how you ended up this way. We raised you, yet we can’t figure you out.

As a group, boomers are self-conscious, reflective and judgmental. We are the ‘me’ generation. You are the “why?” generations.

Your grandparents and you come at things from opposite directions but meet up in the middle. You are more selfish, they are selfless; you demand, they accept; you are smarter, but they can do math in their head. The sad truth: We raised you, but you are more like them than us. That well may be our defining sentence about our relationship with YOU.

Read the rest of the post HERE.