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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]1996 is the year the internet became ubiquitous.  13 is the commonly accepted milestone age where you transition from child to teen. So I'm going to declare that the real Millenial generation starts at 1983 -- the first generation of kids to go through their entire adolescence with the Internet.  (the next generation will be those who turned 13 in the smartphone world - so I think that will mean 1994 - on.

A little harder to draw the line between Boomers and Gen X, but I'm going to say that Boomers are everyone who experienced the 60s and 70s as adolescents onward.  [b]So starts at 1947 and ends at 1967.[/b]

So:  Boomers are 1947-1967.
Gen X are 1967-1983
Millenials are 1983-1994
Xennials are 1994 -on.

As the pace of technology and world events quickens the generations shorten. [/quote]

OMG no.  People born in 1967 are definitely not boomers.  I think there should be a generational divide between people who came of age before and after the cultural/sexual revolution of the 60's.  There was a huge social change that happened in the mid-late 60's and you can see big differences in attitudes and experiences between people who are only a few years apart who happened to come of age right before/after that change.  My own mom graduated HS in 1967 and her sister graduated in 1971 and their HS/adolescent experiences were worlds apart.  When my mother graduated HS, girls were still wearing skirts to school daily, had high maintenance hairstyles, were expected to say "no" to boys, and drugs weren't yet common place.  My Aunt's HS experience was that of sex, drugs, and rock and roll.  Even though they are only four years apart, I don't see them as being part of the same generation at all.  [/quote]

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