Re: Problems With Millennials
I think you're more or less right there. I just used the dates usually used by polling and research groups and the characteristics usually matched with "Millennials." I think those characteristics aren't really great descriptors, either. Usually, they describe a certain set of 20-somethings from a certain socio-economic background living in urban areas. I don't think it necessarily represents the views or experiences of young people living in rural areas, people of colour, people from less economically privileged backgrounds, or most people between the ages of 30-37. Those are all smaller parts of the greater group, so the averages aren't so likely to reflect them, if that makes sense.
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Heyyyy I remember life without it too! We had a computer since I could remember (my dad was a big fan of computers since the early 80s and was convinced they were the way of the future...he's still an early adopter of technology), but it wasn't really the same as it has been over the past decade or so. I mean, Facebook only became available internationally in late 2006 or early 2007, and I was 22 at the time. I used MySpace for a while before that, but we definitely didn't have anything like that before I was in college. I think that's one way older Millennials feel a little different from younger ones, though. We remember stuff like making mixed tapes from the radio, scheduling our lives around our favourite shows (or programming the VCR to tape them if that failed), and how getting the internet at home was totally new and a big deal (our family was one of the first in my whole town, but I still remember how huge it was). All of that also places us at a certain date because VCRs and cassettes weren't widely available before the 80s, but it's something we have in common with Gen Xers.
To be honest, I don't know if I want to let my kids have smartphones before a certain age. On one hand, I don't want to disadvantage them by not teaching them how to use the technology that everyone else uses, but on the other hand, there's a lot of research about how they can stunt development. I'm definitely leaning towards "no." I mean, we didn't grow up with them and we learned to use them pretty quickly. The idea of my kids growing up with smartphones and social networking kind of terrifies me.
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Originally posted by Hawkfeathers
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To be honest, I don't know if I want to let my kids have smartphones before a certain age. On one hand, I don't want to disadvantage them by not teaching them how to use the technology that everyone else uses, but on the other hand, there's a lot of research about how they can stunt development. I'm definitely leaning towards "no." I mean, we didn't grow up with them and we learned to use them pretty quickly. The idea of my kids growing up with smartphones and social networking kind of terrifies me.
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