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Originally Posted by Schaumburger

Very interesting article -- definitely food for thought.

I see the positive and attributes in every generation. My father is part of the silent generation, born early in the Great Depression. He went to work on his family's farm when his older brothers went to fight in WWII. Marriage was for life. My mom quit working her paying job 3 months after she got married. No way was that the life for me!

I am boomer along with my 2 sisters. I don't think we were "spoiled,", but we did not want for material things within reason. Our parents were more frugal than we are. My father sees things in black and white; I tend to see things in shades of grey.

I am definitely more tolerant than my father; in today's workforce, you'd better learn to get along with everyone if you want to keep your job. I see even greater tolerance in my nieces who are millennials.

My nieces don't really remember a world without computers, but I learned to type on a manual typewriter in high school in the 1970's. Technology has certainly sped up the pace of change, especially in the past 30 years. Remember the VCR, dial-up modem and cell phones the size of bricks?

Excellent post