I was recently on a webinar about donor cultivation and when the subject of how to communicate with different segments of the population came up one of the moderators said, \u201cGen X is the forgotten generation.\u201d Say what?! As a Gen X myself and admittingly I quickly searched the ages for Gen X\u2026because I too, momentarily forgot that I was Gen X!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Gen X is defined as being born between 1965-1980, sandwiched between the Baby Boomers and Millennials\u2026whose populations are greater…thus forgotten. Often advertisers and the media when discussing trends will focus on Baby Boomers and Millennials \u2013 skipping over the \u201cmiddle child\u201d generation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Others have a different take on the forgotten generation. Speaking directly to Gen Xers from an online site called Upworthy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1. \u201cYou are the most independent and self-sufficient generation\u2026there is literally nothing I can teach you.\u201d Well, we are also known as the \u201clatch-key\u201d kids, who had to figure \u201cstuff out\u201d, entertain ourselves without social media, etc. Cell phones didn\u2019t even exist!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
2. \u201cEven if I did have something to tell you, you wouldn\u2019t care.\u201d Also, known as the \u201cwhatever\u201d generation. Well, I care now but as a child my mom bought me a collection of books with one being about a little boy Pierre who said I don\u2019t care about everything\u2026until he got eaten by a lion!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
3. \u201cThe rest of us are all terrified of you if the apocalypse ever happens\u2026some how you\u2019ll know what to do.\u201d True that!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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