[beef]

"Many boomers (not all) NEVER grew up, and never learned that there were needs other than their own, even those of their own children. The whole world is only there to serve their own sense of self-worth and validation. Anything else, be damned! They tend to be selfish, absent, self-absorbed, me, me, me, with no sense of responsibility, and a general incapacity to ever admit doing anything wrong. Far too many of the boomers failed as parents, which is why today so many Gen Xers believe that they succeeded in SPITE of their parents, and not because of them."

I can't help but see the parallels between this and what Boomers had to say about their parents. It seems like it's the solenm duty of each generation to rebel against the one before. The Generation Gap is alive and well.

[Warren_Piece]

Keep in mind, for many of us older Xers, boomers were not our parents (that title belongs to the Silent Generation), but our Generational Older Siblings. So our gripes cannot be boiled down to youthful rebellion against our parents. Heck, I turn 40 in a couple of weeks, there's nothing 'youthful' about me.