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Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 2 Apr. 2024
Many Gen X and Gen Z families also have alphas — the oldest zoomers just hit the median age of first birth in the US, while the youngest Xers are still several years from menopause — but millennial parents have defined the genre.
—Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 22 Mar. 2024
In fact, most Xers (61%) have generally positive views on aging and generally high levels of contentment regarding their family, work, and well-being.
—Chloe Berger, Fortune, 27 Feb. 2024
Born in 1967, Lynn is technically a Gen Xer, but her experience matches those of her late boomer peers.
—Daniel De Visé, USA TODAY, 21 Feb. 2024
For example, an ‘80s high school movie may bring fond memories for a Gen Xer, but could be offensive to a Gen Zer.
—Megan Poinski, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2024
Editor of Harper’s and fellow Gen Xer Christopher Beha sat down with Smith to discuss intergenerational relations, how Smith’s essay evolved over the editorial process, and how art at its best interrogates the arguable and not the obvious.
—Justin E. H. Smith, Harper's Magazine, 30 Aug. 2023
Without complaint, Millennial high-school students by the mid-2010s were bearing roughly twice the average daily homework load as late-wave Xers were in the mid-1990s.
—Neil Howe, Fortune, 18 July 2023
Maybe DeSantis, a fellow Gen Xer, is just a 1980s enthusiast.
—Robert Schlesinger, The New Republic, 6 July 2023
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For the average Gen Xer and millennial, those ages were 31 and 27, respectively, per the study, which surveyed over 4,500 U.S. adults in January on a variety of money and financial decision-making behaviors.
—Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 2 Apr. 2024
Many Gen X and Gen Z families also have alphas — the oldest zoomers just hit the median age of first birth in the US, while the youngest Xers are still several years from menopause — but millennial parents have defined the genre.
—Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 22 Mar. 2024
In fact, most Xers (61%) have generally positive views on aging and generally high levels of contentment regarding their family, work, and well-being.
—Chloe Berger, Fortune, 27 Feb. 2024
Born in 1967, Lynn is technically a Gen Xer, but her experience matches those of her late boomer peers.
—Daniel De Visé, USA TODAY, 21 Feb. 2024
For example, an ‘80s high school movie may bring fond memories for a Gen Xer, but could be offensive to a Gen Zer.
—Megan Poinski, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2024
Editor of Harper’s and fellow Gen Xer Christopher Beha sat down with Smith to discuss intergenerational relations, how Smith’s essay evolved over the editorial process, and how art at its best interrogates the arguable and not the obvious.
—Justin E. H. Smith, Harper's Magazine, 30 Aug. 2023
Without complaint, Millennial high-school students by the mid-2010s were bearing roughly twice the average daily homework load as late-wave Xers were in the mid-1990s.
—Neil Howe, Fortune, 18 July 2023
Maybe DeSantis, a fellow Gen Xer, is just a 1980s enthusiast.
—Robert Schlesinger, The New Republic, 6 July 2023
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“Xer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Xer. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.
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