Young participants take part in the Fridays for Future climate demonstration. Generational researcher Rüdiger Maas cites the equation of Gen Z with Fridays for Future and sustainability. Marcel ...

Gen Z is soft, millennials are embarrassing, boomers are evil, and no one has thought about Gen X in years. Even if we can't remember exactly which ages define each cohort, many people can offer up ...

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The terms "Millennial," "Boomer," and "Gen Z" are thrown around constantly, often as shorthand for a set of stereotypes. But what do these labels actually mean, and which generation do you belong to?

Philip N. Cohen, a sociology professor at the University of Maryland, who researches social identity for a living, says no. He and about 150 others from the social science community wrote an open ...

Some employers like to say they have five generations in the workplace. While pride in employing workers from across the age spectrum is commendable, the misleading claim is not. Some employers like ...

Generations can be defined by family structure, stage of life or historical events. But most often, they’re categorised as “cohorts” of people born during a particular period in time. Catchy labels ...

What generation are you? Maybe you feel like a proud Gen Zer or Millennial. Or maybe, like me, you feel like the usual generational labels have left you homeless. Efforts to provide a label for my ...

Babies born between 2025 and 2039 will be part of the next new generation, according to demographer Mark McCrindle Abigail Adams is a Human Interest Writer and Reporter for PEOPLE. She has been ...

“I’m not the anxious generation. I’m just trying to live,” says a girl, age 15. When adults say, “Teenagers today are the anxious generation,” something in me bristles. I’ve spoken with middle ...

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