Challenges

It seems every generation has a unique set of challenges that characterize that age....WW2....Vietnam and Civil Rights....uuuhhhhmmmm, what did Gen x do? internet? ......

ANYWAY, seems like most of the users here are in the same generational age group (mostly 20's some a little younger, some a little older)I also noticed that the sample of users here represents a fairly educated group (in comparison to the rest of the country in general) of people.....my question is....what issues do u think are going to be the important challenges that faces our generation?

-is it the environment?
-int'l relations?
-overpopulation?
-education reform?

those are just examples, there's countless others i didn't even touch...what do u think?

Well at the moment Al Gore and others are telling us its our environment...we'll see.

'the fact the US is failing itself will be a national issue for the generation to face.'

This is true....as we are leaving our super power status, how will the nation deal with that. Also I ddidnt know we were still dealing with WWII debt.

"This is always interesting to me, why people make it their business! It makes no sense to me"

I totally agree...if it has nothing to do with you, you really shouldn't care. The rights for gays to get married really shouldn't be an issue for the nation. I find it ridiculous that it was even used as a political platform. We need to focus on bigger and better issues...moral issues, such as gay rights shouldn't have anything to do with the ability of a person to run a country or not.

OOOOOO, I'm consider a Generation Y person ^_^. Gen Y problems are .....

1) Underage Drinking

2)The use of legal prescription medications illegally is an emerging trend -- Pharming Parties :O

3) It is interesting to note that Generation Y is more depressed and world aware (via the Internet) than any generation previous, which has led the Generation gaining a stereotype as the "sad generation." (I found this one)

4) Child Obecity

5) Parents of Gen Yers being helicopter parents -- there's concern that the maturity level of my Gen Y will be a problem resulting from this.

6) The first generation that had to deal with the AIDS epidemic during childhood.

sb,

Those type of parents let their child reside with them after college .... Also, HPs have a tendency to make life "RESPONSIBLITY FREE" for the average GEN Yer.

Prime,

I agree with you, but the researchers describe GEN Y as sad only beccause most of the kids are on some type of drug for a mental illness. They are judging them on the fact that the Baby Boomers had to deal with more external problems then the average Gen Yer.

HERE, THIS MAY HELP EVERYONE 😛


American Generations
Term Period

Awakening Generation 1701-1723
First Great Awakening 1730-1740
Liberty Generation
Republican Generation
Compromise Generation 1724-1741
1742-1766
1767-1791

Second Great Awakening 1790-1840
Transcendentalist Generation
Transcendental Generation
Abolitionist Generation
Gilded Generation
Progressive Generation 1789-1819
1792-1821
1819-1842
1822-1842
1843-1859

Missionary Awakening 1886-1908
Missionary Generation
Lost Generation
Interbellum Generation
G.I. Generation
Greatest Generation 1860-1882
1883-1900
1900-1910
1900-1924
1911-1924

American High 1929-1956
Silent Generation
Baby Boomers
Beat Generation

Generation Jones 1925-1945
1946-1964
1948-1962
1954-1965

Consciousness Revolution 1964-1984
Baby Busters
Generation X
MTV Generation
1958-1968
1961-1981
1975-1985

Culture Wars 1984-2005
Boomerang Generation
Generation Y
iGeneration
New Silent Generation 1981-1986
1977-2003
1982-
2001-

OOOOPS, I MADE A MISTAKE ..... HOLD ON :p

I still dont know what generation im apart of...i guess im iGeneration.

Wait dont hi-5 me yet GL...I still beleive its a sin to be gay, but in the end you will be judged by a higher power individually...so my stance is to do whatever YOU want.

I think another issue for my generation is the fact that KIDS are having sex. They are too young to be doing some of the stuff they are already doing...to me sex is not just about the physical and most of these KIDS (mostly girls) can't handle the consequences mentally of physically.

LOL....thats cool

OOOOOO Phew,

I can't fix the chart 😢 It all screwy, sorry everyone 😢

AAHHHHH HAAAA...thats simple get on the do not call list.

I like to have nice irritating conversations with them, by having a cordial voice but slowly draining them of there energy as I question and curse them out....ITS FUN! 🙂

Well...in Florida there was a time when you could do it online, but you could check with your phone service provider.

Oh it sucks now cause they arent even people anymore, recordings call and expect you to listen so now I just hang up.

More on the Gen Yers

Most have few memories of the Cold War (apart from perhaps action movies, toys, or video games with such themes) and came of age during the technology-driven changes in the years of President Bill Clinton. They were the first to grow up with the Internet in a developed, prolific form, including music downloads, instant messaging and cellular phones, which came to fruition at about 1997. Even before they could type and mouse-click their way through the Internet, they were the first to grow up with a modern media choices: television remotes to encourage channel flipping; cable, with its wealth of channels among which to switch; and multiple TVs (and video recorders) in a household. These TV choices reduced the commonality (and centralized control) of the viewing experience. The 'Who Shot J.R.' (Ewing of the TV series Dallas) experience is dispersed in both place (all the family around the TV, repeated across all households in the timezone) as well as in time (video recorders). Similarly, DVD popularity and large-screen home TVs have dispersed the impact of TV/movie events, and even, with viewer voting shows like American Idol, have become as interactive as the internet, changing generational assumptions about how one interacts with their media environment.

Other major social changes in recent times include immigration and developments in race relations. Characteristically, Generation Y members are generally very tolerant towards multiculturalism and internationalism. It is also not uncommon for post-1970s born children to grow up dating people outside their own race or ethnic group, as well as having a wide range in friends. This growing trend towards interracial relationships is sometimes a source of negative friction between youth and their parents or elders, who grew up in a society where interracial romance was once considered extremely taboo and even banned in a number of states until the late 1960s. The state of Alabama only officially disbanded its anti-miscegenation laws in the year 2000. As well, many people in this group are themselves multiracial in background, and this is also a considerable change from previous generations.

Opinions on Gay rights and gender roles are also being adjusted and redefined as each generation emerges into adulthood. Generation Y is known for having among the most wide-ranging opinions on such issues, possibly because they haven't yet encountered a personal situation where their actions/re

When you have immigrant parents they always want you to do something that makes you alot of money..and they can brag to there friends about it.....you know the usual...DOCTOR, ENGINEER, etc. anything that has to do with science or math.

Well I am supposed to be doing computers...I havent told them yet I'm in Finance.