http://www.blakesunshine.com/millennials/what-is-a-millennial-anyway/ The Perennial Millennial Sat, 04 Sep 2010 00:43:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.blakesunshine.com/millennials/what-is-a-millennial-anyway/comment-page-1/#comment-623 elenore Sat, 05 Jun 2010 18:23:19 +0000 http://blakesunshine.com/?p=443#comment-623 Even today my parents want me to live near or with them,I am married with kids,my older siblings get nothing from my parents but lectures,I get calls everyday because my parents have a friendship,and my younger siblings get calls because my parents still check up on them it's strange to me that Boomers still parent each age group as adults they way they did as when we were children. Even today my parents want me to live near or with them,I am married with kids,my older siblings get nothing from my parents but lectures,I get calls everyday because my parents have a friendship,and my younger siblings get calls because my parents still check up on them it’s strange to me that Boomers still parent each age group as adults they way they did as when we were children.

]]> http://www.blakesunshine.com/millennials/what-is-a-millennial-anyway/comment-page-1/#comment-622 elenore Sat, 05 Jun 2010 18:16:23 +0000 http://blakesunshine.com/?p=443#comment-622 I think Gen Y should be termed for people born between 78-82,and all afters Millennials,Being born in those in between years I am born 78,I can't relate to older or younger siblings.Some strange different events took place and I think Millennials get some blame for things we received I think those born in these years were the most spoiled both with money and total freedom from lack of parental supervision.We were latchkey like older siblings but as teens we got away with murder that stopped with younger siblings.Teens in the late 90's did basically whatever they wanted,received many things older and younger didn't get.We had new schools starting in kindergarten after everything was stripped down for Gen X and over surveillance for Millennials,older Boomers started spending more on second set of children,but we still got into X rated movies and violent video games rating for t.v. and games came a little after,we had the highest number of teens with no curfew,and spring breaks unsupervised,we received cell phones and internet when they were ubber expensive,some even had a debit card with joint bank account with parents putting money in so we wouldn't bother them at work,own cars,etc..I have siblings born in late 60's and siblings born after 82 there is a real difference.My parents with Gen X ignored, over disciplined and under spent on them they were younger, they over spent and way under supervised,under disciplined with Gen Y (they thought we could be friends and they still do)and with Millenniels they finally tried to find balance but are way over clingy. I think Gen Y should be termed for people born between 78-82,and all afters Millennials,Being born in those in between years I am born 78,I can’t relate to older or younger siblings.Some strange different events took place and I think Millennials get some blame for things we received I think those born in these years were the most spoiled both with money and total freedom from lack of parental supervision.We were latchkey like older siblings but as teens we got away with murder that stopped with younger siblings.Teens in the late 90′s did basically whatever they wanted,received many things older and younger didn’t get.We had new schools starting in kindergarten after everything was stripped down for Gen X and over surveillance for Millennials,older Boomers started spending more on second set of children,but we still got into X rated movies and violent video games rating for t.v. and games came a little after,we had the highest number of teens with no curfew,and spring breaks unsupervised,we received cell phones and internet when they were ubber expensive,some even had a debit card with joint bank account with parents putting money in so we wouldn’t bother them at work,own cars,etc..I have siblings born in late 60′s and siblings born after 82 there is a real difference.My parents with Gen X ignored, over disciplined and under spent on them they were younger, they over spent and way under supervised,under disciplined with Gen Y (they thought we could be friends and they still do)and with Millenniels they finally tried to find balance but are way over clingy.

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